2.29.2012

The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man; The buddy action picture that worked so well in Lethal Weapon is once again a good formula. Seagal shows a little bit of a funny side, intentionally this time and Wayans plays action cop again. The movie is great video fare and I'm glad I never went to a movie house to see this. It is very typical, with all the action movie essentials. In this respect it doesn't disappoint. On the other hand, by following action movie standards, we're given two characters that we really don't care about. We're just here to watch them kick some butt. Seagal's flurry of fists are deadly but don't seem so dynamic. He seems wooden. Wayans doesn't have the flair that mainstream fighters have so even the good bits don't excel. Humour and fighting but nothing else; C+

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