Wonderful character development!

Truly Dreadful Film

I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

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

Steven Seagal had so much fun being a real fake cop on "Lawman", he became a fake fake cop on "True Justice". Steven Seagal plays Steven Seagal's version of Steven Seagal. He's the smartest guy in the room, the sexiest man in America, the best martial artist in the world. Of course, he is. He's Steven Seagal! He's a Seattle cop who talks like he's from New Orleans, looks like he's from Hollywood, and moves like he's from "Zombieland". He leads a special team called the Central Casting Squad. They look up to him for some reason while he mumbles orders at them. In his spare time, he practices waving his samurai sword around. He so respects the way of the samurai that he got his hair cut like "Samurai Jack". Every episode is written by Steven Seagal's favorite writer: Steven Seagal. Oh, and one of the squad members has a droopy eye and is played by an actor credited as "Big Sleeps". Mr. Sleeps is the third-best actor to play a droopy-eyed detective on TV. (#1 is Forest Whitaker, #2 is Droopy Dog). If you love Steven Seagal - and how could you not? - you'll love this show.

The premise isn't bad - though nothing new: well respected, kick ass cop, leads a detective/strike team against the scum and villainy of Seattle.Seagal - though I'm a fan, I get incredibly frustrated at his mumblings, dubs and can't be bothered style of acting - is OK in this.What let's it down is it's lack of detail, the rushed script and the one dimensional and somewhat stereotypical characters.But the fights are excellent, the cast - though a little weak (and of course they're hardly stretched) - do an alright job.As 45 minutes of action/drama, made for TV - it'll do. Does it have much of future? I can't imagine it - but it keeps me entertained for a little while on a Weds eve. CSI:NY it ain't, but with the right producers, and a better cast, it could be along those lines...

I recently saw "Deadly Crossing". It's not really a movie but the first two episodes of Seagal's latest TV-series "True Justice". Since that is the pilot (and calling card) extra effort was put in that one: a lot of action, the bad guys were OK and overall an interesting introduction of the main characters. Seagal did a number of decent fight scenes and there were several shoot-outs. Now, as another marketing trick, two more episodes were released as yet another DVD movie. It's "Street Wars" and the story looks more interesting this time (on paper, it even reminds you of the classic "Marked For Death") It's hard to understand how such a story is completely underused in this boring mess. The bad guys are blank and uninteresting, their characters are totally underdeveloped. Instead, the story sidetracks to some stupid personal problems of several team-members. Seagal looks tired as he sits behind his desk most of the time. He hits a bad guy or two, and that's about it. The biggest flaw is that there's hardly any action at all. The final shoot-out is cheesy and reminds you of an old "A-team" episode. Also, the two "hot chicks" on the team are unconvincing. I'm a Seagal fan and besides the classics he made some good efforts recently, like "Driven To Kill". Movies like that made you forget about the really awful ones (Ticker, Submerged). But I really think that we can't expect anything really good in the future. After this series, he is most likely to retire.

i have been a fan of seagal for a long time. i have almost all of his movies and he is my favorite action star. this movie deadly crossing is a 2 part straight to DVD episode to his new show true justice. he plays Elijah Kane. the leader of a special undercover unit. this movie was also written by Steven seagal. it is a solid action movie. being a TV show, it looks and feels like a movie. not in a bad way. seagal look awesome in it, and you see some of old seagal that we all know and love. and he put some new seagal in there that most of us including me love. it has a very strong supporting cast and each cast member has there own moment in the 80 minute movie. also there are no voice overs by seagal. in his straight to video movies he has done that. the ones that come to mind most are kill switch, submerged, and attack force. however his other straight to video movies don't have voice overs and if they do, its only a sentence or two in one or two scenes. this movie only had one scene of voice overs by seagal and in the scene seagal didn't talk much at all. the 2 part movie is currently released on DVD in england. i got it from ebay and i suggest you do to. warning, make sure you have a region free DVD player or the DVD will not work. great movie and its worth the time and money. the 2nd and 3rd episodes of true justice are being released in england as one movie called street wars on April 25. I'm defidently getting it from ebay. but for deadly crossing only see it. for street wars. if you like deadly crossing. see street wars. trailer for street wars is on youtube.