Too many fans seem to be blown away

A lot of fun.

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Right, well we all know exactly what we get when we sit down to watch an action movie starring the teddy bear of the action genre, Steven Seagal. And, of course, this is right up that alley, yet it was surprisingly good and quite entertaining.This movie stood out because Steven Seagal wasn't playing the usual goody two shoes roles that he usually does. Sure, once again he was portraying an ex-law enforcer, so what else is new, but this time with a darker side to the character. His character had a drinking and gambling problem, and was in massive debt. And the former police officer actually ended up as a hit-man. Yep, quite a refreshing turn of character for the action teddy bear.The movie really benefited from having Lance Henriksen on the cast list, as he brought his usual dark charms and wits to the screen. Just a shame that he didn't got more time on the screen.And you get the usual performance and action from Steven Seagal as you are accustomed to if you have been following his movie career. Lots of fighting and lots of gunfights, and of course with the one-man-against-impossible-odds setting."Pistol Whipped" stands out from the countless other generic Steven Seagal action movies, and it is well worth watching if you enjoy his movies or not. I was genuinely entertained by this 2008 movie, and it stands out as one of the better of all Steven Seagal movies.

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.

Well I was looking forward to seeing it and I finally got the chance to watch it and let me tell you I was not disappointed in any way. This movie I don't understand why it went direct-to-video in my opinion it deserved to go into theaters but any way let me tell you why this movie is so good. The storyline this movie follows is really good and very well written, The characters are very well developed and are very interesting. The acting is pretty good some of the acting though is a bit bad but other than that it is pretty good, obviously Steven Seagal is the best actor in this movie. The action is non stop and for the most part looks very realistic. The special effects are well done although some of them look fake but for the most part it look very realistic and is well done. So make sure you you rent or buy Pistol Whipped because it is awesome.Overall rating: ******** out of ********** **** out of *****

I am a big Steven Seagal fan of his 90s movies but began to loose faith in him after Half Past Dead. That was a very impressive movie which did not deserve a rating of 3.9 out of 10. Plenty of action and humour, plus some great kicks from seagal. After his Straight-to-DVD features, i began to lose faith, his fights looked so fake because he had stunt doubles that looked nothing like him and his voice was dubbed pointlessly.Then came Renegade Justice (or Urban Justice as US calls it), it was a very decent action flick and made me see that he dozen't need to retire early. The fights were all done by seagal and dubbing was ignored. It was also a fun film to watch and a must-have for all seagal fans. What I mostly love about it is seeing seagal the way we use to know him in the 90s. Just no original plot.This film that I am talking about is the best seagal film I have ever seen. This is mainly because he isn't the hero in this film. There are no heroes in this film. He is an alcoholic ex-cop with a gambling problem, a huge debt and a neglectful father. It convinced me on what a depressing character he was.The soundtrack was brilliant. At the start, seeing Seagal shooting in a cemetery while there was emotional music playing in the background made me see the drama in this film. The second scene where seagal and the priest are talking really described his character as not being some "perfect hero" but a more realistic character. These problems that he has is also his fault.The action was also brilliant as well. There is still mindless violence in this movie but that won't spoil your fun as the fight scenes are still realistic but they are not the reason why this movie is so great. Seagal also shows talent and emotion in his acting which is very rare as he is mostly acting with his fists and guns.This is the best seagal DVD movie yet. Mainly because it is something a little different than his others and is the most unique out of all of the films he has been in.