The Perfect Weapon

I just watched The Perfect Weapon (2016) The Hitman meets Blade Runner, think it sounds promising?? You'd be wrong! Johnny Mesner is no Timothy Olyphant and Steven Seagal is well, Seagal!! The guy is so lazy here, he gives an aikido lesson sitting down!! Yep. Sitting down (he sits behind desks and tables in a lot of his later movies) then, there's the funny flashback of a young Seagal who is played by a stunt double with his face hidden in the shadows while he kicks someone's ass. God forbid he'd have to stand up for anything. As usual, we even him in a bed with a naked Asain chick too. In this one, he again faces off against the hero, and just to placate Seagal's ego, we see he's a much better fighter than the man we've been calling a "killing machine" for the entire movie. He literally kicks the ever loving out of Messner, who doesn't land a successful punch or kick on Seagal. He's just extra creepy here too, for this Zoner, he seems to be playing himself. He also has a brief monologue while massaging a naked lady to add to his creepyness. The only thing worth mentioning is Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop) and Vernon Wells (commando) pop up and DAMN.... Sasha Jackson is hot!! Seriously check her out. This had the potential to be good, but it's just dull Once you have seen Seagal on giant video screens talking to the city, you think you have seen it all!! Then comes the ending!! Just WOW!! I am assuming it was meant to set up a sequel that never came. I gave it 3 stars one for its effects, which are pretty decent for a dtv Seagal flick, one of the stunning Sasha Jackson and one for the novelty of seeing 2 Arnold Schwarzenegger bad guys in one movie

I think I'm beginning to learn my lesson. I recently caught Seagal's film "A Good Man", and it was a shocker to see how old and out of shape he's gotten, not so good for a former action star. But here, and thankfully he's not on screen that long, he's simply ballooned all out of proportion to someone who once took his art and fitness somewhat seriously. But what's even worse here is the story. There's so much inane stuff going on that it's hard to keep a straight face. Like the most inept team of assassins ever, firing upon the story's protagonist, Axon Rey, the Condor (Johnny Messner), and his former girlfriend Nina (Sasha Jackson), somehow miraculously brought back from the dead, until we find out it was a body double that was buried in her place. So there's that, but what's entirely laughable is the idea that Axon and Nina would attempt to find refuge from the hit team in his own apartment! He even mentioned it was the most likely place for the goon squad to look, which made the whole idea even more of a joke. I don't know what it could possibly be. Does Steven Seagal actually need the money to appear in and produce a picture this bad? If this isn't the hokiest assassin flick ever I'd be surprised to come across a worse one, at least in the present day. And if the Matt Lauer look-alike Johnny Messner shows up in any more pictures like this, he might as well abbreviate his last name to Mess.

The year is 2029. After a war, The Director (Steven Seagal) rules The State by permanent observation of everyone. The killer Condor (Johnny Messner) fulfils his latest mission to eliminate a politician opposing the Director. However, he lets one female witness get away, ignoring his usual instruction to leave no witnesses alive. Since the death of his wife Nina (Sasha Jackson), the killer struggles with his emotions and becomes unpredictable. The Controller (Richard Tyson) thinks that Condor needs re-programming to become an effective killing machine again. Condor escapes before his brain-washing and finds his wife alive and well. Together, they begin a fight against the rule of the Director. This could have been an interesting movie with a better lead actor (Messner is a poor man's Vin Diesel here), three times the budget and a reworked script (it holds some real surprises, but some dialogues made me cringe). The colourful scenery of a future America with Asian influence reminded me of 'Blade Runner'. Although 'Perfect Weapon' has a couple of good moments, there are too many lows along the way. For probably the first time in a decade, Seagal gets a different role than the usual retired CIA agent - but that's not enough to save an ambitious, yet unconvincing sci-fi flick.

I love Steven Seagal movies, I am a fan of his too for decades but this movie was terrible, the futurist movies I hate and Steven plus took a back seat in it. Oh please Steven do not make another one. Plus to me he should have been the main person. I had to keep hitting fast forward in it to find him, until I just about got to the end. And there he was, just like special opt sniper that was bad too, he was hardly ever seen. And when get a Steven Seagal movie I want to see Steven, main person not in the background like some extra, as he was in these two movies. I do hope he makes no more of these kind ever again. Be in the front always and forever in your movies

"The Perfect Weapon" begins like a sequel to George Orwell's novel "1984." The year is now 2029, and it is the essence of the mind control exerted by Big Brother, as conceived by Orwell. But instead of developing a strong theme about human freedom, "The Perfect Weapon" is a muddled and excessively violent action/revenge film. The two main characters are named Condor and Nina, and they presumably are the two rebels who value freedom and want to free the world from Big Brother. But there are two many double crosses in the scenario, so that it is difficult to empathize with either Condor of Nina. The crucial scene is when Condor finally has the opportunity to reunite with Nina. It appears that she has betrayed him, but it is clear to us as the viewers that his love is genuine. In the moment that follows, the film falls completely flat with the decision made by our "perfect weapon" named Condor. This film has received one of the lowest numerical rankings I have ever seen on IMDb. Those low numbers tell the whole story about this film turkey.

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The Perfect Weapon