Steven Seagal

Eric Bogosian

Katherine Heigl

Morris Chestnut

Everett McGill

Brenda Bakke

Peter Greene

Andy Romano

Nick Mancuso

Jonathan Banks

Royce D. Applegate

Dale Dye

David Gianopoulos

Patrick Kilpatrick

Sandra Taylor

Kurtwood Smith

Scott Sowers

Afifi Alaouie

Christopher Darga

Don Blakely

James Clark

Stan Garner

Silan Smith

Denis L. Stewart

Jim Dirker

Todd O. Russell

Warren Tabata

Julius R. Nasso

Phyllis Davis

James V. Caciola

Ginger Lewis

Greg Collins

Ken Vieira

Wren T. Brown

D. C. Douglas

Thom Adcox-Hernandez

Catherine MacNeal

Frank Roman

Al Sapienza

Jennifer Starr

Ping Wu

Joe Bucaro III

James Lew

Nils Allen Stewart

Jen Sung

John Machado

Richard Hatem

Jef Simons

Carol Winstead Wood

Albert Brenner

Gandhi Bob Arrollo

Shelley Woodhouse

Basil Poledouris

Arnon Milchan

Kathe Klopp

Matt Reeves

Louis DiGiaimo

Mary L. Hart-Mastro

J.F. Lawton

Robbie Greenberg

Margaret E. Elliott

Michael Tronick

Richard Bruno

Geoff Murphy

Steve Perry

Ken Wensevic

Craig A. Pinckes

Paul Moen

Sean Kavanagh

Richard Yuricich

Mic Rodgers

Tim Trella

Chino Binamo

Steve Holladay

Ousaun Elam

John Alden

Robert Apisa

Norm Compton

Clint Cadinha

Craig Dunn

Phil Green

Joel Kramer

Rich Minga

John Rottger

Steve Picerni

Luis J. Silva

Mario Roberts

Bennie Moore

Danny Lopez

Cliff McLaughlin

Jimmy Nickerson

Don Pulford

Jimmy Romano

Jeff Winn

Pat Romano

Charlie Picerni

Henry Kingi

Manny Perry

John C. Meier

Christopher Boyes

Doug Metzger

David Rodgers

Russ Kavanaugh

Dan Romero

Peewee Piemonte

Rhino Michaels

Edward McDonnell

Jeffrey R. Neuman

Martin Wiley

Charles A. Tamburro

Mark De Alessandro

Steve Chambers

Gary W. Goldstein

Dick Ziker

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Thriller

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Regency Enterprises

Seagal/Nasso Productions

Cutting Edge Films

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

pentagon

u.s. air force

satellite

u.s. navy seal

train

terrorism

cyber terrorism

action hero

good versus evil

Gimly

Most certainly a lesser sequel, but maybe not quite so "lesser" as you might have heard, or as you might expect from prior experience with this sort of thing. It's basically the same story as the first with one form of mass-transit switched out for another, but that's not enough of a criticism to leave _Dark Territory_ dead in the water.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go_.

_**One-man army on a train in the Colorado Rockies with Steven Seagal**_

On a train trip through the Rockies with his niece (Katherine Heigl), Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal) has to take on a band of ruthless terrorists who are using the train for a mobile headquarters as they hijack a destructive satellite weapon created by the head terrorist (Eric Bogosian). Everett McGill plays the lead heavy, looking like an evil Race Bannon.  

“Under Siege 2: Dark Territory” (1995) is a worthy follow-up to the 1992 film; it may not be as good story-wise, but it has superior locations due to it taking place on a train traveling through the mountains as opposed to the more one-dimensional ship at sea. If you’re in the mood for a train flick that’s streamlined and filled with action you can’t go wrong. Sure, the action is sometimes implausible, but it helps if you view Ryback (Seagal) as a superhero without the gaudy costume in the manner of John McClane, Rambo or James Bond. 

Comparing it to train thrillers, it’s not great like “Runaway Train” (1985), but it’s about on par with the horrific “Train” (2008), the Western “Breakheart Pass” (1975) and the realistic “Unstoppable” (2010).

Other than Heigl, the lovely Sandra Taylor and Brenda Bakke are featured on the feminine front.

The movie runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot mostly in the Colorado Rockies.

GRADE: B

CinemaSerf

This might have been a little better had there not been the irritatingly hammy efforts throughout from Eric Bogosian as the tech wizard "Dane". He has managed to assemble a gang of cut-throat mercenaries under the command of "Penn" (Everett McGill) to commandeer a train that is carrying the communications equipment that can control a deadly satellite. After some quick threatening of the passengers, he has the operating codes and is demanding $1bn from the US government. What he hasn't counted on are the ninja skills of train porter "Bobby" (Morris Chestnut) - oh, and of former SEAL "Ryback" (Steven Seagal) who just happens to be on the train with his niece "Sarah" (Katherine Heigl). With the odds stacked heavily against them, these two have to work together if they are to thwart the cunning plans of their antagonist before he decimates Washington DC. It's a decently enough paced action thriller with loads of combat but little by way of characterisation or dialogue that's worth listening to. Trains tend to work quite well as the venues for hostage thrillers and this one goes some way to keep the action flowing before the ending we all know is coming. Not as good as the first one, but it's not awful.

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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory( 1995)

Last time he rocked the boat. This time the sky's the limit.

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Written by Gimly on Thu Sep 06 2018

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