Belly of the Beast

Ching Siu Tung directs the straight-to-video action thriller Belly of the Beast. Steven Seagal stars as ex-CIA agent Jake Hopper. He wants to retire peacefully, but is pulled back into the action when his daughter Jessica (Sarah Malakul Lane) is kidnapped by a terrorist group called Abu Karaf. While ...more

Steven Seagal is back, this time in a straight-to-video gem that's actually a whole lot better than you'd expect. Directed by acclaimed Hong Kong director and action choreographer Ching Siu Tung (Duel to the Death, Swordsman II), Belly of the Beast is tight and lean -- a perfect equation for this kind of brainless action flick. Coming off the truly dreadful Half Past Dead, Seagal wisely gets back to his lone-wolf roots here, with a few modern updates added to keep things fresh. While not your ...more