On Deadly Ground
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Critics Sentiment
Taft destroys Stone's helicopter with explosive booby traps
Taft delivers environmental speech at Alaska State Capitol
The film plummets from decent action sequences to its worst moment with Taft's sanctimonious environmental speech that drove audiences from theaters.
Reviews show the film starts competently but quickly becomes bogged down by heavy-handed environmental messaging and mystical sequences that kill pacing. While critics praised some explosive action moments and Michael Caine's hammy villain, the spiritual detours and especially the ending speech were universally panned. The film represents Seagal's directorial vanity project that takes itself far too seriously despite its ridiculous plot.
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Steven Seagal
Forrest Taft
Michael Caine
Michael Jennings
Joan Chen
Masu
John C. McGinley
MacGruder
R. Lee Ermey
Stone
Shari Shattuck
Liles
Billy Bob Thornton
Homer Carlton
Richard Hamilton
Hugh Palmer
Chief Irvin Brink
Silook
Apanguluk Charlie Kairaiuak
Tunrak
Elsie Pistolhead
Takanapsaluk
John Trudell
Johnny Redfeather
Mike Starr
Big Mike
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Otto
Jules Desjarlais
Drunken Eskimo
Moses Wassillie
Joseph Ittok
Nanny Kagak
Elak
Irvin Kershner
Walters
Kenji
Rook
Todd Beadle
Collins
Crew
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