Hard to Kill

'Hard to Kill' is Predictable, Yet Fun. Eternal Bad-Ass Steven Seagal, like always, delivers a spirited & energetic performance. 'Hard to Kill' Synopsis: Detective Mason Storm, who falls into a coma after being shot during a fire-fight that killed his wife Felicia and son Sonny, reawakens seven years later to find his son alive and seeks vengeance with the coma-ward nurse and his old partner. 'Hard to Kill' never tries to be path-breaking, and that is its biggest plus point. It remains true to its premise & offers entertainment. Steven McKay's Screenplay is engaging. Bruce Malmuth's Direction is passable. Cinematography & Editing, are functional. Action-Sequences are excellent. Performance-Wise: Seagal is an Eternal Bad-Ass, and in here, like always, he delivers a spirited & energetic performance. Kelly LeBrock looks amazing & does a credible job. Frederick Coffin is adequate. William Sadler is perfect. Branscombe Richmond lends support. On the whole, 'Hard to Kill' is a winner.

Bruce Malmouth directed this action yarn that stars Steven Seagal as police officer Mason Storm(great name!) who is gunned down in his home, where his wife is killed, and he is in a coma for several years. One day, Mason awakens from his coma, and is immediately targeted for assassination by the same sinister forces that attacked him and his family in the first place. He is aided in his escape by his attractive nurse(played by Kelly Lebrock) as they both go on the run to find out who is responsible, and how to stop them. William Sadler plays a corrupt politician named Trent. Good action scenes, but film is much too far-fetched to be believed, with some most unlikely plot elements(like Mason's remarkably quick recovery!)

This movie is absolutely HILARIOUS. If people even know who Steven Segal is, they should already know what they are getting into before they start playing this movie (meaning that it is FULL of plot holes, jumps in logic, continuity errors, outrageous stunts, etc). That having been said, this movie is so much fun to watch it more than makes up for its shortcomings. Watch this movie with a group of friends that enjoy laughing at unintentionally ridiculous action and I guarantee it will deliver in spades - I found it to be a lot funnier than most comedies.

Once again, Steven Seagal plays a cop, and this could have been the sequel to Above The Law(his first film). Steven Seagal is Mason Storm, and is gunned down with his family in 1984, after having taped a famous person discussing murder. However, Mason doesn`t die that easily, and he wakes up from his coma 6 years later. He escapes from the hospital, falls in love with his nurse, and begins hunting down the people who killed his family. The storyline in this movie is pretty basic Seagal-stuff: brotherhood, revenge etc. Overall a very entertaining movie, and the fight scenes are well fought by martial-art master Steven Seagal. 8/10

I have to admit I am not a fan of Steven Seagal and some of his movies. Under Siege will always be his best film to me, but Hard to Kill is one of Seagal's better movies. I admit, the plot is implausible in places, though it is not as predictable or derivative as Seagal's films tended to become later on, the music sounds dated and tacky(my opinion) and the dialogue can be weak. However on the whole I did enjoy Hard to Kill. The action is well choreographed and fun, the pace is not sluggish or dull as I admittedly expected it to be and the film doesn't look slip shod or cheap. Steven Seagal doesn't give an award worthy performance, but it is one that is intelligible and more energetic than he would become in outings like Out for a Kill. Kelly LeBrock is an alluring and convincing partner, and she works fairly well with Seagal, while William Sadler is also enjoyable. Overall, imperfect but one of the better Segal films. 7/10 Bethany Cox

"Hard to Kill" is bar-none the best Steven Seagal film by a cosmic mile. That is not saying that this is a masterpiece, but it works pretty well due to some really evil bad guys (led by William Sadler) and the fact that Seagal's character is legitimately out for revenge. Seagal is a cop who has just learned that Sadler, an ambitious lawyer with political aspirations, is involved with shady cops and high-class crime syndicates. This information will lead to an attempt on Seagal's life which will kill his wife, cause their young son to just barely escape death and cause Seagal to go into a coma himself. Of course he awakes some eight years later and his only motivation is to bring all those involved to justice. Works well due to Seagal's performance more than anything else. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Looking for a no-brainer that is fun to watch, the standard-but-effective revenge film? Well, this is it. As usual, everything is played to the hilt, meaning the bad guys couldn't be much worse. They not only kill hero Steven Seagal's wife and kid but are crude and use profanity in every sentence. They are the low-life scums in every sense of the word. The only problem is one of them is a U.S. Senator and nobody - nobody - this crude would ever be in high-class position like that....only in Hollywood where, since the '60s, authority figures are almost always shown to be the enemy. Segal's real-life wife, Kelly LeBrock, plays a nurse in here, nursing her Buddhist he-man back to health after the thugs had left him for dead in the aforementioned family killing. The rest is simply Segal's road to recovery and for revenge against those punks...but it's an interesting road, enough to fill the bill if you're in a revenge-seeking mood