Exit Wounds (2001)
10/10
The best police corruption thriller Seagal's best action movie riding with DMX and Bartkowiak
27 January 2020
Exit Wounds (2001) is one of my personal favorite Seagal movies. His best action movie with DMX and director Andrzej Bartkowiak. Seagal's last good decent action movie. I don't know which is my favorite from Steven Seagal Above the Law (1988), Marked for Death (1990) or this one Exit Wounds cause they are my top three favorite Seagal movies he did. In my opinion Exit Wounds is underrated action flick Seagal ever did. I love this movie to death I love it. This movie was a hit, it made a $50,000,000. Joel Silver produced this film, decent budget film it went in to teather. This was Seagal's back to the widescreen. I saw the trailer for this movie on VHS when the movie was released. Steven seagal played Detective Orin Boyd who fights againts his police colleague and the corruption.

This was Andrzej Bartkowiak second film he directed after Romeo Must Die (2000) with Jet Li, Aaliyah, Russell Wong and Isaiah Washington who returned to this film. Anthony Anderson and DMX all returen to make this film. Bartkowiak's third film was Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and yes I love all his three movies Bartkowiak directed. Cradle 2 the Grave would be my number 1 favorite Bartkowiak movie, than would be Exit Wounds and Romeo Must Die that would be the last one to me. I would say all three are underrated action flicks does not deserve crap. Watch Seagal's nowday movies he is doing and compare with this film, it is MILES way better than his Direct-to-video flicks. Exit Wounds is my personal favorite film since first time I saw it. I enjoy it everytime I watch it. It has great action, good story, great soundtracks, good likeable cast. In 2001 movies were hit nowdays suck!!!

Steven Seagal is decent in this film, he does a good performance as the hero lead. Excellent fight scens great choreography. My favorite scene in the movie is when Seagal walks out of an anger management class and these guys are carjacking his car, he walkes to them and says What am I, a s*** magnet? Than he says "Junior, having a tough time? Look, you got to get in and out quick. I'm an expert at this. I could do that in a blink of an eye." Punk responds: Well why don't you show us? Orin clicks his keychain unlock button. Than these punks messing with him and he kicked his asses great fight scenes. I know Seagal is on a wire but damn I love when Seagal breaks these guys arms and fingers and moves so fast. That's my personal favorite scene in the film. I love when Orin saves Vice President and kills all militants dressed as traffic cops. When Seagal and his partner George Clark (Isaiah Washington) are in the night club Static chasing T. K. Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and Latrell Walker (DMX) 2 sumo bodyguards are messing with Seagal and he uses chains beats the crap of sumo bodyguard bad-ass scene!!! That is my personal favorite scene in the film. Steven Seagal does not make movies like this today. He is still in shape in her and thin not fat, the movie it has ton's of action pieces and shootouts. This is a bad-ass movie, it is Rated- R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Steven Seagal plays decorated detective veteran Orin Boyd in Detroit Police 21st precinct. After he desboyed orders and he throws Vice President of the bridge in the water saving his life, he get's kicked out of his 21st precinct to 15th - Detroit's worst precinct. a punishment for his stunt. Serving as a traffic cop becuse he is a loner in an inner-city in his new precinct Orin discovers a web of dirty cops and corruption. Orin Boyd is after Latrell Walker and T.K Johnson so he goes in dowtown Piper Tech to findout if Latrell Walker has any criminal record he stumbles upon the theft of $5,000,000 worth of heroin from evidence storage and he gets in a crossfire when he saves hostages. When Boyd keeps investigating he finds out that Piper Tech was hit by cops the same cops who are trying to kill him but Orin Boyd is a tough bad-ass cop.

DMX plays Latrell Walker aka Leon Rollins who goes undercover as a drug buyer from the west coast against dirty cops who framed his young brother Shaun Rollins (Drag-On) on a drug bust and he is serving time in maximum prison for a crime he did not do. DMX is awesome as Latrell Walker he is a bad-ass. I love his song for this movie No Sunshine that's my favorite song in the whole movie. He made the song only for this movie.

Tom Arnold plays decent as Henry Wayne a tv show host who is from anger management class who helps Boyd on his investigation against Latrell Walker. Jill Hennessy is Annette Mulcahy captain of 15th precinct and boss to Seagal and she did a fine job I like her. Anthony Anderson as T. K. Johnson was funny, decent and I like him. He was better in Cradle 2 the Grave but I like him in here too.

Negatives about this film: This movie is introduced us to fast camera moving Seagal, his stunt double doing all the quick kick's and jump style martial arts. I don't like when Seagal drives a motorcycle in a car chase pursuit and you can see the camera shifts his face and it shows that is not Seagal driving a motorcycle, it is his stunt double riding a bike instead Seagal! I don't like the theme played during the motorcycle showing Seagal's stuntman. That was the worst mistake they did for Seagal. I don't think Seagal should have used stunt doubles, he should have done stunts all by him self. If you watch closely Above the Law, Out for Justice, Hard to Kill, Under Siege 1 and 2 in those movies I do not see any stunt doubles, in this movie stunt doubles are doing stunts for Seagal that should not be in this movie. Tom Arnold said they they were shooting on a house boat in the Toronto lake and they rehearse the scens, he walked out of the door and it is not the right door and he steps and drops in to the ocean ha ha and he painted his black color on his head embarrassed so no one would find out that his hair cut is messed up ha ha. Seagal was clumsy and funny.

Exit Wounds (2001) is a bad-ass non stop action movie, last Seagal's decent action movie he did. It is one of my personal favorite Seagal action flicks. No Sunshine by DMX as performer is the best song of the whole movie and it is DMX best single in my opinion. I love this movie to death.
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