Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

becky878 Steven is mad as hell in this movie. Gangs are battling over drugs in this movie, and his son gets killed in the mix. That brings Steven to town for revenge. He is a badass dropping expletives and beating down gangbangers at every turn. There is police corruption, drugs, a hot chick that he lives above in a shabby apartment, Steven hacking into files, this one has so much to love. And man is he angry! None of that disinterested Steven like in some movies, he is downright laying the smack down. Lots of fight scenes, shootouts, driving chase scenes. And Eddie Griffin is hilarious. You don't usually get this level of acting from support characters in Seagal movies, but Eddie has some genuinely funny lines. You have got to check this one out. There are several quotable one-liners that you'll be using for years to come. This movie once again proves that you do not want to be on Seagal's bad side!

mazec666 You must be possibly bored with Steven Seagal taking on international mercenaries well so am I? In this fourth and final installment in Seagal Month, our favorite portly martial artist tries to take on L.A. street gangs with "Urban Justice"! "Urban Justice" has an interesting behind-the-scenes story when during the beginning of production; Screen Gems was considering a theatrical release for this film. Unsurprisingly, this is another one for the straight-to-DVD bin. This film is also notable for the fact Seagal isn't the only famous person in it and it's filmed in Los Angeles and Albuquerque instead of Romania and Bulgaria. So, is Seagal back? You wish.A rookie cop gets killed in a drive-by shooting, and the LAPD dismisses it off as a random act of violence. I guess they haven't learned anything since the Rodney King incident. To make this film already mind-boggling, the slain officer has a father who happens to be an ex-Special Forces operative named Simon Bannister or Simon Ballister whatever I don't care. That's right; Seagal is playing this character just like every role for the past 56 years of his career. Moving into the worst part of L.A., Seagal enlists the help of a liquor store owner (Carmen Sarrano, in a thankless role) and an unlimited supply of guns to take on two rival gangs. Will Seagal avenge the death of a son that we've already forgotten about? Then prepare to be bored in the next 96 minutes.The concept of Seagal facing off against street gangs may sound like mindless fun but it's eminently forgettable and clichéd. It appears that 90% of the film takes place in absolute darkness possibly to cover up Seagal's sweaty skin and multiple chins. The fight scenes are both under directed and over directed to the point of inconsistency. And I'm sorry Don E. Fauntleroy, but you are not Michael Mann. However, there are some positives as Seagal is doubled much, much less and appears in the film more than usual doing his own fights. While Eddie Griffin is insufferable as the main thug, sadly there is not enough Danny Trejo.I guess the real reason "Urban Justice" never got a theatrical release is because moviegoers aren't going to waste their hard-earned money on this formulaic, standard and generic tripe. Three stars for Trejo's all-to-brief appearance, Seagal's hard-to-make-out mumbling and most of all, not filming it in Eastern Europe.Thank god I don't have to review any more of Seagal.

TheLittleSongbird That says a lot actually, because I have disliked a lot of them. Urban Justice may have some clichéd characters, a derivative plot, a really lagging pace particularly in the middle, mediocre acting and some jarring dialogue. However, while hardly high art the photography and editing are a step above other Seagal films, same with the soundtrack and sound effects. The action is short but decently choreographed and has a tinge of excitement, the direction is not incompetent as it can be and while Steven Seagal himself is not great he is not as lazy and unintelligible as he can be. All in all, one of his better recent releases, but could've been better. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Samiam3 I like the way Urban Justice is set-up. It is simple strait forward, nicely paced for a ninety minute feature and the action is more visually coherent than anything I've seen Seagal do so far this decade.The film does not begin with him. It begins with LAPD officer Max Balister, who is asked by a contact to meet him on a side street, the second he steps out of the car, he is shot dead. After the funeral the next day, his father Simon (also a cop) begins his search for revenge, he heads into the rougher parts of town, where his son might have been spying on the drug operations. Going up against a wall of fire power, It will be yet another dangerous but playable game for Seagal.There are few bits in Urban Justice worth noting. Generally, out of every twenty action movies (with gun play), I would say that only one has a shooter who is smart enough to aim for the tires during a car chase. Urban Justice has one such fella. Needless to say, the idea proves futile, cause nothing can bring Seagal down. The fight scenes are much more coherent. Rather than being fast and choppy, the gun play here is slower and more convincingly brutal. Every time someone takes a bullet, it is a flesh wound which spills a fair quantity of blood (not too much though). In these shots, the frame rate is a mere five to ten frames per second. Slow-mo can be extremely cheesy if overdone, and sometimes Urban justice comes close, but not quite. Just yesterday I would have said, Seagal was now too old too kick butt well, but he doesn't do too badly here. He breaks a lot of bones, and necks among other things.Home video release or not, Urban Justice, is moderately enjoyable actually. Though far from great, it successfully avoids some of the pitfalls that have degraded Seagal's worst features.