Forrest Taft is putting his considerable talents as a fighter and marksman to use as a hired gun for the sleazy oil tycoon Michael Jennings. But when Jennings tries to kill his friend, Taft tries to interfere, and becomes Jenning's target too...
10 April 1970, USA
29 July 1950, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 July 1934, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
4 August 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
August1978, Valdez, Alaska, USA
26 April 1961, Shanghai, China
3 August 1959, New York City, New York, USA
November 16, 1971 in Richmond, Virginia, USA
12 November 1948
September 05, 2014
They may have to write a new book of Ecclesiastes to account for this one: the old "Vanity of Vanities, All is Vanity" just doesn't go far enough.September 05, 2014
Although you could certainly wish that Seagal and his writers... could have found less preachy ways to express themselves, On Deadly Ground is otherwise lively entertainment for action fans.September 07, 2011
''I didn't want to resort to violence. I didn't have a choice,'' [Seagal] says; a greater man might have said, ''Make my day.''September 05, 2014
What a Renaissance Man, that Steven Seagal. He lumbers, he sermonizes, he directs!February 25, 2009
This is a vanity production parading as a social statement.September 05, 2014
Seagal the director shows that he has picked up the odd trick or two from the action specialists who made his name, but his impassioned green speeches will have viewers reaching for the remote control.February 25, 2009
As a performer, Seagal is singularly lacking in grace and charisma. As a director, he more than lives up to his ham-fisted acting.September 05, 2014
On Deadly Ground is a pip. Beautifully photographed by Ric Waite and handsomely produced, it surely is the most ambitious and the best Seagal movie to date.September 05, 2014
The fuzzy thinking allows for gorgeous outdoor photography and a few too many dead spots, but Seagal the director shows real muscle by staging one of the screen's best-ever exploding helicopters.January 01, 2004
A vanity project in the strongest sense of the term, this film has it all: bad acting, bad writing, bad direction, bad action sequences.September 05, 2014
Unfortunately Seagal, who also makes his directing debut with this script, is no match for Caine. His on-screen personality is petulant and humorless, his voice so grating you want to reach for a mute button.January 26, 2006
In contrast to his short, sharp fighting style, Seagal's presentation of the human conflicts and underlying issues consists of vague, sweeping gestures.