Steven Seagal,
Marg Helgenberger,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Stephen Lang,
Kris Kristofferson
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Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appal... read more
Directed by: Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Harry Dean Stanton, John Diehl, Kris Kristofferson, Marg Helgenberger, Randy Travis, Richard Masur, Stephen Lang, Steven Seagal
Release Date: September 5, 1997
DVD Release Date: September 4, 2001
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April 20, 2008If you can't stand country music like me, then you'll enjoy watching Seagal total wannabe fighters like Mark Collie. Unfortunately, Seagal tries to blend music and action and neither one works, much like the rest of this movie, despite it's above-average cast. I liked watching Se... read more
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January 7, 2008Steven Seagal goes after some nasty corporate types who are covertly dumping toxic waste in Kentucky's Appalachian hills while the locals suffer at their hands. It's the old save-the-ranch cowboy B-movie for mula with extra kicks.
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December 2, 2007i love this movie. this is one of my guilty pleasures. seagal movies arent "good", but they are at the same time good. this is one of his best.
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March 3, 2007An eco-thriller for Segal Fans. Alright stuff.... the rattlesnake scenes were good - but the action is what counts.
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June 30, 2010This was most certianly the best Seagal film.
Hanner SR: You're violating my constitutional rights.
Jack Taggert: I will show you a new meaning to the word "violation". -
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December 17, 2011fb50316760A bad movie for the ages! Segal's expression never changes. He never gets touched. Kentucky needs this man!
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November 12, 2008not having seen this when it aired (my in-theater Seagal days ended with Executive Decision) the formula is not unlike On Deadly Ground but not as ridiculous as Glimmer Man. formulaic, laughable that he doesn't get hurt at all in this one AND his ridiculous wardrobe. surprisingly... read more
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October 24, 2008My cousin Steve Sears is the guy he carries out of the coal mine in the beginning. Whoo-hoo i'm so proud!
Critic Reviews
January 22, 2002
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
By-the-book stuff, but that's what's expected whenever the name 'Steven Seagal' tops the marquee. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
There are movies that you know can't be any good, so they'd better be great. Fire Down Below ... achieves that grand level of absurdity. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Sean Means, Film.com
Seagal barely works up a sweat... He certainly doesn't work up any drama.
January 1, 2000
Tom Keogh, Film.com
One big self-distraction and nothing that vaguely resembles a real film.
June 14, 2007
Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
The eco-hero who strikes fear in the heart of every polluting industrialist and sighs of pity in the heart of every fashion designer, Steven Seagal, takes his act to the backwoods of Kentucky
March 5, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
A real pleasant surprise with a less brash, more likable Seagal. Manages to show a genuine affection for the kind of rural folks elitist Hollywood usually ridicules.
June 23, 2004
Judith Egerton, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Fire Down Below is an action film that's deadly slow and stupid -- like most of the mountain people portrayed in the film. Full Review
June 23, 2002
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Marg Helgenberger plays Jack's love interest, the kind of tormented backwoodsy recluse Helen Reddy used to sing songs about. The stultifying aw-shucks courtship between the two is like a nightmarish v... Full Review
February 6, 2002
Liz Braun, Jam! Movies
Unless you're in the market for boredom, skip this one.
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