Hard to Kill (1990)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Bruce Malmuth

Writer (WGA):

Steven McKay (written by)

Release Date:

9 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The star of Above the Law is back. Now...Steven Seagal is hard to kill.

Plot:

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too...

Plot Keywords:

Coma | Hospital | Nurse | Revenge | Mansion

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Mason Storm
Kelly LeBrock	...	Andy Stewart (as Kelly Le Brock)
William Sadler	...	Senator Vernon Trent (as Bill Sadler)
Frederick Coffin	...	Lt. Kevin O'Malley
Bonnie Burroughs	...	Felicia Storm
Andrew Bloch	...	Capt. Dan Hulland
Branscombe Richmond	...	Max Quentero
Charles Boswell	...	Jack Axel
Zachary Rosencrantz	...	Sonny Storm
Lou Beatty Jr.	...	Carl Becker
Nick DeMauro	...	Calabrese
Nick Corello	...	James Valero
Justin De Rosa	...	Mikey
Stanley Brock	...	Counterman
Evan James	...	Danny

Also Known As:

Seven Year Storm

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (TV rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1990) | Norway:(Banned) (1990-2003) (cinema release) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock were married at that time.

Goofs:

Continuity: The hospital bed disappears after Mason is loaded into the passenger seat of the car.

Quotes:

[Kevin O'Malley and Sonny Storm encounter Nolan and Quentero at the train station]
Nolan: What are you doing, you taking a trip somewhere?
Lt. Kevin O'Malley: [pretends that Sonny is his son] Yeah... yeah, me and my kid are visiting my mother in New Mexico.
Nolan: Oh, that's your son, huh? It's funny, you know he doesn't look much like you. Does he, Quentero? As a matter of fact, I think that I've seen his ugly face before.
Max Quentero: Kind of looks like Mason Storm.
Nolan: Yeah.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hot Fuzz (2007)

Soundtrack:

Feels So Good

In 1990, Steven Seagal is gonna kill Bill... Sadler

Wow. The Seagal movies just keep on coming. Right after I commented on 'Out For Justice', I caught the horrible 'Out for a Kill' on pay TV, and then 'Hard to Kill' came on after that on free-to-air. With any luck, the most awesome of all Seagal's movies - 'Under Siege' - will be on sometime soon, but for now, 'Hard to Kill' was rather awesome.

Seagal plays Mason Storm, a cop investigating links between some mobsters, crooked cops, and crooked politician, and suddenly everything turns into a 'Kill Bill' prototype: The bad guys kill Storm's family, and leave him for dead. After waking up from a seven-year coma, Storm sets out for vengeance.

'Hard to Kill' is an entertaining action movie. The amount of limb-snapping may be lower than usual for a Seagal movie, but the fight scenes are good. An added bonus is the fact that 'Hard to Kill' features some of Seagal's best lines and moments ("I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!"). The hide and seek scene has got to be the best scene Seagal has ever filmed.

'Hard to Kill' rates as one of my favourite Seagal movies, and certainly much better than anything he's done lately. Seagal fans should get a kick out of this - 7/10