Evengyny
Thanks for the memories!
Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Spidersecu
Don't Believe the Hype
Sandcooler
If I can start by saying something really positive about this movie: it doesn't waste any time in telling you it's terrible. The opening sequence is a really misguided attempt at being artsy, almost like the director didn't know he was making a Seagal movie yet. "Black Dawn" is a sequel to "The Foreigner", which essentially means they were too lazy to come up with a new name for the character Seagal plays in every movie (see also: "Under Siege 2"). They keep up that lazyness in every other aspect. The fight scenes are typical for recent Seagal releases: confusing cuts, extreme close-ups, because that way we won't know it's a fighting double. Every time Seagal fights (granted, that's not often in this movie) he suddenly loses 40 lbs. and has real black hair instead of that weird spray-on hairdo, all the bizarre jump cuts in the world can't hide that. The most hilarious scene is the one where Seagal's on a 'moving' truck though: worst green screen ever, it makes the infamous train scene from Jean Claude Van Damme's "Derailed" look state of the art.P.S: It's nice to know the news can actually show a picture of the corpse when they're reporting a murder, great for the ratings. I'm pretty sure you can get in trouble for that.
Scott LeBrun
"Black Dawn" is only for the more undemanding of B movie enthusiasts, offering nothing the viewer hasn't seen before in efforts of A and B level budgets alike. It's professionally made, but the plot is muddled and the characters, for the most part, lack any sort of interest.As a vehicle for aging action star Steven Seagal, it's passable. Not that he's ever been much of an actor, but here he does look pretty comfortable and reels off the necessary exposition adequately. For the unaware, this is actually a follow-up to a previous Seagal vehicle "The Foreigner", in which he plays a former CIA agent named Johnathan Cold. Here Cold seems to have gone rogue, assisting nefarious arms dealers with their plans to detonate a nuclear bomb, but fret not, things aren't the way they look. Meanwhile, a young agent named Amanda Stuart (Tamara Davies), who was a pupil of Colds', seeks to find the truth of what is going on.Directed by Alexander Gruszynski, also a cinematographer who's shot such things as "Tremors" and "The Craft", this does have some good things going for it. The pacing is decent and what action scenes there are, are reasonably engrossing. It's just a shame to see that the heavyset Seagal clearly can no longer do his own stunts at all. Fans of his early stuff will note that there isn't any sort of martial artistry on display here; the action is of a different variety. There's enough gunfire and explosions to keep the audiences' attention from wandering too much.In all honesty, this is just as much Davies's movie as Seagals', and she handles herself quite capably. The supporting cast is pretty good, with John Pyper-Ferguson, Julian Stone, and Nicholas Davidoff making for amusing baddies. Also appearing are Don Franklin, Eddie Velez, and Matt Salinger, but Timothy Carhart is wasted in an under developed role as Stuarts' superior.Devoted lovers of the spy and action genres may find this moderately entertaining. At least, at 96 minutes, it doesn't overstay its welcome.Five out of 10.
disdressed12
this Steven Seagal offering is also sort of an unofficial sequel to The Foreigner.it's also known as Foreigner 2.the only thing the two movies have in common though is that Seagal reprises his role of Jonathon Cold.this one is a straight to DVD production.having saad that,i actually liked it more.i thought it was more exciting,and faster paced.certainly better paced,throughput.there are no boring moments.the story could have been better though.it reminded me of an episode of 24.for whatever reason,Seagal didn't have a double doing some of his lines in this one,like he did in The Foreigner.anyway, for me,Black Dawn AKA, Foreigner 2 is a 6/10
usmcret68
Makes you wonder how many more times that he can get away with being associated with this type of bad everything that deals with the movie industry. It was obvious that all action (I even think some walking scenes more than 50 feet) we dubbed. He even acted bored with his lines. He was never a favorite or a serious contender for any awards but his movies are normally entertaining to a degree. This movie was a waste of time and money and it was to the point where you started feeling sorry for him. Being a "hasbeen" is nothing anybody desires to face but if he continues trying to be the stud of yesteryear he will frame himself forever as a joke. There is a place for him in action movies he needs to look for it and go in that direction. There is a reason the James Bond character continues to be replaced. Steven should take his cue from that. However, after all is said, I would not desire to read my comments to him eyeball to eyeball.
