Uriah43 After spending 6 long years in prison for a crime he did not commit, "Shane Daniels" (Steven Seagal) is eventually exonerated by DNA evidence. However, it's during this lengthy incarceration that his wife leaves him which subsequently causes him to feel both empty and betrayed upon his release. Then one day, while contemplating his unfortunate streak of bad luck, he accidentally witnesses a cop being shot and--with the help of another man named "Sergey" (Jesse Hutch)--manages to kill the perpetrator. Immediately afterward Shane discovers a large bag of money in the back of a car along with a beautiful Chinese woman named "Tia" (Marlaina Mah) lying unconscious in the trunk as well. Unfortunately, both Shane and Sergey quickly realize that their problems aren't quite over when another shooter suddenly comes upon the scene. It's then that Shane seizes upon their only opportunity to escape by quickly placing the woman in the back seat of the car and telling Sergey to drive off immediately. When Tia finally regains consciousness Shane learns that the money belongs to a Chinese drug cartel and that she was kidnapped by them to get at her uncle "Kuan" (Vincent Cheng) who used to be their accountant--and knows too much to be kept alive. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a decent enough action film which probably could have used bit more character development. Even so, I enjoyed the overall plot which pitted Shane and the Russian mafia against the Chinese drug cartel and some crooked American cops. That being said, while it isn't a great movie by any means, I thought it was good enough for the time spent and have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

loevw I love martial arts action so I gave this a shot. It served its purpose, but wouldn't watch again. You get to see Steven Seagal do his thing, although not that many times, and there are plenty of OK gun fights. Don't expect much from the plot, but it's enough to provide content. There was one scene of exceeding violence that deviated from the martial arts spirit, I didn't enjoy it and don't recommend it for sensitive viewers. Overall, this is probably one of the best from the recent flops from Seagal, still far from say, Exit Wounds, though.I don't mind that Seagal has gotten older, but it's a bit disappointing he didn't seem to have made the effort to spend a few hours in the gym to look fit for an action role. In the end it didn't matter much, although the camera seems to wander off a bit in some of the few fights, suggesting that the fight choreography wasn't that great either. I'd say one would have to be a bit of fan of Seagal's fighting style to enjoy this movie. If you're up for some low grade action flick, it's watchable.

daworldismine following in line with his last few movies, a dangerous man has seagal doing what he does best, killing people with such ease and brutalness, that it is literally a joy to watch, the story line is simple, the action fast, brutal and 100 percent seagal, now sure if you don't like seagal, of course you ain't gonna like this movie, but seagal fans should love it, because it has more fighting, than all his movies since 'fire down below and seagal has bought back his bad ass attitude from the early 90's, no the movie isn't a masterpiece, but it is a solid action movie that delivers everything you'd expect of the genre and the star, i recommend

Paul Andrews A Dangerous Man starts as ex Special Forces war hero Shane Daniels (Steven Seagal) chases off a man attacking his wife Holly (Aidan Dee) who is later found brutally murdered. Shane is convicted of the man's murder & spends six years in an Arizona state prison before being cleared of all charges & released due to new DNA evidence, his first night as a free man & Shane heads straight to a shop to buy some Bourbon but is confronted by muggers whom Shane beats up, leave for dead & steal their car. While drinking his Bourbon by himself Shane witnesses a local cop being shot dead by Chinese gangsters, Shane gets involved & after killing one of the Chinese discovers a bag full of money & a drugged woman named Tia (Marliana Mah) in the back of their car. Shane decides to take both & leaves the scene with Russian car thief Sergey (Jesse Hutch) who also witnessed the killing, Shane agrees to help the Chinese girl Tia who is wanted by Chinese gangsters & the local corrupt police who also want their money back...Written & directed by Keoni Waxman this is the second Steven Seagal film I have seen in the past couple of days after The Keeper (2009) which was also written & directed by Waxman, for some reason quite a few Seagal films are playing on telly over here now & next up for me watch is Driven to Kill (2009) but that's for another time. Anyway, I quite liked The Keeper, it wasn't brilliant but as far as action thrillers go it wasn't half bad & I suppose I wanted too much to expect two straight to video Seagal films to be of decent quality as A Dangerous Man is definitely a notch below The Keeper but having said that still better than some of Seagal's other straight to video crap he has churned out over the past decade. The script has a reasonable story but doesn't do much with it, for instance it's never really explained why Seagal doesn't step in sooner to save the cops life or even why he bothers to get involved at all, the story behind Tia's uncle is unclear as it's originally said she wants help to smuggle him into the US but by the time the film ends he is in the US but who got him there? If it was the bad guy's why not just take him hostage as soon as they reached the US? Why all the shoot-outs & runaround? It never really gels or makes perfect sense, your never really fully behind the character's either with the relationship between Daniels & Tia feeling very awkward with virtually no chemistry there at all although the obvious age difference along with Seagal's mumbling & obvious lack of acting ability doesn't help matters.The action could have been better too, there are lots of bland shoot-outs, in fact the last forty minutes of the film are just two long shoot-outs. The Chinese guy's attack the Russians & then soon after the Russians attack the Chinese as lots of bullets are fired & lots of people are shot but it's pretty dull stuff with no real energy. Seagal's fight scenes are a mixed bag, I am sure he's using a double here as a lot of the fights are filmed in a way not to show Seagal's face like from the neck down or behind Seagal's character or an object like a shelf obscuring his face. The beginning of the film also features Seagal really hurt two muggers in a way you wouldn't expect from a hero, he mutilates ones face with the barrel of a gun & shoots the other (despite it being his first day out of prison) before stealing their car & blowing it up. There are some really sexy Asian girls featured in this which is worth a mention. Also worth a mention are Waxman's annoying style, you know the sort of things like fast editing, slow motion, silly colours, odd sound effects & misplaced music.With a supposed budget of about $6,500,000 this was filmed in Canada & has reasonable production values, certainly as good as can be expected for this type of film. The acting is alright, obviously Seagal is poor as usual & just mumbles his way through his role & the lack of any chemistry between himself & Marlaina Mah hurts the film.A Dangerous Man isn't that great, it has a decent story that somehow ends up being rather muddled & even though there's plenty of shoot-outs the action is formulaic & forgettable. Not as bad as some of Seagal's recent output but hardly amongst his best.