Review of The Glimmer Man (1996) by Daniel T — 07 Mar 2008

It should sound shocking that this movie gets 5 stars but it's filled with adrenaline and Seagal kicks major ass. What more could you ask for?!

This review of The Glimmer Man (1996) was written by Daniel T on 07 Mar 2008.

The Glimmer Man has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Glimmer Man

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By J M (910) on 05 Apr 2014

As formulaic as it sounds; Seagal is concerned with justice and aligning his chi while Wayans is concerned with being the plucky, black sidekick…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Michael S (3,461) on 16 Aug 2017

A messy and rather stupid police procedural that somehow involves a serial killer, the Russian mob, a shady government operative, and a sinister…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Benjamin M (393) on 02 Jan 2010

What a horrible movie. One thing is for sure though, if there is glass around Steven, he will find it and break it…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Michael W (3,003) on 14 Jun 2016

An @HDTGM classic! Steven Seagal at his BEST and WORST…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 21 Nov 2013

All-in-all, what we have here is classic Seagal. And that means, for anyone who isn't an admitted fan, an uninspired outing…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Andrew K (2,033) on 09 Oct 2012

This movie is delightfully bad…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Patrick S (1,063) on 20 Feb 2013

What saved this movie is keenen ivory wayans! he bounced off segals bad i'm hardcore acting…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By David G (2,424) on 26 Jun 2011

Mid-90's Steven Seagal action flick that's pretty much interchangeable with any one of his post-2000 straight-to-video shit heaps…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Cody C (666) on 01 Dec 2011

Make no mistake: this is a bad movie. But it's enjoyable, so I've gotta give it a 3 out of 5. I'm a sucker for Seagal…

Read Review

Review of The Glimmer Man (1996)

By Alexander C (2,448) on 11 Oct 2012

I like it . the ending is funny although it may be repepetitive. , I still think that it funny. Steven seagal is great…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Arlington Road (1999)

By Ron Wells (162) for Film Threat (5,156) on 02 Oct 2006

This masterpiece started out at around three stars, but after the credits, it just got sillier and more lurid…

Read Review

Review of Lonely Hearts (2006)

By Danny D (678) on 18 Nov 2011

I thought to be extremely boring…

Read Review

Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By Jocastat. (1) on 12 Sep 2006

Absolutely atrocious. The script was banal and general, and really told no particular story whatsoever. A two hour meander…

Read Review

Review of TMNT (2007)

By Linda (48) on 21 Mar 2007

In a generation that grew up to these warriors, it is a shame that we have to pay for it with a movie like this…

Read Review

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 04 Jan 2007

Starts off on the wrong foot with the wrong tone, then keeps stumbling and bumbling its way to a climax half the people who buy tickets will…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 23 Apr 1997

When a kids’ flick has nothing to offer but cute special effects, it’s easy to think the filmmakers are patting themselves on the backs…

Read Review

Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

By Max W (300) on 02 Dec 2015

Poor plot, poor acting, Poor writing, poor action…

Read Review

Review of Sweet Sixteen (2002)

By Mad M (980) on 17 Nov 2013

Meh. It doesn't press far enough in any direction to be memorable or worth watching. Good performances…

Read Review

Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 20 May 2020

The plot made no sense and it seemed like they completely threw out everything that made the first two films so good in order to make something…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Parasite

2019

88%251 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Glimmer Man

1996

45%177 Reviews

The Dream Team

1989

65%134 Reviews

Black Knight

2001

50%300 Reviews

The Swan Princess

1994

67%439 Reviews

In Time

2011

60%984 Reviews

The Invasion

2007

54%760 Reviews

For the Love of Nancy

1994

68%10 Reviews

Maid in Manhattan

2002

57%459 Reviews

Stay

2005

65%691 Reviews

Home Alone 3

1997

41%532 Reviews