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22 utilisateurs sur 25 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
Excellent, fast-paced action/thriller!, 20 janvier 2004

Auteur : Fiendish_Dramaturgy de .: Fiendish Writings in the Dark :.

This is one of those first few movies which represent Seagal's best. The story moves by quickly, the action never stops, and the quality is excellent.

Seagal's bombastic aikido style is a sure show-stopper. The action is so captivating that it almost renders the story unnecessary. The story consists of Seagal searching out the murderer of a friend. There are other elements to the plot, but that is the gist. It would do no good to attempt to detail the plot however, as the story is lost in a flurry of fists and knees.

If you are a fan of Seagal's bone-crunching, show-stopping, hard-hitting martial arts style, you will simply love this one.

Although this is quite pretentious and philosophically preachy, this has to be one of my absolute favorites of his older movies.

I love it!

It rates a 7.4 from...

the Fiend :.

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18 utilisateurs sur 20 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
Seagal does it by the numbers, but still does it well, 4 juin 2005

Auteur : lemon_magic de Wavy Wheat, Nebraska

IMO, this is at once the best AND the most formulaic of Seagal's endless string of beat-'em-ups. If you like Seagal, you will love this film; if you don't, OFJ probably will not convince you.

The fight scenes have a nice, bone-crunching kinetic energy to them, the plot has something of an urgent feel to it, and the soundtrack contributes greatly to the atmosphere and mood of the proceedings. I especially liked the placement and timing of 'No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn'. This played during the montage driving scene where 'Gino' (Seagal) drives through various ethnic neighborhoods and reacts to various sights and extras - to me this was the actual highlight of the film, giving the viewer a sense of place and humanity missing from most films of this type.

There are, of course, a couple of major problems with the film that keep it from being anything more than a typical Seagal action vehicle. The first one is that 'Gino' is such an unstoppable fighting machine that you never really worry about him or whether he will be a match for the villain once he finds him. And indeed, once Gino catches up with 'Ritchie' (William Forsythe, dreadfully miscast and not especially convincing), the denouement is a completely one-sided *ss-kicking that lacks any suspense whatsoever. Gino just mows Ritchie down like winter wheat and the scene comes to an end. At least Seagal had some trouble with Tommy Lee Jones and the terrorists in 'Under Siege' and with the voodoo gangster guy in 'Marked For Death' - you got the sense that he really was in danger. Not so here.

2ndly, and probably worse, Seagal seems to have decided that he wanted to stretch himself as an actor in this movie. So the script gives the movie way too many scenes where he delivers endless monologues - no, actually they are more like oratories - in a static talking head shot filmed over the shoulder of another actor (or extra). These scenes go on for literally minutes, and bring the film to a screeching halt, because Seagal just can't pull them off. Hell I'm not sure Deniro filmed by Scorcese could pull them off, because these speeches just go on and on until even the biggest Seagal fan is saying 'OK, Steven, we GET IT, you're ACTING, now can we PLEASE MOVE ALONG?!?!?"

Still this film, and the following film 'Under Siege', probably represent the peak of Seagal's career as an action star. After this he started going downhill, getting greasier and flabbier with each new release, and each new release was more and more unconvincing and badly made than the last, until finally he seems to have bottomed out with "Exit Wounds" and direct-to-video crap like "Out For A Kill".

So if you want to watch a GOOD Seagal film, consider this one. It holds up well over repeated viewings and over the decade since it was made.

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My vocabulary don't do justice to this film., 19 juillet 2004

Auteur : bum_evil de Finlande

Well, first off I'd like to say I'm a bit of a Seagal-junkie. Then I'd have to say why I bothered writing something this time.. this just might be the best film Seagal's ever done! I haven't seen them all, yet, they're quite hard to get. The role Seagal has is perfect for him, a hardened cop, the role in which he owns the screen, anyway he acts great. In the film there are superb martial arts. There's even a bit of a plot. And did I mention martial arts, they are totally kicking arse. And there are lots of them. As well as action, car chase(s), gun fighting, everything.

I definitely recommend this to anyone who's into action films. And you have to find yourself an uncut copy.

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Justice in 90 minutes or your Pizza's free, 8 juin 2000

Auteur : Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) de The Underverse

Gino Felino, like Nico Toscani, Mason Storm and John Hatcher before him, is a good cop in a bad mood. His partner Bobby Lupo has been gunned down in the streets in front of his wife and kids by crazed wannabe gangster Richie Madano. Richie was always into something bad, even when he was a kid and now seems to be going psycho, snorting coke and smoking crack. He's got a one-way ticket to oblivion and he's going to have fun getting there along with his evil henchmen Joey Dogs, Bobby Arms and Bochi. Luckily for the good citizens of Brooklyn, Gino is on the case and on the mission to find Richie by means of broken bones, severed limbs and agonizing pain.

As Steven Seagal movies go (the pre-1997 Golden Years) Out For Justice is definitely one of the strongest. Tight fast-paced direction, well balanced widescreen framing, a great score by David Michael Frank and an impressive cast of familiar faces give it a lasting impression. Also, Seagal has mentioned that this is his favorite film of his own and you can really see it in his acting. He's often been criticised for not giving any effort and I wholeheartedly agree in regard to his later films. But there was a time when he did try and in Out For Justice you can see that a little effort goes a long way. I know his Brooklyn accent isn't THAT convincing and his acting in general isn't exactly on par with Olivier, but if he we're to be just as enthusiastic about his other characters then maybe his film career wouldn't be in the toilet.

Out For Justice never loses its appeal. William Forsythe is just so evil as Richie that I've never been convinced by the nice guy characters he's played in other movies. The fight scenes in which Seagal takes measures to ensure maximum suffering are most entertaining and small moments of character give it a strange edge. But you can tell that there's been a lot of stuff left out. This is especially evident in the montage sequences where characters are wearing different clothing and meet up with each other all over the place. There is also hints at more murders by Richie in the trailer that are never seen or referenced in the film at all.

Proof positive that Seagal once had it. But then came religion and then...well...you know how it went.

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One of Seagal's best, 11 avril 2009

Auteur : shortround8391 de Etats-Unis

*** Ce commentaire peut contenir des spoilers ***

Alright guys, I'm gonna be straight with you. In this review, I'm gonna be praising "Out for Justice" and will be recommending it to anyone, but the truth is, Steven Seagal's best movie to me is always gonna be "Under Siege", period. "Out for Justice" to me is more like his second best, even though you might think that saying that might not be saying much at all, the truth is "Out for Justice" is an a great martial arts film that is worth your time.

During Steven Seagal's ponytail years and before "Under Siege" came out, Seagal was basically putting out a few martial arts films that were considered to be something new at the time. And because of that, they were box-office successes and other actors such as Jean Claude Van Damme and Wesley Snipes started doing what Seagal was doing and the three of them rose to stardom. But during the course of the 1990's and the 2000's, the mainstream culture started to look to other martial artists (like Jason Statham in his ridiculous Transporter films) and Seagal, Van Damme and Snipes started doing their thing in the straight-to-DVD way and things will never be the same again.

But thank god we still have the movies to watch forever, and "Out for Justice" does Seagal's career a whole lot of true justice. In this, he plays a Gino Felino, a tough as nails cop who grew up on the streets of Brooklyn and with Mafia ties. But one day, his best friend Bobby is ruthlessly shot and killed in daylight and in front of his wife and kids by a wannabe wise-guy named Richie (William Forsythe). And Gino happens to know him since those two were kids, and he's willing to do anything to get to Richie, such as arresting his sister to get information and even being rough with his parents. Also, even the mob guys are after Richie since he's making them look bad, but they keep screwing up and Richie keeps killing whoever they send to get him.

And Seagal isn't too shabby as an actor when he gives that depressing monologue about his character's father, but I'll admit that there were some areas that he could've improved on to make it better. And his slick fighting skills make his character really stand out. And also the part when he saves a harmless pup from being run-over by a car after its owner threw it out in a garbage bag on the road, is what is another defining point of him. And then in the end he finds that owner and kicks that guy in his family jewels. Pretty funny stuff there.

Also, William Forsythe's portrayal as the psychotic Richie is another one of the movies best parts. He's completely believable in his role as a guy who was always breaking the law since the start and then finally loses his mind when he starts taking crack and dope. And Forsythe displays his character's emotions of insanity and fury with sheer skill, and also I laugh every time the line "Shut up about the f**king mouse!" is said.

And as always, the action is what's best, the aikido/ martial arts is completely realistic and doesn't seem too fake or stiff that some karate-esquire movies do. The action is absolutely and positively brutal, bloody and violent. And this is clear proof why Steven Seagal is the best at what he does, the scene in the bar in which Gino takes a billiard ball wrapped in a towel and whacks Richies men and knocks a guy's teeth out is one of Seagal's best ever fight scenes. And who could forget the end when Gino storms that house with a shotgun and totally trashes the hell out of Richie?

I actually just rented this movie last night from Blockbuster and I was amazed at how wrong I was about Seagal before. He doesn't deserve all the criticism he gets for not giving any depth to his characters, but in "Out for Justice" I was seeing some of that. And next thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna buy this on DVD and add it to my collection. Who knows? Maybe I'll even start making a collection of Seagal movies and this is along with "Under Siege" is a start.....

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One of Seagal's Best! Please make more Gino!, 24 novembre 2003

Auteur : gpmac de Nashville, TN

This is one of Seagal's best from the early 90's. If you like hardcore violence and "true" justice, then this movie is for you! If we had more cops like Gino today, we wouldn't have a need for maximum security prisons!! or the courts for that matter! If you liked Seagal's earlier movies, you'll love this one. Keep makin' movies Gino and Thanks!

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Have criminals ever had it so bad?, 19 octobre 2002

Auteur : chief_ryback de Midlands, England

This film is the ultimate violence film. i'm not going to give any specific examples but the fight scenes are so brutal is hilarious. its not like one of those japanese ninja violence films, or evil dead type violence. this is like real-life violence. seagal plays gion fellino, a tough brooklyn cop, who is as the title suggests, out for justice. after the start seagal goes round giving a good hiding to anyone who so much as looks at him funny. the scenes in the butcher shop, the pool hall and the final fight are the best examples of the violence in this film, however they are scattered all over the place. its about 2 minutes into the film before the first person gets a severe decking from seagal. and its fairly brutal. the butcher shop is a good example of seagals martial arts abilities, but more of the fact that gino is a total bad-ass. the pool hall is the macho scene and is a ripper. no-one escapes a good decking. and the final fight is pretty much the harshest beating i've seen in any film. well apart from when like old people get battered but you'll see what i mean if you watch it. make sure to get it on dvd too. its really badly cut on vhs. overall, this film is an all time ripsnorter and probably my favourite seagal film, and in my top ten films of all time.

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12 utilisateurs sur 18 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
****1/2 out of 5, 18 août 2002
Auteur : mike (casey_choas66@hotmail.com) de walkerton

For anyone who has seen a Steven Seagal movie you will notice that they all have their own set of pros and cons. Con- Seagal seems to play the same role in each of his movies. Pro- anyone who likes Seagal will find something to like in each of his movies. Con- Everyone who doesn't like Seagal will find nothing of intrest in his movies. With that sais this one ranks amoung Seagals best. Seagal is Gino, a gung-ho cop from Brooklyn who decides to take matters into his own hands when a violent ganster kills his partner, think A Bronx Tale mixed with Hard to Kill and Above the Law for good measure. Gino seems to cause trouble everywhere he goes as he uncovers a ring of corruption and lies that go a lot deeper than Gino had suspected. But with only a shotgun and his fists of steel he dispatches his own kind of street justice on everyone who gets in the way of him finding Richie, the man who killed his partner. There isn't as much martial arts mayhem as in previous Seagal outtings and the fights that are here don't seem as glorified as past Seagal works but nonetheless the violence meter is through the roof, there is a nicely entertianing car chase and there is also an unusually high level of profanity. Even though most of the film is a no brainer, Seagal still finds time to get a postivie message in there when he picks up a dog that someone through out their car window in a garbage bag. The film also ends on a humorous note as Seagal encounters the man who did that to the dog. Seagal has never been the greatest actor but he manages to put some heart into his work here with a suprisingly uplifting story about his father and also gets to crack out a few amusing one-liners. The major downfall here is the miscasting of William Forsythe as Richie who doesn't really live up to the hype that surrounds his character. In the end what we have is a highly entertaining and always thrilling little action/suspense film that fans of Seagal will love and maybe even a few nonfans will get into as well.

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5 utilisateurs sur 5 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
"I'm gonna keep coming back until someone remembers seeing Richie!", 12 septembre 2006

Auteur : Scott LeBrun de Winnipeg, Canada

Not-bad Steven Seagal vehicle in which he plays a maverick narcotics detective named Gino Felino, who seeks to avenge the death of his partner, which was perpetrated by sleazy barbarian Richie Madano (an over-acting, but enjoyable, William Forsythe). Naturally, Gino will beat the stuffing out of, or kill if need be, anybody stupid enough to impede his progress.

Although it's very much a standard, dispensable action movie in terms of the writing, dialog and characters, it's just entertaining enough. It's got enough hard-hitting violence (maybe even more than you might expect - one thug gets a cleaver in the hand and another gets part of his leg blown off; that's in addition to all the bone-breaking) to qualify as a decent, visceral experience.

The funny thing about the climax is that for all his coke-snorting, Richie is still basically a graceless, overweight slob who gets clobbered pretty effortlessly. The result is a final showdown that's hilariously one-sided!

Seagal, even with his rather limited acting chops, basically gets the job done, although it goes without saying that a viewer may wish that the monologues would end more quickly and the film would get back to the blood-letting. The late Jerry Orbach plays Seagal's briefly seen superior, and Gina Gershon plays Richie's sister. In small roles you can see the likes of Julianna Margulies ('E.R.'), Dominic Chianese ('The Sopranos'), and if you pay *really* close attention, you can glimpse John Leguizamo in a montage about 39 minutes in.

Seagal also produced and even co-wrote and co-produced what would seem to be the film's theme song, "Don't Stand In My Way", a hard rocking tune sung by Gregg Allman. There's also the appropriate inclusion of the Beastie Boys tune "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", which I liked as well.

It's just simple, straightforward, sadistic fun. Just turn your brain off and enjoy watching the bad guys get what they've got coming.

6/10

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* * * OUT OF FIVE, 7 juillet 2003

Auteur : bronsonskull72 de Etats-Unis

Steven Seagal stars as Gino a Brooklyn cop who is hunting the killer of his partner in this blood thirsty yet suspenseful actioner that features Seagal in top form. Seagal may need to work on his acting skills but those in search of a high bodycount with tons of carnage will not be disappointed. Out For Justice is also much better then Seagal's previous efforts. (Above The Law,Hard To Kill and Marked For Death.)

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