Fantastic!

Charming and brutal

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This is the documentary series of the type reality-TV in which we have an opportunity to see how looks the work of the police officers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Action, drama and tragedies in which participate and heroes help. I watched all episodes from first season, where I had the opportunity to know Steven from quite other side - as the father, the husband and deputy sheriffs. The life of the man who not only earns a livelihood playing in films, but having the normal life (He wanting to help communities, because he is a part of it). He riveted my attention for longer and I could to be the focus of attention to which things they can be essential for everyone of us. I am glad that I reached for this series = for me 8/10.

Most of Seagal's money goes to good causes; health care, fund raisers, and children's support. the rest goes to a lost cause; strait to video, cheesy productions, and while some of these were okay, I'm not sure how many people have actually bothered to watch them. Steven Seagal's Reality series Lawman is a step in the right direction. It presents something fresh, interesting and certainly worthwhile for whatever fan base Seagal has left Believe it or not, Mr. Seagal has been a deputy sheriff almost as long as he has been a movie star. This series follows him through the streets of Jefferson county, Louisiana. Even though he is still pretty large and cumbersome, he is not as useless as he looks in his movies. The guy is perfectly capable of speaking normally it seems (wereas in his latter works, he could barely open his mouth). He can move fast enough to hop fences or catch runners on the streets. But here, we also get to see Seagal as a human being, not just a body. He helps out his neighbours, he visits hospitals, lectures kids, and even introduces his team to traditional Chinese medicine. We also get to see him in concert (briefly), and while his music ain't bad, his stage show needs some work. If I am gonna make a complaint about the series, it would be regarding a slight lack of tension and believability. The programme may not be fake, but it is assembled in a kind of stagy/schematic form. Every episode contains three or four arrests, and each takes up a mere thirty to forty seconds (a couple last longer). The editing is a bit tight, and it's obvious that lots of material is cut out. The camera is able to get pretty close, and if I was being arrested on the street one night, and noticed a camera in my face, I might be tempted to start cursing and fighting back. Actually I wouldn't do that, but I'm pretty sure many of the people here did. What is even more interesting is that half of those who get arrested are surprised when they notice Steven Seagal. After twenty years, you'd think rumour would've gotten around the criminal undergrowth that Seagal is a cop in the community. One other thing worth mentioning is the photography. A lot of the miscellaneous footage (much of which is landscape imagery) are actually nice compositions, and the intense saturation of the picture is also nice touch. In fact it does in a way contribute to the quality of the series. For example, quite frequently the combined light from three or four police cars on a crime scene illuminates everything in a dramatic coat of purple. (blue + red, right)As a whole, Steven Seagal's Lawman is imperfect, but entertaining nonetheless. The occasional hints of artificiality are not enough to harm the show, which is definitely Seagal's best entertainment investment so far this century.

First off, it's important to know these 3 stars came from the simple hilarity of the show. I have seen the first few episodes and not only was able to keep food down, but actually laughed out loud on several occasions during each show.Can anyone tell me which episode is going to show all these tubs of lard shoveling donuts and God only knows what else down their pieholes? By the looks of these guys it would take up an entire season.Also, speaking of pieholes, why is it that all these white chunky monkeys are all talking like uneducated black men? Do they think they're cool and fit in with the people? Do they actually think they're pulling it off?If you are a serious Seagal fan and/or of the show COPS, then this may entertain you. But don't expect anything real serious to happen (at least from what I've seen so far). As another reviewer already wrote, there are some absolutely ridiculous situations like 10+ cops jumping out in full gear pulling over a few kids with the remains of one joint acting like they're taking down terrorists.Hilarious!

The easily overlooked disclaimer in "Steven Seagal: Lawaman," is that Mr. Seagal is not a full-time, sworn deputy sheriff, but a RESERVE deputy. Now not being from Louisiana myself but speaking as an auxiliary police officer in New Jersey, I can tell you that in my state we have full police powers ONLY when we are on duty, unlike full-time sworn officers who possess them 24 hours per day. Also, reserves and auxiliaries are typically unpaid volunteers who go through similar but often not as intense training as their paid counterparts.I suspect that his crew in this show are also reserve deputies, because most of them are high ranking officers (one is a colonel, another one or two captains). It is unusual for sworn officers of that command rank to be out on ordinary street patrol, but quite common for ranking reserve officers. For example, in my jurisdiction our chief and deputy chief are typically on street patrol, directing traffic, etc., alongside us grunts.It is also unusual, in my experience, to see three uniformed officers sharing a car as is seen in "Lawman". Again, this is more typical of auxiliary or reserve units, who may ride three or four persons in a car for safety reasons as well as a lack of available reserve cars.Mr. Seagal is not the first celebrity to don a badge to help his local community. Don Galloway from the 1960's TV show Ironside became a reserve deputy sheriff in his community, as did Robert Conrad. Shakeil O'Neil is also a reserve cop.In any case, I do find this show entertaining and am recording the series on my TiVo. It's nice to see fellow reserve/auxiliary cops in action, which you rarely if ever see on Fox TV's "Cops".