Review of Hard to Kill (1990) by Andrew I — 21 Sep 2010

"The star of Above the Law is back. Now...Steven Seagal is hard to kill.".

"Nico's back and this time he's even more harder to kill".

Senator Vernon Trent: You can take that to the bank!

Mason Storm: I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!

Mason Storm: This is for my wife. Fuck you and die!

[Storm fires a shot between the Senator's legs].

Mason Storm: I missed! I never miss! They must have been smaller than I thought!

Mason Storm: We're outgunned, and undermanned. But you know sumpin'? We're gonna win. You know why? Superior attitude. Superior state of mind.

Felicia Storm: There's blood on your shirt.

Mason Storm: It's not my blood, so you don't have to worry, do you?

Mason Storm: How do like this, Vernon? I'd like to kill you so bad I can barely contain myself. But I've been thinking, death is far too merciful a fate for you. So what I'm going to do is put you in prison. A nice petite white boy like you in a federal penitentiary... now let me just put it this way, I don't think you'll be able to remain anal-retentive for very long.

Mason Storm: You give me this beard.

Andy Stewart: Yeah.

[both start laughing].

Andy Stewart: Well, you tried.

[Mason starts laughing and Andy looks at him].

Mason Storm: You ever been to China town.

Andy Stewart: Yeah, why?

Mason Storm: These are just some needles and herbs for my recovery.

Andy Stewart: Wow, how did you learn to write in Chinese.

Mason Storm: Well, when I was kid. My father was a missionary. I spent the first 10 years of my life in China. There, I learned how to fight as you could imagine. I remember going to my martial arts teacher.

[he imitiates the teacher].

Mason Storm: He said, "Why you come to me" and I say, "Ah, to learn how to fight." And he's like, "Oh, so you wanna hurt people, but you wanna be great." I say, "Yeah, I wanna be great. "Then first learn how to heal people to be great, to hurt people is easy.".

[both looking at each other].