I just finished writing the review on Driven, Stallone''s latest attempt at getting back into the spotlight, and now I''m
writing the one for Exit Wounds, Seagal''s attempt at a new greatness. Seagal, compared to Stallone and Schwarzenegger, has had the worst luck out of them all, and it''s not surprising. Seagal, with his breathless, faint, and tough guy voice, doesn''t cut it in either the acting role or in the hero role anymore. His style of fighting doesn''t look as flashy as the popular Jackie Chan and The Matrix speedy kung fu styles. The only thing that saves him is that he brings a kind of presence to the screen that makes us a little excited when he takes on a group of bad guys.
Exit Wounds marks Seagal''s return to real movies. Since doing the popular Under Siege duo, he has been bouncing around in Hollywood purgatory, or, better known as direct-to-video. When the people who mean something realized that he wasn''t raking in the dough, he was cut loose from movie theaters and forced to do several horrible, horrible, horrible direct-to-video movies like Fire Down Below. But in Hollywood, it only takes one movie to make a big comeback, and that''s what Seagal is looking for in Exit Wounds, which smartly teams him up with some other ''big'' names hoping to grab onto their fan bases. DMX costars, and Tom Arnold also has a part, trying to give some comical boost to an otherwise gritty film.
Seagal means business several times throughout the movie, as he saves the Vice President''s life (and then gets fired for some reason), saves his car from being hijacked, and then proceeds to take down a huge police corruption scandal. Of course, people want to see this movie for the action and action it has, including car chases, gunfights, fistfights, and more. The opening scene is probably the best.