Out for a Kill (2003) (V)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Michael Oblowitz

Writers:

Danny Lerner (story)
Dennis Dimster (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 August 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Out for revenge. Out for payback.

Plot:

An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.

Plot Keywords:

Car Chase | Drug Smuggling | Tattoo | Assassin | Crime Boss

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 20	12:00 PM	SPIKETV
Sat. Nov. 21	2:00 AM	SPIKETV

Cast

Michelle Goh	...	Tommie Ling
Corey Johnson	...	Ed Grey
Tom Wu	...	Li Bo
Ozzie Yue	...	Fang Lee, 'The Barber'
Bruce Wang	...	Tang Zhili, 'The Bird'
Chike Chan	...	Mr. Chang
Hon Ping Tang	...	Sai Lo
Dave Wong	...	Yin Quinshi
Chooi Kheng-Beh	...	Wong Dai (as Chooi Kheng Beh)
Steven Seagal	...	Prof. Robert Burns
Elaine Tan	...	Luo Yi
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Dean
Kata Dobó	...	Maya Burns (as Kata Dobo)
Vincent Wong	...	Luo Dazhong
Ray Charleson	...	Harry 'Crash' Kupper

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, nudity and some drug content.

Runtime:

Argentina:96 min | Australia:86 min | UK:88 min

Country:

Aruba | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Millennium Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When in the Chinese Barber Shop, the barber pulls the blind down over the door, a few seconds later, he closes it again.

Quotes:

Prof. Robert Burns: I have to go to the bathroom.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Direct Contact (2009)

Soundtrack:

The Last Firstborn

What a total disaster!

Where, oh, where do you begin talking about the plethora of problems with a film like this? This film is technically and artistically inept from beginning to end. It plays as if it were literally assembled out of scenes from other films and slapped together as this mess. Most of Seagal's dialogue was added in post-production because he's always speaking when he's out of frame -- an obvious sign that this thing - story and all - was basically created in the cutting room. The director uses odd transitions and focus pulls for no reason. Boring slow motion scenes are an obvious attempt to push the movie out to a full 90 minutes. Transitions are abrupt and make no sense -- all of a sudden Seagal is in the middle of a car chase that goes nowhere. Characters appear from nowhere, and lesser characters suddenly have voice-over inner monologues that make no sense. Every rule of common sense filmmaking and storytelling are completely broken. The plot makes no sense. Everytime we see the bad guys they are in the same room, at the same table, wearing the same clothes -- again, obviously shot in one day to piece this tub O' crap together in post production. The editing is choppy, the action clumsy, and the climax is a total joke. To be avoided at all costs. Surely one of the worst films made in recent memory. Seriously -- what were they thinking? Garbage.