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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Biographies, Production Notes, Trailers, French, Spanish, Subtitled
It's not a job. It's an adventure! Steven Seagal comes aboard and comes on strong in a fireball of a movie from the director of The Fugitive. When USS Missouri welcomes aboard entertainers for the battleship's last voyage, the visitors throw a party. A war party. Led by a rogue CIA operative (Jones) and a turncoat officer (Gary Busey), they're killer-elite commandos out to hijack the ship's nuclear arsenal. They overpower the crew. Except one man. "I'm just a cook," that man says. But he's a cook with a recipe for action. He's ex-Navy Seal and decorated combat operative Casey Ryback (Seagal). All hands on deck, action fans!
"Die Hard on a battleship. A high-tech thriller with laughs and thrills." Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
"Seagal's best film to date..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
When a Navy ship carrying nuclear warheads is hijacked by terrorists, the fate of the world depends on the ship's cook--who just happens to be a Special Forces martial arts and weapons expert! Filmed aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound.
Plot Summary
Action hero Steven Seagal stars as former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback in this high-octane action thriller set aboard the battleship "USS Missouri." A hero with a mind of his own, Casey has been demoted to ship's cook for insubordination. But he's still got the heart of a patriot, and when William Strannix, a dangerously wacked ex-CIA operative-turned-terrorist takes over the ship, Casey hangs up his chef's hat and goes into attack mode. The stakes are high: Strannix, in an act of vengeance against the U.S. government, plans to launch the battleship's nuclear missiles at Honolulu. Casey -- assisted by a stripper who was stranded aboard the ship during an aborted farewell party -- must race against the clock to save the U.S. from an atomic nightmare.
| Features | Theatrical Trailer | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital; Spanish, French Dolby Digital Surround | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes | | Scene Access |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 12420 | | UPC: 00085391242024 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1993) | | | John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Nominee, Best Sound Effects Editing | | | Rick Hart, et al., Nominee, Best Sound |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Lunatic enough to keep you watching the screen....The movie alternately prompts awe and out-of-control laughter..." 10/09/1992 p.C12USA Today
"...Steven Seagal charts some bold new territory....This is the best Seagal yet..." 10/09/1992 p.8D Entertainment Weekly
"...In the brutally efficient UNDER SIEGE, Seagal, with his soft-spoken nihilist charm, attempts to move beyond limb-snapping exploitation and into epically scaled mainstream thrillers. He succeeds..." 10/23/1992 p.44 Chicago Sun-Times
"...This movie does a terrific job of making every scene play like a real event on a ship at sea, and that's part of its charm..." 10/09/1992 p.41 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
This movie does a terrific job of making every scene play like a real event on a ship at sea, and that's part of its charm. There's even a walk-on by George Bush, visiting the ship before its fateful final voyage. The cast is also effective... The villains are superb, vile and deliriously insane. - Roger Ebert
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