shakercoola
Routine, predictable and bloodthirsty, this time Seagal winds up in the slammer, escapes and proves he didn't intentionally steal $20m and seeking vengeance on the man who framed him.
Today You Die has some good action, and a buddy exchange that works quite well. The third act peters out a little in terms of tension because the villains are no match for Seagal and the villain is revealed too early.
As a footnote, this is at least watchable compared to the likes of Submerged and Half Past Dead where the directors went for crass visual tropes to try and spice up the camerawork.
becky878
I love this movie. As soon as it starts out with him in bed saying, "Tell me your dreams and I'll tell you what they mean, cuz dreams mean things," my wife and I started laughing. I knew we were in for another Seagal treat. I just wish I could walk like Seagal. Seriously, just watch how Seagal walks with his arms flat to his sides. And the way he runs! Holy crap this guy is incredible. This movie has some of my favorites: Seagal doing black Seagal again - I swear the man can't quit doing it, Seagal in prison again, and all kinds of one-liners. He is a thief in this one. Steven likes the movies where is he always in the grey area of the law. He is always a good guy with a bad side, or a bad guy with a good side. In this one it is the latter. Do yourself a favor and watch this one with someone you care about, so you can laugh together at how funny this comedy featuring Steven Seagal is.
Frank Markland
After being impressed with Dolph Lundgren in The Russian Specialist (as well as Van Damme in Wake Of Death) I finally got around to watching this movie which was still on my TiVo for like two months. There is a story about that, in that no movie that has stayed longer than a couple weeks on the TiVo has ever been that good and in this case, this was no exception in fact Today You Die was painfully bad, trite and just plain dull. The movie has Steven Seagal as a thief who steals from rich corporation and gives back to the community (Oh brother.) and in doing so gets caught one night and is sent to prison. Too bad then that he sets out to get out of prison and take on some more mobsters in this interchangeable bad straight to video movie you could name. I admit to being a big fan of Steven Seagal's early work, especially since he seemed polished, slick and cool. However in Today You Die, Seagal is a rather wimpier version of his once formidable self and in fact does so little akidio one wonders why he bothers with the action phase if he can't lose weight and actually look credible in the action sequences. Today You Die was as awful as I expected it to be, it did after all have the guy from Naughty By Nature (You down with O.P.P?) and well any expectation beyond that further insures that I had only but minimal expectations for this movie. It speaks volumes that this movie couldn't even rise to the minimal occasion I set for it. Today You Die is a bad movie plain and simple, I really feel sorry for Seagal fans, since they have actually rented this and put money down on such a clunker. My condolences.* out of 4-(Bad)
scottfilm
that keep using those blasted stunt doubles to try and make him into a "flying dragon". Seagal doesn't need to do all the "airborn" stunts to convince me he can kick some teeth. Movies like Glimmerman are great examples of good choreography with lots of objects being abused with human bodies slamming against them. ;) Give us back the good old Steven we loved in the 90's. This film tried to get back there somewhat. Ashame Asian director's are so fascinated with matrix style choreography and can't just "keep it real". I'm sick of Asian films trying to sell us on stunts alone. Crouching Tiger was one of those films where it's crazy how long you can draw out a story about some sword that I "suppose" is the salvation of the people or whatever. Jet Li's new "Fearless" however is one that am definitely looking forward to. Let's keep Steven doing what he does best, breaking bones and giving pilot lessons. ;)
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