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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Excellent adaptation.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I'm not the biggest fan of Steven Seagal - he's made too many rubbish films and his physical changes haven't helped. However, he found a winner with "Under Siege." The film packs a lot into its 98 minute running time and it rushes by. The plot is fairly standard and includes all kinds of "superhero" type heroics. What makes it work, is the direction from Andrew Davis, the action scenes, the photography and production values but also the performance of Tommy Lee Jones. All you have to do, is to compare his acting with the feeble attempts of Steven Seagal for it to be painfully obvious who the actor is! Most of Steven Seagal's martial arts movies are pretty low budget and have never been given a huge release. "Under Siege" is an exception. Thanks to the films various credentials, the box office takings were bound to be better than usual. Gary Busey does well as an unbalanced villain (they had become his stock in trade long before).

Super Steve's first mainstream film, ones prefore, mostly three word titles. Here, he lightens up on the violence, playing a cook/ex seal, who gets caught in a takeover by mercenaries over on a battle ship. Their plan is to launch these 4 tomahawks, which will kill loads of innocent people. They are led by a disgruntled, CIA agent, in a brilliant over the top crazed performance, by Tommy Lee Jones where his scenes come as a sheer delight. Overlooking or more, underestimating cook/ex seal, Rybeck (Seagal, who's no acting talents, deficiencies, you name it remain in check) what begins is a cat and mouse game, where there can only be obvious victor. Seagal has assistance, ex Baywatch beauty (Elena Eleniak) as a failed actress, and Ms July, with big, you know.... which apparently, this is her third acting gig, where she adds female eye candy to this well made actioner. There's a lot of gunfire and explosions, in Seagal's fifth film, which was considered his best, so far, where today, it would be the same, especially if you regard the straight to video dreck, he does, lately, where he's now playing baddies more. His other one, alongside that is the other Davis film, Nico. He is a hopeless actor, where Tommy Lee Jones presence, is such a well of relief. There are some nasty bloody moments, like Jones's eye being popped, by Steve's big thumb, and a restricted shot of an arm going through a band saw. That informative scene between both foes, mirrors a familiar one in Nico, where in this scene Seagal's first three words make for a memorable tagline. It would of been good to see Seagal take on Busey, especially after he hocked in Seagal's soup, but it just wouldn't be much of a fight, now would it. There's not really anything that impressive about this movie, as you're led to believe, where it's over hype. It's a very well made action movie, so leave it there. Film could of had a better, original title.

Gee, I don't know - Seagal takes on thirty terrorists all by himself and comes out on top? I don't think so, but action fans love this kind of stuff and I'm a little partial to Seagal myself. Personally I prefer him when he's beating up on your standard bunch of saloon thugs or billiard room bullies where it's more up close and personal. At least you had Tommy Lee Jones and Miss July Gary Busey on hand here to add a maniacal touch to the festivities. Man, didn't Busey just creep you out in that dress and makeup? Probably the most unbelievable part of the story had Erika Eleniak go from a sniveling crybaby to an elite killer assassin in the space of an hour or so. Anyone could buy that, right? Well stuff like this is made for diversion and it's not the worst hour and a half you can spend. I'd have preferred a little more in the way of martial arts instead of the big guns but there are other Seagal films so you take what you get. Sure would like to have a birthday cake like that though.

Under Siege is probably my favorite Steven Segal movie. I loved Hard to Kill, Marked for Death and Out for Justice but those movies were more or less carbon copies of one another. With Under Siege taking place on a naval ship it made the story and the action a lot different.Segal plays Casey Ryback, a navy cook who just so happens to be a bad mofo. He has to put his fighting skills and prowess to the test when the ship is hijacked by William Stranix (Tommy Lee Jones). It was nothing but thrills.This was the first movie I'd ever seen Tommy Lee Jones in and he played a wonderful bad guy. I mean he was a perfect fit for the animated megalomaniac type. The movie was great.