This was Steven Seagal’s 6th movie, which he made between Under Siege 1 (1992) and Under Siege 2 (1995). So he’s already been recognised as a star from Under Siege, which in most movie critics’ eyes remains his biggest & best movie ever, to this day.
On Deadly Ground tells the story of land cherished by natives and locals, ravaged by oil moguls who are happy to kill in order to secure the longevity of their oil rights on this land.
This movie of course stars Steven Seagal, as the main hero of the movie. He’s in his prime here, and plays a Native American working for an oil company who discovers foul play and is almost killed but survives to rescue the land for the locals. The action scenes are generally good, and the plot is simple but alright.
In this movie we’re also treated to a baddie played by Michael Caine. Supporting actors are not bad either.
It’s an OK movie all round – not as strong as Under Siege, and not as cool as Glimmer Man, but still very much OK, on a par with most of the movies at the beginning and middle of his career.
I was impressed to hear the speech at the end of this movie, lasting nearly 4 minutes, where Steven Seagal dropped a ton of truth bombs about the problems in this world, backed by government and big business. He mentions several issues, from suppressed technology to intentionally polluted air & water supplies. How did Steven get away with that, at the end of a movie co-starring Michael Caine? Maybe they allowed it because he had a mistaken explanation of the motives behind these problems. It’s a common mistake to assume it’s all about the money – the people causing these problems couldn’t care less about making money – they have an infinite amount of it since they control the whole financial system. 100 years ago they were printing money for fun. These days it’s all digital, they just type numbers into a computer.