Maximum Conviction

maximum conviction
steven segal and steve austin are fantastic. they are both older but they still get the job done. i always enjoy seing good and tough guys get rid of the bad guys. but a movie is never very good unless the bad guys seem to be invinsible. there are a lot of twist and turns the kept me on the edge of my seat. just when i thought there were no more good movies at the the theatres or on dvd. this one came out along with many others.

THIS GUY MEANS BUSINESS
Cross (Steven Seagal) is an operational genius. His partner Manning (Steve Austin) is a weapons expert. They are ex-special forces who work as black ops contractors. Their current job is to decommission a black ops prison, one that doesn't officially exist and is located in Oregon (seriously?). For some reason our "operational genius" decides to shut down the prison while it still has prisoners in it.

During this period there are men dressed as Federal Marshals attempting a "high risk extraction" of two female prisoners to prevent them from going to a civilian prison. The film consists of Seagal/Austin and crew fighting in a prison maze against the bad guys. Seagal doesn't know if the women are in league with the bad guys or if the bad guys want them dead. It isn't hard for us to figure it out from their faces which show expressions. (Take note Steven, it's called acting!)

Early in the film Steven Seagal laughs, something I don't recall him doing in another...

Where's the Love? This is a decent low budget action flick
I am surprised at some of the low ratings on this flick. Sure it is a direct to DVD movie, but the bottom line is that is a pretty decent flick (for the budget). I would love to see a big screen version of this movie, but with better writers and a bigger budget. The basic plot is cool, with special forces and CIA teams duking it out. Austin & Segal work great together. Is Segal overweight? Who cares? He can still kick your a@@! This movie lived up to my expectations and actually exceeded them a bit. I would liked to have seen a little more competition for Segal. His fights were pretty one-sided. Like in the old Walker, Texas Ranger - The First Season series. Chuck almost never had a decent two way fight. A good action hero needs a good villian who can go one on one with our hero (Hans Gruber anyone?). I am looking forward to watching a Maximum Conviction II. Heck, next time throw in a few more known...

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