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The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buddha Worship
Review: "The Glimmer Man" is about a Buddhist police officer played by Steven Seagal. That's the whole movie. He teams up with Keenen Ivory Wayans and they try to look for 'The Family Man,' a serial killer who uses religion to make his mark. Steven Seagal was about to be killed by a Russian gang, but he told them, "I gotta lot of cash OR you can take plastic." He used his credit card as a weapon, how nifty is that? Another encounter involved Seagal walking into a restaurant and he caused lots of damage. All of that wine gone to waste and Seagal managed to try some of the food! He sure does enjoy food! Then Seagal fought a bald martial artist at the end of the movie and asked, "Is that the best you got!?" Yes, Steven Seagal can bring it and eat it in this movie. The duo found the killer and uncovered a deep plot involving smuggling. This movie is comedy, especially when Seagal gave Wayans a taste of powdered deer privates. It was disgusting, yet satisfyingly original! Good movie.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: DIFFERENT
Review: A lot more effort is put into crafting this Seagal movie rather than assembling it. The photography is angled strangely and the lighting tries to make certain scenes dingy and others sinister.

In this movie Seagal and Keenan Ivory Wayans go up against the Russian mafia. In doing so they produce a lot of dead bodies in action scenes that are satisfying and fun to watch. Although they are edited just a little too quickly.

At first I thought this movie was called "The Glimmer Man" because of the stupid jackets Seagal wears. He should be arrested by the fashion police, I'm not kidding. But overall I give this movie 3 out of 5 [stars].

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This one was original.
Review: I am impressed first and foremost by the casting. I would have never guessed that a Wayans and Segal would work well together, but they really do. The compliment each others abilities quite well. With that in mind I should say that this really isn't your average run-of-the-mill police movie. We all know that Segal has been in a bunch of those. There is still plenty of action, and a lot of humerous scenes, so I don't think you will be dissapointed. I wasn't.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This one was original.
Review: I am impressed first and foremost by the casting. I would have never guessed that a Wayans and Segal would work well together, but they really do. The compliment each others abilities quite well. With that in mind I should say that this really isn't your average run-of-the-mill police movie. We all know that Segal has been in a bunch of those. There is still plenty of action, and a lot of humerous scenes, so I don't think you will be dissapointed. I wasn't.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Three word title with Gratuitous violence
Review: I had been pleasently surprised watching a Steven Seagal movie once and thought to repeat the experience. I'm quite torn on this movie however. It stars Steven Seagal acting as a cop with a spiritual side, who moves to LA to help in a murder investigation with a new partner cop, Keenen Ivory Wayans. Seagal starts out stating that he can't fight because it's against his religion. But once he breaks the seal he just goes on killing all the bad guys without a look back. He totally goes against his religious background with out regrets even though they spend time setting up a plot around his break from his violent past.

I think what bothered me about his character is that he seems to have no code of ethics or even of police work. He kills all his suspects, doesn't follow police procedure, has no second thought to the fact that he's working on personal vendetta instead of his job as a cop, and bascially throws away his badge and therefore his vow of protect and serve means nothing. If you're someone who doesn't mind that the good guy is a bad cop and a cold blooded killer than you might just like this movie.

I also found the movie very violent, outside of the normal shoot-em-up, knock-em-down formula. At one point Seagal repeatedly pistol whips a guy into a bloody pulp, and the murder victims the cops investigate are pretty gross too.

The saving grace of this movie was Keenen Ivory Wayans. He was actually very enjoyable and in my mind saved this flick, although at some points the film was shot well.

The plot was thin, with a lot of time spent on focusing on Seagal's character making this movie have two plots, the past of Seagal and the investigation going on. This movie tried to be Rush Hour and failed. You're not sure in the beginning if Seagal is trying to be Asian or Native American, the fight scenes were horribly edited and the plot seemed thrown together to hide a movie about Seagal's (character's) past.

The DVD doesn't have very many features, but since the movie is cinemagraphically shot well it's worth it to own on DVD. It's a must have for any Seagal fan, and worth watching, just not worth getting into deeply or for fighting. It's an action movie that tries too hard to have plot.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good movie
Review: I like this movie, its not Seagals best but it got mucha humour and good fight scenes. Steven Seagal being a buddhist is in itself cool(therefor my name). What else can I say?

A movie for those who like Steven Seagal!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Simply Awesome
Review: I like to credit this as one of Stevens best movies. Because of its action scenes well written story plot with slight comedy and great actors. This is one of my favorite Steven Seagal movies. I enjoyed this movie very much. If you haven't seen this awesome film yet go see it I recommend it highly.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Martial Artist!
Review: I own Everything on STEVEN SEAGAL!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Immensely entertaining action hokum
Review: It is admitted that Steven Seagal, as an actor, is not of the "method" school of Brando and De Niro. You don't watch his films to see him act. If you want to see acting, then watch the powerhouses Humphrey Bogart or Jack Nicholson, but not Seagal, the seventh dan black belt aikidoist. His films are primarily made to thrill and entertain. With his erect posture, powerful build and frowning expression, he exerts an intimidating screen presence. Like a tornado sweeping across the torrid zone, he leaves the bad guys annihilated and in brief, hard-trimmed action scenes, he despatches villain after villain with either a bullet to the head, a chop to the throat, a thrust with a knife or a kick to the face. In this film at least, he also manages to be mildly humorous and even self-deprecating in his portrayal of a bead-wearing Buddhist cop. This is the first film in which he actually draws blood during a conflict with a bad guy. The action scenes are supreme. The dialogue is post-Tarantino tart and the film, as a whole, is wonderfully self-mocking.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Typical Seagal
Review: O.K.-- Steven Seagal was not considered for a Best Actor award for this movie (nor for any of this other flicks). This is, however, an enjoyable little movie -- you just have to get past Seagal's wooden acting, his love beads, and the huge holes in the plot. Keenen Ivory Wayans' character worked well -- he gets credit for all of the intentional humor, including one particularly funny line.


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