Word: seagal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Steven Seagal comes to save Alaska but nearly destroys it. In On Deadly Ground, the art of moviemaking gets totaled...
This is sadism with scruples. But in all his movies Seagal snacks on villains as if they were sunflower seeds. In Marked for Death he broke the lead villain's body -- snap! -- over his knee. In Under Siege, by far the snazziest of Seagal's films, he got to smash Tommy Lee Jones' head through a computer screen. Faced with a bunch of thugs in Hard to Kill, he used his fatal grace to dispatch all but the gang leader, then tossed his weapon aside to give the gun-toting goon a sporting chance. Talk about your Zen machismo...
PRESS: Spy vs. Steven Seagal...
Connolly, whose piece mixes seemingly meticulous research with some sloppy checking (author Joe Hyams is confused with a Warner executive who has the same name), spoke with Seagal's ex-wives and other sources. But his star witness is Strickland, a former CIA agent who suffers from depression and has been institutionalized 11 times. Nonetheless, Strickland's psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Ackerman of Los Angeles, says he "is not insane, has absolutely no delusions or hallucinations." Today Strickland is in hiding, because, he says, "I think Steven's dangerous. He's got the money and some very near-the- edge people...
...which has long had an edgy relationship with movie stars -- it has made its reputation by soiling theirs -- may soon find out if Steven Seagal is dangerous or timid. Both the star and the magazine are under siege and out for justice...