Pistol Whipped (Video 2008)

Pistol Whipped: Directed by Roel Reiné. With Steven Seagal, Bernie McInerney, Ashley Greenfield, John P. Gulino. A tough ex-policeman (S.Seagal) with a gambling and alcohol problem gets offered a job as assassin of bad men. It’ll rid him of all gambling debt as well as get him money and a chance of cleaning up his act and be with his daughter.

“This isnu0026#39;t bad at all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn whatu0026#39;s probably his best acting performance in a while, Seagal plays a former cop with a shady past (what else!) whou0026#39;s up to his neck in gambling debts, is way too fond of alcohol and a pretty lousy father to boot. A mysterious man (a cool Lance Henriksen) buys up his debts and wants Seagal to eliminate a few scumbags to work it off. So in fact; Seagalu0026#39;s his new whipping boy.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe filmu0026#39;s not without itu0026#39;s fair share of clichés, takes a few convenient shortcuts and some of the action scenes are a bit stiff butu0026quot;Pistol Whippedu0026quot;, as another Steven Seagal direct-to-DVD flick, is really OK entertainment.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSteve is actually pretty good in his role here, looking like heu0026#39;s actually trying to act and he comes out a winner. Heu0026#39;s getting a bit puffy again but he looks solid enough in the action department. Others are so so with only old pro Henriksen making any kind of impression.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKudos to the script as well. As said, itu0026#39;s far from perfect but it does have a nice twist up itu0026#39;s sleeve and it gives our man a little better dialog than usual.For fans of Seagal this is a must. For others, u0026quot;Pistol Whippedu0026quot; is still an OK way to kill an hour and a half.”