This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Steven Segall may be older and put on weight but he still has what it takes. The gentlemen from jells kitchen is not a critic and should leave that roll to those who are. However, he certainly has the right to express what he fells but to rake Segall over the coals the way did was not justified. It's one thing to not like the movie it's another thing to go after the actor. These folks are not show offs but take their jobs seriously. Many spend months researching the rolls they are to play going so far as to actually get hands on experience if able. And while your out at it get verb conjugation right. This movie was very good. Was it one of the best that Segall has done, no, but was not the worse. Who cares if he had a stand in on some of the fight scenes. Not everyone can be an Angelina Jolee or a Jackie Chan so lay off the guy. I saw nothing wrong with the script or the dialog. The photography was beautiful and showed the beauty of Thailand and its people.

Continuing with the compulsion to watch more Seagal I took in "Belly of the Beast" yesterday and LOVED every minute of it! This DTV movie ticks all the right boxes for me; revenge, guns, swords, girls and Seagal! In this flick Seagal's daughter is taken hostage along with a congressman's daughter by a 'terrorist' cell looking to blackmail the US government. What they don't count on is that Seagal is one pis*ed of retired Special Ops Commando.....The direction, production and delivery of this movie is great. The budget of $14million really shines through and considering Stallone got $15million for Demolition Man alone this movie is shrewd! The only real let down is the 'mage' towards the end fight scene, this I thought wasn't needed.Overall the VFX were executed brilliantly, the kung-fu (I think!) was choreographed beautifully and Seagal's trademark stone faced acting was entertaining. Even if you're not a Seagal fan you can watch this movie. Good right out of the box to a complete novice! 7 out 10!

i really enjoyed this Steven Segal film.mostly for the fight sequences of which there are many.and they are all very good,especially the final one,between Seagal and the main villain.the story itself is nothing new or original.in fact,it's been done to death,in my opinion.but the movie is quite fast paced,so it's not boring at all.the acting wasn't really all that bad either,in my opinion.i think this may be Seagal's best direct to video outing(DTV)up to this point.it may not compare to his theatrical releases,especially his first two or three,especially Under Siege(his best film),but it's not that bad considering.for me,Belly of the Beast is a 6/10

BELLY OF THE BEAST - while being an awful title it isn't actually THAT bad, it probably takes the mantle of Steven Seagal's best DTV release to date - mind you, this was a 2003 release, and in the years since then Seagal's Direct-to-DVD output has been pretty terrible.This time around Stevie plays an ex-CIA agent who gets told his daughter along with her Friend (A Senator's Daughter) have been kidnapped - Pretty much the same story as his woeful 2006 release SHADOW MAN, but this time the story is tighter and much easier to follow and the action is not a badly edited blurry mess, and instead of the rather drab areas of Bucharest shot on the cheap, we are in the beautiful surroundings of Thailand and we even get some mysticism thrown in.Seagal is thinner here, and there's plenty of well directed and at times exciting action with a very high body count along with some pretty good acting by all (apart from the Seagal that is - but to be fair Seagal does seem to be more interested in the proceedings here despite some obvious dubbing in one particular scene and gets into the action a bit more than later releases)Stylishly Directed by Hong Kong Fight Choreographer Siu-Tung Ching, who brings a touch of class to the thoroughly B-Movie plot and is FAR superior behind the Camera than Michael Keusch & Michael Oblowitz who have FIVE pretty appalling Seagal Flicks to their name between them, so it's a shame that this is his only Seagal flick.