Mercenary for Justice (2006) - Steven Seagal - Comedic Movie Review

Hey everybody! Redeye Reviews here with another episode of Karate Korner. With our wonder-boy, Steven Seagal. Todays movie is Mercenary for Justice (2006)
Starring: Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith, Luke Goss, Michael Kenneth Williams, Adrian Galley, Langley Kirkwood,
Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy,
Writer: Steven Collins, Joe Halphin, Danny Lerner, Steven Seagal, Les Weldon,
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[@ShawShank-kr9wq]

I love how there’s people out there who hate Seagal so much they would use their resources to make a movie thats sole purpose is to make him look bad as if he hasn’t been doing that to himself for the past 30 years

[@marthastubbs8321]

When you've completed your Seagal series you should do one big tie up video where you rank all the movies in terms of how Seagal-esque they are and assign point to whether he does his own stunts, voice dubbing, body doubles, bad editing, nonaeical plot, sex scenes, strip clubs etc, if he's in a helicopter, how the title is just three random words, the posters etc and also the actual good films

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh that is a brilliant idea. I should definitely do this. Thank you!

[@marthastubbs8321]

@@RedEyeReviews another category- how Seagal interrupts with minorities

[@marthastubbs8321]

@@DG-wr6cl rate each category like out of five ponytails or something 😂. "Seagal's body doubling in this film is so Obvious it gets five out of five ponytails "

[@devinthierault]

I would actually request you to do full length riffs of each film for patreon revenue

[@valkyrie9646]

Or, he could take all the titles of these shitty Seagal films and make a joke sentence about Stevo.

[@zigmondbonez9411]

Gotta feel bad for the director, had shitty producers and especially feel bad he had to work with Steven Seagal Those producers were on point with that lawsuit on the ready 😂

[@mspsychgirl]

You have my deepest sympathy and respect for watching all these movies.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha thank you! It has been a test of will power for sure.

[@mspsychgirl]

@@RedEyeReviews I can only imagine

[@keirangrant1607]

I thought the exact same thing last night: "This guy actually has to sit thru the entire crappy movie? Even the rapey and awkward scenes"......hahahaha He deserves 100K subs just for this fact.....

[@Deriv44]

Wow Michael K Williams(R.I.P)Omar from the Wire is in this movie it always surprises me how many good actors have been in a Seagle movie really

[@munstrumridcully]

That was Omar!? I thought I recognized him

[@Film_Bro]

Only 11 movies away from 'Machete'(2010)! . . . Now I say it like that, i'm actually quite impressed he made 12 movies in 4 years! Damn.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Dude he makes them as fast as I talk about them lol

[@kevynhansyn2902]

Tax breaks mastery 101

[@crabbieappleton]

@@kevynhansyn2902 Money Laundering 101

[@Gracitagouv]

I wish the Steven S review could just go on 4ever. I like to rest in bed and relax watching them. Right now my life is stressfull 😞

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that! My stress has been a bit high myself. But I am so glad you are enjoying these videos!!

[@rnkmode1876]

I didn't realize how many Movies Seagal has actually been in.. of course the quality of these movies went down in the mid/late 90's. From Above the Law to Under Siege though.. classic flicks.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha you and me both. I didn't realize what I signed up for at the start. But this guy has got alot of screen time

[@justindunlap1235]

@@RedEyeReviews yet in all of his movies put together he only says about 1000 words.

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

@@RedEyeReviews kkkni

[@goodtimesgamingtm1316]

Oh yeah I love it you can literally see the steady decline it’s fascinating. Like most actors have a straight drop or a noticeable decline over a few years but got Seagal it’s like every movie was just one step worse😂

[@JoJoJoker]

@@goodtimesgamingtm1316 “Steven Segal’s career is like a ladder.”

[@KarlBunker]

I loved the bit with the dog! "Yup, I guess my family is being kidnapped at gunpoint and loaded into a van. That's something you don't see everyday. I'd better just sit here with my paws folded. Yup, that's probably the best thing for me to do."

[@FeeriiEekii]

14:30 'Jezus Christ! Is Seagul like a velociraptor?!' 🤣🤣🤣 made my day👍

[@CalamityCain]

What?! Michael K. Williams was in this? Oh, man .... how'd that happen? Thank God he went on being awesome in Boardwalk Empire. Still, kind of a shame, after playing Omar on The Wire. One of my favourite actors, miss him already. ;-( On another note: Thanks for your great videos! I just recently stumbled upon the channel. It's great. Keep it up. 5.000 subscribers soon and many, many more to come, I hope. These videos always put me in a good mood :) Speaking of Michael K. Williams: I've noticed you pretty regularly not acknowledging known actors in these videos. Sorry, I don't remember all these ridiculous titles, but Isaac Hayes was the coroner eating next to a corpse in one of these and Johnny Messner and Vernon Wells were in another one. Do you just not know these guys or is it due to time constraints or maybe it just doesn't seem important to you? That's not a put down of any kind, genuinely interested in why that is.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Yeah Michael K. was a solid actor. Lol so I am just terrible with names. So usually I need to go out of my way to commit people to memory. But if I don't acknowledge an actor, it's either because I genuinely didn't realize, or I wanted to talk about the main character more. Lol OR the day I wrote my script I didn't have the IMDB pulled up and just called someone "Badguy" instead of their name Lol. Which is just lazy I know.

[@docsnake]

@@RedEyeReviews yes, sometimes I wonder if you’re just really young and you don’t know some of these people, because it’s very interesting that you don’t point them out.

[@RedEyeReviews]

I was born early 90s. So I discovered alot of these movies much later then they came out

[@ArizonaJoeHines]

Caspar Milquetoast was a popular American cartoon character created by H. T. Webster. (In the early 20th Century) The term “milquetoast” has since come to be used for a meek or timid man per wikipedia.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Ooo Joe coming through clutch with the facts. That is interesting, I had no idea.

[@jacogrobler1509]

As a South African. Its funny that they talk about the Natal bank while in the Western Cape Province. Or maybe I'm seeing it wrong. Like your channel btw keep it up.

[@sandyn3384]

Ja, Credit Natal Bank? Lol whatever, die hele ding is maar B-grade.

[@jacogrobler1509]

@@sandyn3384 erg B grade!

[@diogeneslantern18]

Groete boete!

[@tutipuntti4575]

Greetings from Finland. I watched this yesterday. and this was so confusing and bad. Only fun thing was to see how mny times Stven changes his face expression. Well he smiles three times :)

[@BlackTearsYT]

"Milquetoast" kinda means like timid. Like she's calling that guy a wuss, basically. Milquetoast is the name of a character from an old time comic strip about a guy who is super timid, and the character's name comes from the food milk toast, which is considered bland and easy to digest, perfect for someone with a "weak" stomach. So it's an insult indicating weakness or shyness, probably being pretty basic as well. It's an odd term but I'll at least give them credit that it's not some weird term they made up for the movie, like that bizarre birthday quote Seagal has in one of his movies.

[@munstrumridcully]

The n in "government" is silent? Huh, you learn something new everyday. I've always pronounced it almost as two words govern and ment, "govern-ment" lol

[@RedEyeReviews]

I think it's probably a dialect thing. Like I also say "Moun'n instead of of MounTain" so maybe it's a me thing lol

[@munstrumridcully]

@@RedEyeReviews yeah that makes total sense. I'm from New England Connecticut specifically and we pronounce things very differently than even the rest of New England LOL

[@totallyalpharius507]

12:23 Milk-toast, also milquetoast - adjective: 1. of a person : timid, meek, or unassertive 2. lacking in character or vigor: wishy-washy Etymology: Caspar Milquetoast is a comic strip character created in 1924 by cartoonist Harold T. Webster. Beginning a few years after the character's debut, the term milquetoast came to describe a timid or meek person. Caspar's last name is fitting because milk toast is a weak, bland concoction of buttered toast served in a dish of warm milk.

[@AmityvilleFan]

this series is perfect. you tell how fat he is, how much he appears, how much he is dubbed, and even give background info which I'd be too lazy to look up myself.

[@christophercollins3632]

-Fully dedicated set of Producers actively working to scuttle the movie and ruin Seagal-> Watchable movie. -Seagal given leeway to make changes -> one train wreck movie after another.

[@Neville60001]

Sadly, what was done on this film was never done again.

[@kitbradley2689]

I love the name of this movie. At first I wondered if Seagal misunderstood the word "mercenary" or "justice," then I realized he doesn't know either! He's just throwin' together crypto-fascist-but-friendly sounding word salad by this time.

[@mollyanderson657]

Steven seagal sitting in the back of your car shouldn't be that hard to spot from a 5 meters.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha. Hmm what is that shadow that is taking up my entire back seat?

[@owie4070]

I used to say that Seagal should stop making movies. Now, thanks to you, I want him to keep churning them out. I hope you're proud of yourself, sir.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha. Oh God what have I done?!

[@alexgrenlie862]

Wikipedia says filming took 28 days. Snappy work from Steven

[@bigt4135]

How is Omar from the wire in this movie?

[@munstrumridcully]

He's hiding out from the Barksdale crew no one would look for him here:-)

[@losttribe3001]

13:50 Man’s best friend?!? Proves dogs will turn on you on a dime! Another great review!

[@losttribe3001]

PS: my SA password is: Constanta Glen...best winery in South Africa!

[@DeadManSinging1]

Will you do Sudden Death? It was Van Dammes turn at riding the Die Hard bandwagon. He plays a Firefighter who fights terrorists in an Ice Rink during a Hockey game. Powers Booth is the Hans Gruber stand it. Its pretty entertaining, easily one of the better Van Damme films

[@RedEyeReviews]

Of course!

[@ScreechingPossum]

There were a couple of things that makes you go "Huh, that's different"...in the beginning Then it's like, I don't know...all sorts of different writers got involved? Yeah, not sure I buy that one scene would've made things make sense (like where was this "Justice" Seagal was a mercenary for?)

[@TAITheAsian]

AHAHA Those urinals aren't even plumbed or fastened properly. That whole wall moves so much, jeezee. That Funeral section is just so funny with Steven saying he promised to bring him back. Its like something that ought to be in a Shlocky Call of duty rip off game. Actually has Steven ever done any video games? In all of his career, I don't think he ever got involved with direct to flop, just direct to shlock. Also I think I've seen this one and thought it was three different movies. I saw the badguy hostage bits separately and then the Langley Kirkwood sections as its own movie actually just a few days ago. I thought it was going to be some dogs of war tier decent mercenary flick. The Uzi with the suppressor I definitely recognized. It reminds me of Escape from New York which I always wondered why they chose that weapon and how it was modded. Honestly they should have just ditched Seagal like a sack of potatoes out of a speeding van on the highway and just made Kirkwood or someone else the main character. Maybe Dolph Lungren, his mercenary movies are always fun and actually believable.

[@PobortzaPl]

Hate to be that guy, but Actually it's Ingram (IIRC model name MAC 10, .45 ACP) with silencer in Escape from New York, not Uzi. And silencer was quite a selling point for Ingram SMG. The other movie famous for using Ingram SMG is John Wayne's "McQ".

[@pablosilva6988]

Great reviews Keep up the great work.

[@salmansengul]

Redeye I really do enjoy your content, but it seems interesting to me how you not know so many well known actors like for example Kris Kristofferson, Michael Jai White, Michael K Williams etc. You need to up your game a little!

[@natebetts9426]

"Comment for KZbin engagement"

[@schiz5674]

I love how they elaborate the obvious e.g. CIA Agent (Dirty Deeds man) LMFAO 😂😂😂

[@RedEyeReviews]

Dirty deeds man. Official title of course.

[@blueorange9067]

Your vids always make me laugh, and Steven just keeps giving you so much material to work with 😅

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much!

[@craighouse1279]

My slap and tickle operation now affords me political and economic power. I may offer to produce the next movie for the tax write off.

[@EAScotti]

It's actually not the worst Seagal movie by far. Not good at all but actually pretty entertaining. Roger Guenveur Smith's cheesiness was.... something 🤔. Luke Goss is another guy with an extensive DTV library I guess is all I can say about him. He's like Seagal alot of similar roles

[@josephwintrich7294]

If anyone dares ask, CHUCK NORRIS films are WAY better than ANY Seagal film.

[@empathyrespect]

I love how this guy always trys to stop laughing. Its hilarious.

[@lm4585]

RIP MKW. "Omar coming". I am from Baltimore too. These Segal movies are hilarious. You are doing a good job.

[@KidFresh71]

Addictive channel! Binge worthy content. Side-note: I can't imagine being as famous as Segal, and yet you just. can't. stop. eating.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much! Lol right?! Like you would think at some point, one of those Hollywood trainers would be like "hey man....I can help you out"

[@markula_4040]

That's not the line. It's: I came here to chew bubblegum and kick butt and I'm all out of butt.

[@stonewolf1980]

Milk toast is what doctors used to recommend for stomach ulcers as the blandest, easiest to digest food.

[@knivesthe]

Can you do a video showing the distinct lack of trying in his marital arts movies year over year?

[@4olufade]

Green screen Steven Segal saying his ten catch phrases and you can use the footage in every movie from 2000 till the the end of time

[@AnFonE]

02:16 - "He [Steven] would arrive early, leave late" - Sounds like a good worker, not someone you'd need to sue.

[@jgaines4]

Yeah, Steven must have turned over a new leaf, started to get his shit together.

[@tomgraham8031]

I watched this last week just for shits and giggles. Didnt understand the plot at all.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Right?! It's like the movie version of when you ask someone to repeat themselves and you still don't hear what they said, so you just nod and laugh.

[@FrameRage]

"I never realised how much texture was in his face" hahahahaha

[@mr.pavone9719]

Hand to God, Segal would have been a PERFECT Duke Togo in a Toho version of Golgo 13.

[@JoJoJoker]

“A Parisian detective comes to learn when it comes to getting answers, mimes keep quiet.”

[@reaperofsouls321]

Slight nitpick on a terrible movie but.. at 8:07 that bathroom doesn't have wheelchair accessibility xP

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol great call out

[@alanduff4222]

Does getting up out of a chair cout as doing your own stunts

[@willyrodriguez1256]

Went back to the longer intro, Redeye? Love your stuff, by the way.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Every so often I'm going to feather it in. Thank you so much for the support.

[@RedEyeReviews]

@@scatteredtothewinds6662 oh interesting. So 4 second intro but just straight audio cut to me talking? Or still fade the music out

[@michaelmyers3709]

Can’t believe the line in the bathroom fight wasn’t mentioned. “That’s it for you poophole” or at least that’s what it sounds like. Didn’t mind the movie until Seagal’s character started wasting random cops and bank workers. Isn’t he supposed to be a good guy?!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol I think I missed that line! Ugh I wish I heard that. Also yeah...is he a good guy because he straight murders random bank workers and then walks out laughing and smiling

[@michaelmyers3709]

Reminded me of The Foreigner when he basically blows up a train station full of people and sets up an innocent guy to get shot.

[@stonewolf1980]

I'm commenting my comments in the comments!

[@2ndgenlife]

Love his scene in the dodge truck 3:54

[@gabrielbaynunn2418]

This is the second time I heard you refer to an armored personnel carrier or APC as a bullet proof car😂

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol my childhood brain at work

[@SilentMott]

22 Movies in and I get the feeling that you're slowly losing your mind.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Sure am lol

[@Zzzzalazar]

'not a terrible movie'?! what are we doing here then? show us BAD movies ;)

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha you got it

[@darrenclements6028]

Mercenary For Justice is legendary with Spectacular fight scenes

[@michaelmyers3709]

Questionable.

[@davidcermak9822]

That is not a texture in the face, more like universes of polygons.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Hahaha

[@judsongaiden9878]

0:01 I had to look up what that is on IMFDB because it looks like a Galil (Israeli), but it also looks like an Rk.95 (Finnish), and both of those trace their design lineage back to the Rk.62 (which, in turn, traces its design lineage back to ye olde AK). Turns out it's a Vektor R5 (South African version of the Galil SAR). At any rate, any of these rifles would be prime choice, not merely serviceable but exceptional. 0:04 I've got the perfect nickname for the guy with the spikey blonde hair: "Guile Pearce." 1:32 Of course, there has to be someone stowing hand grenades sloppily on the D-rings of their rig instead of stowing them properly in pouches. Plus, how much you wanna bet he's right-handed? Well, how does he intend to be able to shoulder a rifle?! BOTH of his shoulders are obstructed, his right one worse than his left! 1:50 More sloppily stowed hand grenades. Pineapples this time. Different uniform, so maybe he's from the opposing force (this is one that I don't recall seeing, so I don't know). I point that out because even mercs prefer commonality and consistency is a cohesive manual of arms. 2:04 Unfold that stock and fasten that helmet strap, greenhorn! You want the opposing force to laugh at you?! 5:38 How do typos like that make it into a movie?! I used to proofread Yellow Page ads for a living (for $8.50 an hour) and I'd get chewed out if I didn't maintain a 98% accuracy rating with catching typos and improper punctuation and whatnot. Oh, and the office looked just like Office Space. Thankfully, we didn't have to wear ties. Could you imagine having to wear a necktie at a job that pays $8.50 an hour?! 12:18 Is this where that term comes from?! I've heard people say that in recent years and never knew what it meant because it sounds stupid. 14:24 Is that what they mean by "milk-toast?" So it means something like "hoity-toity?" [[researches]] Nah, it just means "wimpy."

[@paulmajano]

We both are immature @redeye 🤣

[@MOONSUN4Life]

My super-secret Cape Town password is Georges. You know, like St-Pierre? Like the guy who got his @$$ handed to him by Seagal in _Cartels_ ? I mean, I'm assuming he did, because I haven't actually watched the film, but I can't imagine Seagal let someone who can actually fight beat him in a movie...

[@DavidVanHelden1]

Poor Steven... Red eye has slapped his ass harder than any other martial artist ever could.....

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol I wear him down slowly. With very tiny body shots over 100 videos

[@Dan-di9jd]

What do you think the missing scene was that was supposed to link everything together? I watched the movie myself and couldn't really figure out where. But I think the missing scene was introducing some of the characters that seem to just randomly appear. However, it's not uncommon for Seagal movies to have it where Seagal figures stuff out without any scene to tie it or place him there. It's like he knows what is going on, who the bad guys are, how to find them, and exactly what they're going to do next.

[@michaellerner6038]

I'll never understand why Steven Segal is so LAZY!! As a third or (4th) degree black belt he could show off all the moves (different techniques) but he uses like 2 or 3 of them. Amazing maybe it affects his Zen. I really think he stopped showing off because he can't kill the people. Weird!! I know but I'm just saying

[@Urbexkc]

Your impersonation of Seagall is PRICELESS!!

[@kimsomniac2144]

Ok, I saw Michael K. Williams?(RIP) They desperately underused him. I feel like this 1 could have been a descent movie. It sounds like the director essentially said, "sorry, I tried".

[@Mattastrophic1]

So what movies does Seagal rip off here? Ocean's 11, The Rock (that prison shootout), True Lies (that bathroom fight scene). What am I missing?

[@munstrumridcully]

"Milquetoast" is an older way of saying someone that's like a coward or or maybe weaak or timid that kind of thing

[@ballsrgrossnugly]

I found out why because of this though! Caspar Milquetoast Cartoon character Caspar Milquetoast is a comic strip character created by H. T. Webster for his cartoon series The Timid Soul. Webster described Caspar Milquetoast as "the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick".

[@munstrumridcully]

@@ballsrgrossnugly I must say I never actually heard of that we have to look into it 🙂

[@SnowmanTF2]

CIA Agent (Dirty Deeds man), I love how they format that like it is his official job title

[@andrewstewart7231]

They should have just killed seagals character off in the beginning. Wait, why didn't they? So they could show how seagal is aware of the Cia hitmen in the next scene? Makes no sense.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

The CIA has no authority in South Africa and as I understand it any police joint requests are made via Interpol and that would involve the FBI not the CIA and the South African Police Service.

[@diogeneslantern18]

Lol Cape Town and Natal (Kwa Zulu Natal) are on opposite ends of the country. The word referred to is "milquetoast" and refers to a timid or feeble person.. No backbone

[@forensix78]

13:30 “Good on him for showing us he can still doooo…something” Lol RedEye, did you forget this movie is 16+ years old?

[@0292-q3l]

My deepest sympathies sir, I'm sorry you've had to endure hours upon hours of Segal... You have ventured where no man ever dares, my respects.

[@Dan-di9jd]

I watched that Dog movie and that dog at that French's ambassador house was a reincarnation of Max who was doing his cancer pose that everyone there had cancer.

[@BEATNIKMACHINE]

My friend in cape town south africa said he arrived home from work and found steven seagal doing backflips in his driveway. I never believed him until I found the movie on HD today and fast worded to 27:35 and low and behold there my mates car is in the driveway. what are the chances in Africa.

[@ashishavin8748]

You gonna do Bruce Willis next? That’s another crazy gravy train.

[@AlyrArkhon]

Is this cia guy Ajax from Deadpool, or just similar?

[@matthayward7889]

I know he gets much, much worse, But Seagal starts looking proper bloated here

[@malachidrake7777]

Luke Goss, here in the UK during the late 80s people never shut up about Bros, he comes in so many of these trashy films.

[@Carmine_Lupertazzi]

Anybody seen Ritchie?

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol. One of my favorite scenes. They gave him two directions "Look for Ritchie. Mess this place up"

[@Carmine_Lupertazzi]

@@RedEyeReviews "hey, Gino don't leave no place or woman unturned."

[@rockdesu]

I'm very happy he was put in his place. He doesn't command power anymore like he used to since now he makes B Movies.

[@6330-z3p]

A little bit of trivia...matt goss belonged to a popular band in the 80s called bros several chart hits. Also he has an identical twin whose in the band too

[@dantheories7276]

What exactly is a mercenary of justice? Is that a cop? A lawyer? A Segall?

[@2meta435]

I wish I could subscribe twice!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Aww so nice of you :)

[@benugdsen75]

Central INTELLIGENT Agency. 😂😂

[@uberyoutuber3892]

Curious how much of the budget went into getting everyone a spray tan....

[@JamesWho1]

The guy who played John Dresham Luke Goss was in a boy band that where big here in the uk for a short while in the late 80s

[@kevynhansyn2902]

Fantastic Photoshopped picture. Grade A material there.

[@ajktigie]

At least They got the firearms right Seagal seems using a R4 rifle of South Africa a Israel Galil variet.

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

The "Central INTELLIGENT Agency"?

[@markbiermann]

Maybe the producers lost a bet, "I bet you 1 steven segal movie that you can't snort that entire bag of coke in one go' ~snoooooooorth~ 'shit....' Also, pretty rude of Seagal to not visit the funerals of the dozen or so innocent police officers her just murdered.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Hahah. I would love to see Seagal movies used as betting chips for Producers

[@9094nancyj]

I love when the urinals fall, the cheap, cardboard wall starts to wobble

[@valkyrie9646]

Four writers and they still went with "Mercenary For Justice" as the title??

[@MacNille]

That the producers hated Steven so much, makes me wonder why they had him in this movie.

[@JoshuaKirtley]

Milquetoast means a timid, feeble, insipid or bland person.

[@Ozcogger]

The best way to make sure something fails is to run it into the ground yourself.

[@CaptainCalculus]

Also at 7:15 we discover that South Africa has decided to drive on the other side of the road, just for tgis movie!

[@treywaz]

His movie title makes no sense if your a mercenary for anything except payment you are not a mercenary