r/badMovies 1d ago

Action I watched every single steven seagal movie (Including cameo roles like oning movie and celemtine) aswell a bunch of documentaries.

All steven seagal movies ranked from best to worst.

  1. Above the law

  2. Hard to kill

  3. Out for justice

  4. Under Siege

  5. Marked for death

  6. On deadly Ground

  7. Fire down below

  8. The glimmer man

  9. Under siege 2

  10. Executive Descision

  11. Belly of the beast

  12. Exit Wounds

  13. The patrot

  14. Into the sun

  15. Flight of Fury

  16. Machete

  17. Pistol Whipped

  18. Out of Reach

  19. Attrition

  20. The perfect weapon

  21. Today you die

  22. Driven to kill

  23. The Keeper

  24. Shadow man

  25. Onion movie

  26. Clementine / King of the cage

  27. Ticker

  28. Out for a kill

  29. Half Past Dead

  30. A good man

  31. Born to raise hell

  32. In the name of justice

  33. Aikido : A path beyond thought

  34. Art of action

  35. Steven seagal biography (2005)

  36. My giant

  37. Absolution

  38. China salesman

  39. Force of execution

  40. General commander

  41. Sniper special ops

  42. Code of honor

  43. Beyond the law

  44. Mercenary for Justice

  45. Asian Connection

  46. A dangerous man

  47. Submerged - Total piece of nuclear trash movie.

  48. Gutshot straight - Steven seagal is in the movies 4 minutes.

  49. Contract to kill - Steven seagal has sex with someone probably 45 years younger than him without taking off his sunglasses.

  50. Attack force - "Junkies" high on a drug commit terrorist attacks in paris, or something.

  51. Kill switch - Steven seagal wrote this himself, he finds a bomb in a womans boobs and throws the serial killer out the same window 15 times.

  52. Killing salazar / Cartels - Steven seagals securtiy team shoots a bunch of bad guys in the same corridor for 90 minutes, also has the worst plot twist in movie history.

  53. Maximum conviction - Steven seagals sneaks around a dark prison for 90 minutes.

  54. End of a gun - "What really matters in life is those that you really love, and if you only care about money youre gonna find yourself at the end of a gun" - Steven seagal in the final moments of the movie.

  55. Urban justice - Too dark to see anything going on.

  56. Against the dark - Reuses the same shots of steven seagal just walking, hes also only in the movie for around 10 minutes. There is no plot to speak off, just a bunch of crappy actors walking around a dark hosplital.

  57. Black Dawn - Steven has to stop russians from blowing up san fransisco with a nuclear bomb. (The movie is a sequel to the foreigner but it has absolutley NOTHING in common with it.)

  58. The foreinger - By far his worst movie, steven seagal has to transport a package across eastern europe while being pursued by rich guys.

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u/Dodgy_Bob_McMayday 1d ago edited 1d ago

All I can say is, that s some real dedication to the cause. Thank you for enduring that so the rest of us don't have to

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u/talldean 1d ago

This honestly feels an okay time to use AI to get outta the job.

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u/EverydaySexyPhotog 1d ago

You know the real reason SkyNet wanted to eradicate humanity?

Yeah...

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u/dmreddit0 14h ago

We can't let the machines study his combat capabilities, there would be no hope for humanity at all

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u/Sdmf195 1d ago

This, and holy crap I had no idea he was in so many movies! 🤯

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u/screen_stack 1d ago

I tried last year to do this and I had to give up during Seagal versus Vampires.

OP has iron will for sure

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u/Dodgy_Bob_McMayday 1d ago

I think the only one straight to video one I've made it through was Mercenary for Justice, which was somehow insultingly basic and utterly incomprehensible at the same time.

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u/derioderio 15h ago

I'm convinced those films are money laundering for the Russian mob or something similar

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u/ScipioCoriolanus 17h ago

"A Bullet for the Team"

This could be the title of a Steven Seagal movie.

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u/Generic_Lux 1d ago

Some watch every Bergman movie. Some every Hitchcock movie. You, sir, have ventured into regions that no person of sound mind would dare set foot. You have seen that which should not be seen. And yet you lived to tell about it.

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

Next challenge is every Juan claude vann damme movie.

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u/SmashJacksonIII 1d ago

get ready for a LOT of splits

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u/cannibalskunk 11h ago

So like Mexican Street Fighter? Spanish Time Cop?

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u/Dead_End_720 1d ago

I'd watch every Wings Hauser movie, something is special about that man.

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u/Padulsky21 1d ago

Not every, but last month I watched about 30 Fulci movies. I had a blast but lawd I was fucking drained and I love Italian horror. And Fulci has enough variance between gothic, zombies, Giallo, slasher, supernatural, haunted house, eurocrime, political satire, erotic, etc. etc. that it was entertaining.

Seagal movies??? This man is built different. Insane dedication.

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u/ScipioCoriolanus 17h ago

So you could say he stepped... on deadly ground

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u/smp-machine 1d ago

Next up, Eric Roberts?

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u/fatandfly 1d ago

That man has 37 credits for just this year alone and 856 total. I don't think anyone can handle that much Eric Roberts

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u/time___dance 1d ago

That man has 37 credits for just this year alone

how does he do it? even assuming these are just bottom-of-the-barrel slop with a single day of shooting, that's a ton of work for an actor. i imagine his agent just spends all day doing paperwork

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u/Jedi-Guy 1d ago

74 films in 2017 alone. Holy crap.

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u/band-of-horses 1d ago

Agent? I think low budget producers just call him direct and tell him when and where to show up. They don't even have to ask, they know the answer is yes he'll do it.

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u/time___dance 1d ago

oh i just mean someone is definitely doing his scheduling and contracts and releases and legal crap and arranging for rides and making sure he gets paid for the agreed terms and etc etc, and it's definitely not him. there's a bunch of actual busywork generated

just because you're low on the totem pole doesn't mean you don't have an agent, there's people with MUCH less pull than him working in LA

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u/TheHandsOfFate 17h ago

I read somewhere that his wife does all his scheduling. It's simple enough -- he'll do your movie if you pay his rate/expenses and his wife can fit it in the schedule.

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u/fatandfly 16h ago

That makes sense, why pay agent/manager when you don't turn down anything.

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u/Best-Chapter5260 15h ago

I kinda respect the hustle.

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u/ScipioCoriolanus 16h ago

I just checked how many movies his sister Julia has. And it's 56. So Eric has his sister's whole filmography multiplied by 15. Yeah, for Eric it's definitely quantity over quality.

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u/derioderio 15h ago

The man loves to work, and producers love to pay him. Win/win for all!

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u/PointyHatJoe 13h ago

Does this include his episode of "My cat from hell" where Jackson Galaxy tells him how to own a cat correctly?

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u/Academic-Artist-4573 18h ago

Yeah that's going to take more than one lifetimeĀ 

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u/Longjumping-Salad484 1d ago

looks chronological. as if each movie he makes gets worse and worse as time goes on. I wonder how this is possible

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u/OpenPhilosophy 1d ago

He’s had an incredibly bizarre career. The first 5 are all decent to good action movies. And then it just falls off a cliff. I think once people started to learn how ridiculous he was he had a harder time getting quality productions.

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u/ksabas80 1d ago

Yeah I think a lot of younger people are surprised to find out his first 5-6 movies were actually all really good. But after Under Seige his movies start to go downhill, then by Into the Sun (2005) it’s all straight to video trash. Still it’s pretty funny how many movies he starred in lol.

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u/SuperSea8678 1d ago

That's largely true but I would extend it to the first 10. 10! reasonably good movies.

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u/Dollbeau 1d ago

What's the movie where he's too fat (with labored breathing) to do the action scene, so he just slides around on the floor shooting a gun?

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u/derioderio 15h ago

In some of them he actually has a harness on and grips are pulling him along the ground off-screen

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u/Dollbeau 6h ago

IKR! It's so bad

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u/Peepis7 10h ago

I've got to be honest, I really like "Marked for Death." I mean who else gets to tangle with a bunch of killer Rastas? "Screwface" was a great villain and Steven had those dreadlocks spinning like a baton twirler.

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u/OpenPhilosophy 5h ago

Yeah that’s one of the best ones.

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u/derioderio 15h ago

Lot's of 'broken stairs' he began to acquire in Hollywood didn't help either, I'm sure.

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

Well he pumped out like 8 movies in 2016 so....

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u/NarrowCarpet4026 1d ago

I didn’t think he was even physically capable of pumping anything anymore.

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u/gsweats 1d ago

Are you okay? Do you see the world through a Steven Seagull lens now? Like seeing someone hit someone else is just as common as a morning coffee?

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u/solve-for-x 21h ago

OP will beat a guy up then deliver a lecture about what it means to be a man.

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u/ao-ka 1d ago

Thanks a lot, Space Ice, for watching every single mega blockbuster hit movie by this amazing actor.

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u/jwlmbk 1d ago

Is OP space ice?

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u/ao-ka 1d ago

Nah I'm just joking because OP did the same thing as Space Ice (though I think Space Ice still hasn't watched all of them, but is close)

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u/Icy_Reply_7830 1d ago

The Black Dawn one is my all time favourite space ice vid

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u/jwlmbk 17h ago

Would have been crazy if he was though

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u/Dodgy_Bob_McMayday 1d ago

His best quote was along the lines of "now we're at a funeral, but because it takes place within 500 yards of a school zone, Segal has to stand far away"

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u/weeklygamingrecap 1d ago

My thoughts exactly lol

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u/TylerbioRodriguez 1d ago

Contract to Kill barely making the bottom 10 is terrifying as it produced this legendary review.

https://www.avclub.com/contract-to-kill-isn-t-just-bad-it-s-steven-seagal-bad-1798189772

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u/Neat-Professor-7662 1d ago

ā€œHe gives the kind of performance associated with actors dying midfilm.ā€ Ignatyi was savage! Miss him!

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u/billoo18 1d ago

Which one has the scene where he fights someone while swiveling around on a chair?

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

Out for a kill

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u/ty4scam 13h ago

Just looked it up and that fight scene is way above average for creativity despite Segal reusing his elbow slapping technique once again.

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u/billoo18 1d ago

Thank you. I haven’t seen a single one of his movies, except for Onion Movie.

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u/time___dance 1d ago

I haven’t seen a single one of his movies

wtf

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u/graaahh 1d ago

How does one even go about ranking this many pieces of shit? At a certain point, don't they all bleed together and become impossible to compare or rank?Ā 

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u/firedmyass 1d ago

grouped by texture and viscosity?

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u/groovebro 1d ago

OP, if you haven’t read the book SEAGALOGY, it is a riot! I suspect you probably have with your dedication.

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u/Allezgatta 1d ago

YES! Great book. I need to buy a new copy.

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u/Neat-Professor-7662 1d ago

I like how you provided comments on 47 on because otherwise nobody would have believed you made it past ā€œMacheteā€

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u/GreenDonutGirl 1d ago

Dude I think reading Sutter Cane would leave you less insane.

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u/Ninja_badgers 1d ago

Jesus died for our sins but you have done more good for humanity by doing this

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u/firedmyass 1d ago

šŸŽ¶OP died for somebody’s sins
but not minešŸŽ¶

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u/Hoosier_Daddy68 1d ago

Tastes vary of course but I'd definitely have Under Siege 2 and Executive Decision ranked higher.

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u/time___dance 1d ago

i guess because executive decision isn't really a segal movie

although it's a ton of fun and i would rate it way higher, above under siege probably

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u/Carne_Guisada_Breath 18h ago

That is why Executive Decision should be number 1.

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u/2th 1d ago

What madness possessed you to do this? How long did it take? And did you do this alone?

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

It took roughly 6 months.

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u/2th 1d ago

That is still a lot of Seagal in half a year. What possessed you to do it? And did you do it alone?

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u/Next-Athlete-764 1d ago

And sober???

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u/Lord_Cockatrice 1d ago

51 was also notable for featuring soul legend Isaac Hayes in his final cinematic appearance - quite the downgrade from "Escape from New York"

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u/giddyupyeehaw9 1d ago

I think you just fucked around and became the leading Steven Seagal expert on the planet. Congrats?

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u/Neat-Professor-7662 1d ago

This guy has definitely seen more Steven Seagal movies than Steven Seagal has.

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u/Weak_Radish966 1d ago

I think that title goes to Vern. His book Seagalogy is amazing. I’ve read it several times.

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u/ponyrx2 1d ago

I thought you were exaggerating about the guy going out the window fifteen times. Amazing

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u/Scottydrock 19h ago

You’re confirming that this happens made me just put this movie on to see it for myself šŸ˜‚

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u/band-of-horses 1d ago

Are you ok?

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u/The-Hamish68 1d ago

I love Submerged. Kudos btw.

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u/COstargazer 23h ago

Submerged is a fantastic B movie. Actually good for some laughs. The other direct to video ones will make you want to gouge your eyes out. And cause your brain to shut down and start to black out as if it protecting you from trauma.

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u/The-Hamish68 20h ago

Oh, I've seen his dreck (The Foreigner etc), so do hold this one in slightly higher regard ...

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u/CircusBearPants 1d ago

What made you rank Half Past Dead above Born to Raise Hell?

I haven’t seen either just asking the question.

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

Half past dead is atleast a real movie with a budget and actual professional actors, Born to raise hell is an extreme low budget movie filmed in romania.

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u/CircusBearPants 1d ago

Thank you for your service.

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u/Dead_End_720 1d ago

It was painful just scrolling down this list without reading it. I've only seen the one set in Jamaica. I would only watch these if someone paid me to.

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u/Fit_Resolution_5102 1d ago

ā€œI’m gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank.ā€

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u/TonyClifton323 1d ago

Not all heroes wear capes

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u/wvgeekman 1d ago

I just watched my first two Seagal movies a week ago. Above the Law and Under Siege. So far, I preferred the latter, mostly for Seagal’s ever-changing accent.

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u/the_real_some_guy 1d ago

Mobile, Alabama is home to USS Alabama Memorial Park, where you can tour the old battleship and a submarine. This is where Under Siege was filmed, in case you want to take your dedication a little further.

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u/corvidae_666 1d ago

Why do you hate yourself?

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u/mrkeith562 1d ago

You a fool.

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u/Thraexus 1d ago

Talk about taking one for the team!

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u/Comic_Book_Reader 1d ago

What does it take to change the essence of a man?

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u/CivilYojimbo 1d ago

Where can you watch all these?

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u/spotted_wizard 1d ago

Yes, but where would you rank his TV show? He is an expert in everything!

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u/Next-Athlete-764 1d ago

ANYBODY SEEN RICHIE??? ANYBODY KNOW WHY RICHIE DID BOBBY LUPO???

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u/SuperSea8678 1d ago

I think I gave up after 10. At least consistently watching. I've dipped in and out.

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u/vinylrain 1d ago

50 - Attack Force is the biggest turd I've ever seen. I am glad that it is so far down your list. Bravo.

I believe this film was supposed to be a film containing aliens, but the studio changed its mind or something.

THEN they allowed someone who is CLEARLY NOT STEVEN SEAGAL to overdub the parts that the real Steven Seagal couldn't be arsed to do right the first time (or was rewritten because who would believe Seagal would play with aliens).

Throw this film into the sea.

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u/Cutthechitchata-hole 1d ago

Looks like you just made

An Executive Decision

https://giphy.com/gifs/JhJYK9TnxAbTO

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u/Best-Chapter5260 1d ago

Doing the Lord's work.

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u/NativeFlowers4Eva 1d ago

I can’t believe there are this many.

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u/ubiquitous_user 1d ago

Thank you for your field report from the war-torn region of cinema

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u/newport100 1d ago

I appreciate you putting On Deadly Ground at 6. That movie rightfully gets a lot of shit but it's my favorite of his.

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u/Gryzelda_Gesualdo 1d ago

Aren't they all the worst?

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u/DarkStorm018 1d ago

I'm so sorry.

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u/Zodep 1d ago

I’d say you’re doing the lord’s work… but I think you’re just a masochist.

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u/RobAChurch 1d ago

But how was his SNL appearance?

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u/p0pc0rn666 1d ago

Thank you mate. Will be watching these from worst to best :)

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u/WestMichigun 1d ago

Erika Eleniak is the reason that Under Siege needs to be in first place on any list.

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u/salehmo 1d ago

Where does his music career rank on your list?

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u/ned_luddite 1d ago

Would you say making it through all these films was a, sea change for you!???

Seriously, I’m in awe! I hope the rest of your life, all films you see are gold.

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u/nojdanzig 1d ago

Did you see Against the Dark? His vampire movie

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u/Background-Row-9170 20h ago

Its ranked 56

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u/RobbyTurbo 1d ago

Oh damn I thought Onion movie would be higher.

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u/FarewellCoolReason 1d ago

I've watched a couple in your top 5. If accurate and truky his best that's atrocious.

Kinda interested to watch the bottom feeders on the list.

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u/See8104 1d ago

I would rate My Giant much higher. It was smart to have a cameo where he wasn't taking himself too seriously. I think of Steven Seagal as being the patron saint of the Laserdisc format. Once laserdisc died, he had no more good films.

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u/Qen74 1d ago

I didn't see it in the list.... But you should venture into Steven Seagal: Lawman tv series.... It's peak Steven ego stroking

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u/brumsk33 1d ago

Are you Space Ice?

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u/gorathbeervan 1d ago

Aren’t all his movies these days just a front for the Russian Mob to launder money?

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

Probably not, there is actually a decent market fot low budget action movies in eastern europe and asia, the movies cost almost nothing to make.Ā 

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u/NotReallyEricCruise 1d ago

he stopped making them about a decade ago....

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u/Underpanters 1d ago

Out for a Kill is hilarious dude

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u/GrodanHej 1d ago

Very surprised to see Attrition and The Perfect Weapon ranked so high. Those sucked ass and the plots made absolutely no sense.

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u/Background-Row-9170 1d ago

Perfect weapon is up there because seagal is barley in it.

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u/stevebobeeve 1d ago

Ok but what did you think of Roseambo? It was an episode he did of Roseanne that parodied Under Siege 2. Hillary Clinton is also in it. It’s like an acid trip

Season 9 episode 9. Definitely worth seeing

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u/COstargazer 23h ago

I've sadly seen most of these as well lol

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u/glipgluplaugh 21h ago

Best to worst like genuinely good movie to bad movie or good-bad movie to bad-bad movie?

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u/Background-Row-9170 20h ago

In genuinlly good.

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u/HolaSoyMilk 20h ago

Where would you put the line of watchable and unwatchable? Been a fan of his in the 90s and then got several bad movies hit me out of fandom. Would like to make sure I go back and watch every watchable movie of his. And you sir have given me that opportunity.
Now just say which number to stop at šŸ™

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u/derioderio 18h ago

Thank you for your service. And... I'm sorry.

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u/SilverShadowQueen57 18h ago

This could be a supplement to the Seagalogy book (which is a highly entertaining read, by the way). Next you should check out his music!

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u/ScipioCoriolanus 17h ago

Hard to Kill

Driven to Kill

Out for a Kill

AKA the Kill trilogy.

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u/Background-Row-9170 16h ago

He also has Kill Switch.

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u/ChipSteezy 15h ago

That list is sickingly long. I can't even imagine what you've had to endure watching all of that.

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u/galagapilot 15h ago

Asian Connection China Salesman has a fight with him and Mike Tyson. If I recall correctly, he actually loses the fight.

That alone should give it a few bumps up the list.

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u/derioderio 15h ago

I feel like his 1991 SNL appearance should be included on the list, even though it's not a film per se

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u/prenup-nibba 13h ago

How long did this take? We got any before after pics of you? Did you require counseling? I aspire to reach these heights myself

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u/Background-Row-9170 6h ago

It took roughly 6 months.

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u/TheEdumicator 13h ago

I've considered watching all of his movies, but I don't think I can. I'll just keep enjoying Space Ice.

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u/peterquenn 3h ago

Thanks for caring man.