Neatly crafted action thriller, with Seagal on top wrist-snapping form as a Buddhist cop from New York, with a shadowy past, teamed with Wayans' wisecracking LA cop to investigate the gruesome murders of a serial killer, known as the `Family Man'. The two leads work well together; in typical buddy cop fashion which provides the film with the comic relief it needs to give the audience a break from the serious themes involved. The script is competently composed; trying to surprise us as best it can with several twists and turns, however, the story is so fully packed with things going on that it's easy for the audience to get lost along the way. However, that is not a problem as Seagal is on the case with his usual array of impressive martial arts and likeable personality, encased in an interesting character. To me, Seagal represents, in a way, a modern day John Wayne, always playing the same out for justice, good guy role and taking no stuff from anyone along the way. He is a screen presence that can carry even the most brainless of films, but this movie has both brains and brawn. Wayans does very well here too. The direction is standard but competent in keeping a relaxed balance between the hectic action (entwined with the tense build-ups) and the comedic peace-time goings on. The gorier parts of the movie, like the murders, are handled with skill and successfully manage to create an eerie atmosphere rather than simply a gory head-turning occasion. The Glimmer Man is not a masterpiece by any means but it serves its purpose well as a tense action thriller. It tries hard to be more than it is, but its lack of originality is its biggest flaw but it gets top marks for trying. You can't take anything away with you afterwards, but you can enjoy yourself along the way.Read full review
This is a pretty good movie. Most Steven Seagal movies are nothing more than a martial arts show without any plot, but this one is different. There is a string of religious related serial killings in Los Angeles. Seagal is new there having been a detective in NY City. He was dubbed "The Glimmer Man" in Vietnam when he was there with the CIA. He was so slick; so elusive and fast that all you would see was a glimmer and then you were dead. His partner (Keenan Ivory Williams) doesn't trust him because he is too good and just seems to have fallen out of the sky, but eventually gains respect for him. The movie is vintage Seagal with Chinese potions, martial arts, and pretty impressive body count. Together they get the bad guys and also a few good laughs too. This is a little bit of the psycho type of a plot and a lot of good action.Read full review
If you like Segal, you need this movie. It really is a good addition for any Segal collectors collection, or generally anybody who likes action movies. I hadn't seen many Segal movies before this one so I didn't really know what to expect. Segal has quite a few good one liners, and Keenan Ivory Wayans plays his partner really well even though it's not a role you'd expect to see him in adding a few good cracks of his own. You see an earlier more serious role from John C. McGinley as Michael Caines right-hand man, and they both get pretty gruesome as well. Now that I have seen quite a few Segal movies I'd rank this one in his top 5. For anybody that likes action movies it's one worth watching more than once.
The dvd was in excellent condition, better than what I expected, received it in a very timely manner, I love it!
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Action movies are my favorite genre
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Good action movie with Steven Seagal in Alaska with oil company trying to cheat the native folks.
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I always wanted this movie ever since I seen it on television
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Glad to add to my collection of movies
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A lot of things that are not new are in poor condition -this was good as promised.
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