Under Siege (1992, Steven Seagal) – Classic Film Review 1017

Director Andrew Davis’s 1992 action thriller is a humdinger, hitting the target bull’s eye.

Steven Seagal excites in his best film as ship’s cook and former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback. He fights back when ruthless loony terrorists William Stranix (Tommy Lee Jones) and Commander Krill (Gary Busey) take over his boat, the USS Missouri, the US Navy’s biggest battleship.

Soon millions of lives hang in the balance as the evil, ruthless, stop-at-nothing villains try to carry out their plan to steal the Missouri’s lucrative nuclear arsenal in mid-Pacific.

Davis directs in best heart-pounding style in a fast-paced, ultra-thrilling action-thriller, with Jones and Busey excellent as the antagonists. The less thrilling Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, directed by Geoff Murphy, followed in 1995 with Seagal re-creating his role.

Davis also made Above the Law (with Seagal), The Fugitive, Chain Reaction, Collateral Damage and A Perfect Murder.

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