Changes made to Deadly Crossing

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Created on Friday, 17th December 2010, 21:09
Change Submitted by Si Wooldridge

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• Change #1 - [b]Deadly Crossing[/b] <newline> <newline>Steven Seagal is back, sort of... <newline> <newline>This DVD is a bit of bodge job, supposedly a mini TV series called Southern Justice that is now apparently being released straight to DVD in 6 parts. Therefore Deadly Crossing is two episodes edited together to make a feature length film - and also explains why during the opening credits Seagal is credited with writing part 1 and is a co-writer for part 2. <newline> <newline>So what[apost]s the plot? Well, Seagal plays a zen-like cop called Elijah Kane who leads an elite undercover team of detectives in Seattle. The city is seeing an influx of violent and ruthless drug dealers and Kane[apost]s team are battling aginst the odds to rid the city streets of this narcotic menace, by any means necessary. <newline> <newline>As with any new TV series, there[apost]s a new addition to the team which is the usual way of introducing the characters and the scope of the programme. The other characters are a mix of non-descript characters who presumably would have been fleshed out a little more in later episodes. As it is, you don[apost]t really get to know anyone well here and you don[apost]t really care either. The behaviour of some characters also changes within the space of ninety minutes and there[apost]s no real feel for why, so you[apost]re not really sure if all the good guys are good and there[apost]s no resolution to this either. <newline> <newline>Gil Bellows now seems to on a run of playing angry foreign villains badly and so here he is again, this time playing a scruffy angry Russian who is chauffeur driven in a limosine with a bad accent. I[apost]m not sure why Bellows has been cast this way, but it doesn[apost]t work. <newline> <newline>On the plus side, the picture on the DVD is quite superb and I actually thought I might be watching a blu-ray. The editing style is quite good as well, although moving from tracked aerial city shots to rural locations is pushing it a bit. There[apost]s also a choice of 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 Surround soundtracks, although this release also falls into the habit of having the 2.0 Stereo as default - seen this on quite a few recent straight to DVD releases. <newline> <newline>Despite this, this [apost]film[apost] is a bit a hodge podge mix that ultimately is a bit of a let down. <newline> <newline>Avoid.

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Created on Friday, 17th December 2010, 21:09
First Submitted by Si Wooldridge