Underplayed Gems

Exit Wounds (2001)

Exit Wounds poster
Directed by
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 590 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A Detroit police detective who bends the rules gets assigned to a new precinct. He uncovers a conspiracy involving dirty cops and a drug lord.

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What happens

Exit Wounds is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, produced by Joel Silver, and starring Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson, Michael Jai White, Bill Duke, Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy. Seagal plays Orin Boyd, a Detroit police detective notorious for pushing the limits of the law in his quest for justice. The screenplay is based on a novel of the same name by John Westermann. This is the second of three films directed by Bartkowiak and produced by Silver that focus on martial arts-based action in an urban setting with a hip-hop soundtrack, following Romeo Must Die (2000) and preceding Cradle 2 the Grave (2003). The three films feature many of the same cast, key crew, and locations. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics, who noted that Seagal "aged rather badly" and criticized the plot holes and writing, but was a moderate success, having grossed $80 million worldwide against a budget of $25‒33 million. This became Steven Seagal's final film to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures as it marked the end of his long-standing relationship with the studio that launched his career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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