# steven seagal movie-why no publicity?

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**Created:** [December 1, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-movie-why-no-publicity/139720 "2002-12-01T02:27:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-movie-why-no-publicity/139720/21 "2002-12-02T20:48:37Z")

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Seagal’s star fizzled when he came out with the abysmal (and preachy) _On Deadly Ground_. Prior to that, he had made a whole bunch of successful low-budget action flicks (_Above the Law_, _Hard to Kill_, etc.) and one successful big budget flick (_Under Siege_).

Everything after _On Deadly Ground_ has been horrid and (even worse) unsuccessful. (An exception might be the dull but mildly successful _Executive Decision_, but Seagal’s role is much smaller than his sharing top billing with Kurt Russell would indicate).

I bring this up only so I can link to [the Jabootu review of _On Deadly Ground_](http://www.jabootu.com/ondeadlyground.htm), which may the the greatest review Jabootu has ever written. And that’s saying something.

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