Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

Réalisateur:

Geoff Murphy

Writers (WGA):

J.F. Lawton (characters)
Richard Hatem (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 juillet 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drame

Accroche:

A top secret nuclear satellite. A team of international terrorists. A government held hostage. An undetectable moving headquarters. Only one hero stands in the way.

Plot:

Casey Ryback has now retired from the Navy and is now a chef at the Mile High Cafe in Denver, Colorado...

Plot Keywords:

Faked Death | Train Hijack | Computer Cracker | Global Positioning System | Railway

Avis des utilisateurs:

Seagal on a Train....

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 31

10:00 PM

TNT

Ensemble

Steven Seagal	...	Casey Ryback
Eric Bogosian	...	Travis Dane
Everett McGill	...	Marcus Penn
Katherine Heigl	...	Sarah Ryback
Morris Chestnut	...	Bobby Zachs
Peter Greene	...	Mercenary #1
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	Mercenary #2
Scott Sowers	...	Mercenary #3
Afifi Alaouie	...	Female Mercenary (as Afifi)
Andy Romano	...	Admiral Bates
Brenda Bakke	...	Captain Linda Gilder
Sandra Taylor	...	Kelly, Barmaid
Jonathan Banks	...	Scotty, Mercenary
David Gianopoulos	...	Captain David Trilling
Royce D. Applegate	...	Ryback's Cook

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Under Siege 2
Express en détresse (Canada: French title) [fr]
Express en péril (Canada: French title) [fr]
Piège à grande vitesse (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Durée:

99 min | Germany:92 min (16-rated version)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (VHS rating) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Finland:K-15 (DVD release) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | New Zealand:R16 (VHS/DVD rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) (cut) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | New Zealand:R (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Anecdotes:

The railroad passenger cars where built especially for the movie by Colorado Railcar Company and are still in existence today.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Travis Dane is "posing" to be in France, the live feed is stopped and the screen goes black. A shot of the crowd watching the now-black screen shows a window which is reflecting an image of the screen with Travis Dane still on it.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Gen. Cooper: Tom, thanks for coming.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in "NewsRadio: Massage Chair (#3.3)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

AFTER THE TRAIN HAS GONE

Seagal on a Train....

This was pretty good actually, despite having some production problems(word has it that they were thinking of bringing Gary Busey's character back from Under Seige I-yeah, right-off the exploding Sub? Not likely...)But anyways, this worked well for me. I enjoyed Seagal, showed a bit of humour here in places, thought the train gave it a decent closed in setting, liked both Kurtwood Smith and Everett McGill doing what they do best. (Smith has played the worried Pentagon staffer before too, about the same way...) My impression of Bogosian was that he was a bit too wired at times in his portrayal but it worked just the same. Overall an enjoyable if not great action film, the sort Seagal should have made more of.

**1/2 outta ****, nothing great, but alright.