Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Samiam3 There are a couple of parts in Pistol Whipped that I enjoyed a bit, but generally I was bored. Considering that most of Seagal's latter works are interchangeable, with little difference between them, perhaps I am just growing tired of seeing the same thing over and over again, but I don't think so. Some of the latter films were watchable. the Keeper, Urban Justice, and Into the Sun were okay. Others like Against the Dark and A Dangerous Man were almost unwatchable. This is pretty bad too. Pistol Whipped begins with an amateurishly written scene which if nothing else is a classic example of over exposition. A Los Angeles priest sits with Seagal in church, and tells him what he already knows about his life. He is divorced, broke, lazy, ex army etc... There are one or two scenes where Seagal hangs out with his daughter (who his ex wife has custody of) Sequences like that are pretty rare in Seagal films and although he is far from capable of acting emotionally, the attempts are noble.The final half hour of the film offers two yawn-provokingly boring scenes of epic gun play. The cutting is too reckless, and the slow-mo (when used) is used badly. Enough said, I've made my point. some of the strait to video releases, are not bad to view if you really wanna work your way through Seagal, but this is definitely not one of them.

Chilla Black thought this was a good Seagal film for a few reasons, first off it is back to basics, with immediate no questions asked action by the man, in scenes when he is even remotely threatened. That is classic SS and a throwback to the early days like in Marked For Death etc, so from that perspective, fans should not feel disappointed. Also thought the inclusion of the guy who was in quite a few films in the early 90's the character Blue was a good one. He was in some real good films like King of New York and Sea of Love and it was good to see him in this film, he comes over pretty well as some kind of mobster who clearly does not respect Seagal or even his Boss. Also thought the scene where Seagal tackles his ass in the house was good to watch, always like seeing SS do fight choreography with actors who are not in the business for that reason. Storyline is OK, perfectly acceptable to call in a debt from a lethal family man to knock off a few wide boys. All in all this is probably one of Seagals best 10 movies.

daworldismine steven seagal is back in top form in this action thriller about an ex cop who is recruited by a big time gangster to be his personal hit-man, seagal's movies have since 2003 been absolute garbage really, and im happy to say that pistol whipped is the best steven seagal movie since fire down below, he kicks ass brutally and has some of the best shoot outs I've seen in an action movie for a long time, there are no stunt doubles this time, no stupid voice doubles just a classic badaas seagal bieng a badass, seagal's role here gives him more to do as well as he plays a quite bad character who wants to be a good farther and he pulls these scenes off well if at times a little awkwardly, but hey this is a steven seagal movie and it delivers some top bone crunching violence, definitely recommended

lastliberal I didn't expect to see Casey Ryback, but I wasn't disappointed either. Steven Seagal seems to be doing better than his last direct-to-video efforts.He's an ex-cop with an alcohol and gambling problem, and is also neglectful of his daughter. He has a chance to get his life back together.His quest for the bad guys leads him to a place where he didn't expect.The action is hot and heavy with car chases and a final cemetery scene that ends in a blaze!Seagal is back!