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Why so much hype?

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Memorable, crazy movie

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

In the movie industry, all over the world there is an age for the hero but if you take the example of Mr. Steven Seagal who is now 65 and he still come as a hero in movies; than what will happen to young actors when they become heroes? I failed to understand Mr. Seagal is hero in Absolution and his actress is a girl who is much younger than his granddaughter if he has one? This looks funny and clumsy; the same girl is kissing him in the movie that looks absurd and disgusting. I don't know what is wrong with the Hollywood movies these days heroes like Arnold, Bruce Willis, Van Damme, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and many other, these all heroes have crossed the age of 60 and they still are coming as heroes; either Hollywood has very less young actors or young guys are not interested in cinema or movie industry. I just wanted to highlight that younger generation should be given a chance to prove their metal and old grandfather types heroes should stay at home rather they are jumping and roaming around like teenagers that bad I mean really bad and it destroys the entire movie, so please look into it. I will rate this movie 2 out of 10 as the main hero is too old to come as hero, thanks.

I have to admit I only watched it for the first 30 to 40 minutes, so I'm not gonna comment on the movie itself, it's as bad as it can be any way. The point is, they can't even find a cameraman with steady hands, most of the shots/filming, especially those when they were just talking and/or fighting, were too close and very shaky, as if it's a hand held personal camera bring you with me type youtube amateur made video, (most of the youtube videos nowadays have better filming qualities and techniques than this), the camera just wouldn't stay still, this alone makes me feel dizzy and nauseous. I've never seen a worse camera filming in Hollywood made movies, or most main stream movies in any market.

STASR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Contract killer John Alexander (Steven Seagal) is approached by CIA boss Van Horn (Howard Dell) to eliminate an Afghan who is supposedly selling state secrets to the enemy. However, it is, of course, not as simple as this, and, when Nadia (Adina Stetcu), a young woman who has escaped from the clutches of The Boss (Vinnie Jones) comes crashing in to his lap, it leads John and his cohort Chi (Byron Mann) on a perilous mission of mayhem.For a guy with a reputation for being tough to work with, Seagal certainly seems to keep attracting back the same directors, one of whom would be Keoni Waxman, with whom he's made this, one of his more brutal, unflinching efforts. As well as Waxman, he's reunited with some stars who he's made other films with before, including Jones, returning as the villain, and Mann, upstaging the now rather overweight Mr. Seagal with his high spinning, high kicking prowess. Allegedly, in his heyday, Seagal had a load of William Forsythe's scenes cut from Out for Justice for this same reason, but now, when his star's not what it once was, he can no longer demand anything, just accept how things are.It may be hard core, and full on with the action and violence, but sadly the plot is inconsistent and unengaging, the same of which can be said for Jones in the villain role, whose role in the proceedings at times seems to be in serious question. If you're in an undemanding mood, and can overlook the problems, it might be okay. Seagal has made worse films, but he's certainly made much better. **

With a trend of increasingly faster and more brutal action choreography in recent years, there's not much space for Seagal's large frame, no matter how many wrists he snaps. For an action movie, the action scenes themselves are far from believable, a lot of choppy editing and excessive use of doubles make it laughably bad. At least the trademark of Seagal's movie is still here; his near superhuman portrayal, perfect accuracy and untouchable in fight, even though what he does is just randomly waves his hand.Seagal is tasked to wrap up a potential terrorist by his handler. After an unfortunate event he finds himself protecting a random girl. This is truly an absurd script, the girl literally falls on his laps and then Seagal laments about his existent in his usual erratic mumbling. None of the scenes involving him are convincing, either it's the action or acting. It's just awkward like seeing a grandpa flirt with a girl or a veteran operative waltz in a room and not getting shot because he's wearing plot armor.Byron Mann and Vinnie Jones are also present, both of them are decent. Byron Mann performs much better despite being a sidekick character. Vinnie Jones is looking grim as always, even though his appearance is relatively short in the movie. The rest of the cast are stiff. At some points the supporting characters sound like they are reading or even spelling the script. Needless to say, the screenplay of elaborate syndicate is nowhere near engaging.Action is brutally weak. Seagal would do some gestures that probably resemble fighting and the camera cut off to stuntman flying across the room. Majority of the scenes are also played by doubles, it's quite apparent when the shot cuts to their back that not all of the actors are involved in the stunts. It's even worse when Seagal does this transparent excuse of action choreography in a movie where he's supposed to lead.One must wonder how much longer can Seagal relies only on his fading name because story and choreography are flimsy even by standard of ten years ago.