Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

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The follow-up to Under Siege seems like the kind of sequel created by people who didn't understand why the movie they were following up worked. Where that film's charm largely derives from the idea that one man can wage a guerilla war, setting the sequel on a train rather reduces opportunities for anything other than pitched gun battles. And while it's true that the first film saw SEAL-turned-chef Ryback (Steven Seagal) prevent the theft of dangerous nuclear weapons, there was no need to trump that threat with earthquake-causing satellite superweapons: that conflict was never the interesting part.

In any case, it's a charmless sequel inferior in every respect (even Seagal is, somehow, more wooden). Probably now most notable as an early role for Katherine Heigl.

- Sam - 2017-04-15 07:07:16