Rotten
What a Renaissance Man, that Steven Seagal. He lumbers, he sermonizes, he directs!
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
On Deadly Ground
His battle to save the Alaskan wilderness and protect its people can only be won On Deadly Ground.
1994 · 1h 41m · R
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Steven Seagal
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On Deadly Ground
Overview
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Director and cast
- Steven Seagal Director
- Steven Seagal as Forrest Taft
- Michael Caine as Michael Jennings
- Joan Chen as Masu
- John C. McGinley as MacGruder
- R. Lee Ermey as Stone
- Ai Wan as Dancer (uncredited)
- Shari Shattuck as Liles
- Billy Bob Thornton as Homer Carlton
- Richard Hamilton as Hugh Palmer
- Chief Irvin Brink as Silook
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Unfortunately Seagal, who also makes his directing debut with this script, is no match for Caine. His on-screen personality is petulant and humorless, his voice so grating you want to reach for a mute button.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Although you could certainly wish that Seagal and his writers... could have found less preachy ways to express themselves, On Deadly Ground is otherwise lively entertainment for action fans.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
''I didn't want to resort to violence. I didn't have a choice,'' [Seagal] says; a greater man might have said, ''Make my day.''
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
This is a vanity production parading as a social statement.
Leonard Klady, Variety
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