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.
This is a vanity production parading as a social statement.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
25 Feb 2009
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,
7 Sep 2011
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,
5 Sep 2014
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,
5 Sep 2014
rotten:
What a Renaissance Man, that Steven Seagal. He lumbers, he sermonizes, he directs!