Tracy Winters Stupid albeit entertaining military film about a collection of traitors whom attempt to procure an American naval vessel.Steve Seagal is not too bad as an ex-navy Seal who now holds the position of a cook on board the ship in question. When the gun-play erupts, not one of the many bad guys swarming around the deck and innards of the ship walks through the door at the right time to shoot Seagal in the back -- they only appear after Seagal has wasted somebody uninterrupted so he can turn around just in time for the next pigeon to enter the room and blow him away as well (just like Rambo and all those other cardboard action movie characters).For all its ineptitude, this movie remains a solid action flick. Actually, one of Seagal's best films (my personal favorite Seagal film, for what that's worth.... I'm not a die-hard Seagal fan).Don't forget to see Steve in 'On Deadly Ground' where he plays a peaceful ecology activist who has the audacity (and hypocrisy) to punch the crap out of a guy in a bar to the point where the guy is ready to drop dead, as well as Seagal, 'our hero', wearing animal skins and littering the Alaskan tundra with his cigarette butts.

Troy Schulz I don't like Steve Seagal. I honestly don't thing anybody really likes Steve Seagal. Most of his movies are pretty terrible and go direct-to-video. But to every rule there is an exception, and that exception is the 1992 action-thriller, Under Siege (aka Die Hard on a Battleship). Our story follows Casey Ryback (Seagal in one of his better performances) a cook on-board the soon-to-be-retired USS Missouri and ex-Navy SEAL (aren't they all?). Ryback remains a constant pain for the disliked Commander Krill (Gary Busey in full- on Busey mode), who in fact intends to hijack the ship alongside Strannix (Tommy Lee Jones, the best actor in the film) during the Captain's birthday party. Freeing himself from a meat locker (don't ask), Ryback and Miss July 1989 (Erika Eleniak) fight to free the ship from its captors. From the plot description I just gave, this probably sounds like a parody of action movies you would find on The Simpsons. And in many respects, it is. But the rather generic plot is handled well, fast-paced and with enough action to keep audiences satisfied. Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Holes) handles the many shootouts well, with smooth tracking shots through the ship's narrow corridors giving the action a sense of energy while remaining comprehensible. Busey and Jones' banter is a constant source of (mostly intentional) laughs, and Basil Poledouris' work on the score is excellent as always. One of the better Die Hard-knockoffs, I think its worth a rental.

gwnightscream Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey and Erika Eleniak star in this 1992 action film. Seagal (Hard to Kill) plays Navy SEAL turned cook, Casey Ryback who finds himself facing a group of terrorists aboard a Navy battleship. Casey uses his special skills to fight them and save the hostages. Jones (The Fugitive) plays Bill Stranix, an ex-CIA operative who takes over the ship seeking revenge with help from Navy Commander, Krill (Busey) and Eleniak (Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood) plays exotic dancer, Jordan who helps Casey. This isn't a bad action flick, Seagal is good in it and Jones & Busey are great villains as usual. I recommend this.

The Grand Master Steven Seagal has never been better in Under Siege, his most successful movie to date. After establishing his reputation in Hollywood with Above the Law (1988), Hard to Kill (1990), Marked for Death (1990), and Out for Justice (1991), Steven Seagal's career kicks into another gear with one of the most successful movies of 1992, which also proves to be his best movie at the peak of his career. Also with a good director and good screenwriter, Under Siege brought out the best in Steven Seagal.Steven Seagal (who has also cut off his trademark ponytail for this movie) is a former Navy Seal turned cook Casey Ryback. The movie starts with Ryback continuing to show defiance to most of the chain of command aboard USS Missouri, including Commander Krill (Gary Busey at his villainous best) who is also organising a party on board USS Missouri and has arranged to bring in entertainers via helicopter who are really mercenaries led by the unhinged and unstable William Strannix (Tommy Lee Jones at his over the top best). The main plan is for William Strannix and turncoat Commander Krill to hijack USS Missouri and take all sailors on board hostage in order to steal and sell the tomahawk missiles. The plan almost goes well until Casey Ryback, who was imprisoned in the freezer for assaulting Commander Krill, proves to be the hostages only hope as Ryback manages to escape and takes on the mercenaries himself. Along the way, playboy playmate Jordan Tate (Erika Eleniak who is the only actress in this movie) who was brought onto the ship for entertainment value, is roped into helping Casey Ryback along with a small handful of freed sailors.Under Siege is summed up perfectly as Die Hard on a battleship, and it proves to be a very entertaining action feast. There is no shortage of gunfights, martial arts fights, knife fights, stylized deaths, explosions, and cracking one liners that will keep all action fans very content.Steven Seagal has never been better in his prime as Casey Ryback, the former Navy Seal turned cook. He's very likable in this movie and its a shame that this one time box office champion has been reduced to keeping his career alive through non-stop direct-to-video movies in which Seagal is a shadow of his former self. Under Siege will always be remembered as Steven Seagal's best movie to date. Tommy Lee Jones is a quality actor who often appears frequently as serious no-nonsense characters such as The Fugitive and the Men In Black trilogy. Here in Under Siege he is excellently over the top and the wild and unhinged William Strannix.Gary Busey frequently plays bizarre and psychotic characters, and is often one of the go-to actors if they need a crazy villain as evidenced in Lethal Weapon (1987) as the henchman Mr Joshua. As Commander Krill in Under Siege, he shows that he is psychologically unstable, particularly when he appears in drag during the USS Missouri's party. He also makes a great bad guy partnership with Tommy Lee Jones.Erika Eleniak as playboy playmate Jordan Tate who has been caught up in the hijacking show off her assets for one brief scene and then cries, whines and huffs and puffs her way through the movie at first but later sheds her damsel in distress image to help Ryback take down the mercenaries. If I had one criticism of Under Siege is that her character was unnecessary for this movie and the movie could have done without her.Director Andrew Davis reunites with Steven Seagal from his 1988 debut movie Above the Law and he does a great job as a director. Following the success of Under Siege, Andrew Davis would be picked to direct the Harrison Ford/Tommy Lee Jones blockbuster thriller The Fugitive (1993).There have been so many movies that have attempted to replicate the success of Die Hard (1988) and there have been a variety of mixed results. Under Siege is definitely one of those movies that is a successful blueprint of Die Hard, but also carves out its own success without falling into the trap of being another Die Hard wannabe. Under Siege is a great action movie in its own right, and definitely one of Steven Seagal's best movies that will never be beaten.Watch Under Siege and enjoy yourself.8/10.