Review of Pistol Whipped (2008) by Cal ( — 21 Jun 2009

When viewing Seagal's straight to dvd work, you need to throw out the usual review points for other flicks and access the 'Chubby Seagal but I love him' review standard.

One of the better DTV films; Pistol Whipped starts out promisingly with a black & white gun battle in a cemetary, gravestones exploding in beautiful slow-mo.

Kicked off the force for supposedly stealing a load of cash, Seagal plays an aging, gambling addicted alcoholic who is becoming more and more estranged from his daughter.

As it's Seagal you take for granted that he will have a 'shady past' in the special forces area or close to that and this is exactly what you get. Lance the macdaddy Henriksen turns up to remind Seagal that he was the one who could 'walk into a room, terminate someone with extreme predujice and walk out like a fucking ghost!' which is exactly why ol Lance buys £1million of Steve's gambling debts putting him squarely in the pocket of the aforementioned Mr Henriksen.

So Steven goes to work; popping bad folk like only he knows how...stylishly baby!

In the end it's all pretty simple to figure out before the fact and fans of Seagal kicking arse & taking names will probably be disappointed at the lack of aikido, but apart from the film holds together and works reasonably well.