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Returning to his action feature terrain after a short hiatus, Steven Seagal plays Orin Boyd, a maverick Detroit detective with an unconventional way of taking down foes. After a failed intervention in... read more read more... a terrorist kidnapping case that humiliates his superiors, Boyd -- who is hailed as a top-drawer investigator but frowned upon for his tactics -- is forced to do time in a tough downtown precinct. After discovering the covert drug operation performed by several corrupt cops at his new assignment, he decides to break the rules yet again. While the cops are planning a massive heroin deal with big-time gangster Latrell Walker (DMX), Boyd finds that Latrell is not who he once was, and Boyd persuades him to assist in bringing an end to the amoral police influence that helped ruin him. Exit Wounds is the second film from cinematographer-turned-director Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die) and also features Tom Arnold, Isaiah Washington, and Jill Hennessy. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: August 31, 2001

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  • August 26, 2010
    Seagal plays he usual style role of a renegade cop with no respect for authority. DMX is a gangster with whom Seagal teams up with to find out who has stolen fifty kilos of heroin from the vaults of a Detroit police vault.

    The teaming up of a hard cop and a hard gangster in a ... read moredifferent take on the buddy cop genre was a nice idea, but it raises too many plot flaws and the duo don't have the comedy timing to make it work well.

    Exit Wounds does entertain with it's action and thrills, but its ultimately forgettable.
  • April 20, 2008
    Doesn't stand out like it should in the overpopulated world of Seagal films and perhaps only got the audience and attention it got because it had the then-redhot DMX co-starring in it, whom I have a hard time believing could kick Seagal's ass in a fight, much less stand toe-to-to... read moree with him. Has a good cast that would've given this film a higher rating, but I took a half a star off for having the Law & Order-killing Anthony Anderson in it (Just kidding about the star part, but not about Anderson).
  • August 8, 2007
    Rough movie, but the opening bridge explosion scene was filmed in my hometown of Calgary, so I had to check it out.
  • October 24, 2006
    The best Steven Seagal film I ever saw since "Under Siege 2". Non-stop action and gotta hurt.
  • December 21, 2007
    It's not "Citizen Kane", but it's good fun if you need your action fix. I rather enjoyed it, personally.
  • December 26, 2007
    Great!
  • April 21, 2007
    I liked this though I'll be damned if I can remember one scene in it.
  • November 4, 2011
    George Clark: Did you really beat a suspect unconscious with a dead cat?
    Orin Boyd: No.
    George Clark: No?
    Orin Boyd: The cat wasn't dead.

    Great Steven Seagal and his Dodge Ram 1500 V8.
  • May 17, 2011
    Disposable action flick, great potential story wise, but Andrzej Bartkowiak style always puts his action (which is good) over the story. Muddled sense of focus.
  • April 2, 2011
    the best acting in this entire film was from DMX and Anthony Anderson...the action sequences were ok nothing out of the ordinary and the plot was also nothing new... but it was entertaining not that great but it was ok

Critic Reviews


Don Irvine
March 19, 2002
Don Irvine, Globe and Mail

Seagal -- who turns 50 in a few weeks -- has been inactive for the past few years, and it shows. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
March 22, 2001
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

In its low grade way, this blithely brutal cops and drugs thriller is an efficient hot wire entertainment. Full Review

Norman Wilner
March 20, 2001
Norman Wilner, Toronto Star

The movie's just an excuse for the entire cast to point guns at each other before engaging in verbal or actual smackery. Full Review

Wesley Morris
March 20, 2001
Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle

There's no story here. The film is all about the grisly, electric mayhem that ensues when these two guys hit the streets. Full Review

Lawrence Van Gelder
March 20, 2001
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

For those in search of action-filled escapist entertainment who are willing to jettison expectations of credibility into the nearest popcorn tub, Exit Wounds ... will do to pass time on an inclement day. Full Review

Cody Clark
March 20, 2001
Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz

In fairness, the movie is more or less competent for being what it is. Of course, I could say the same of most brick walls -- but I'd hardly recommend that you pay eight bucks to sit in front of one f...

March 20, 2001
Houston Chronicle

Exit Wounds suggests that Seagal knows how to keep our eyes glued to the screen, when he puts his mind to it. Full Review

Gary Dowell
March 20, 2001
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but not when it crosses the line into shameless rip-off. Full Review

Glenn Lovell
March 20, 2001
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

Exit Wounds is really a succession of street fights, explosions, car chases and helicopter rescues in search of a plot.

Jay Carr
March 20, 2001
Jay Carr, Boston Globe

You can scarcely help checking yourself for exit wounds as you leave the theater.

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