Exit Wounds (2001)

32% of critics liked it
(65 reviews)
54% of users liked it
(50,061 ratings)

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 a terrorist kidnapping case that humiliates his superiors, Boyd -- who is hailed as a top-drawer… More 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 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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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Written By: Ed Horowitz, Richard D'Ovidio
Genres: Action & Adventure

In Theaters: Mar 16, 2001 Wide
On DVD: Aug 31, 2001
Studio: Warner Bros.

Critic Reviews

Don Irvine, Globe and Mail
Seagal -- who turns 50 in a few weeks -- has been inactive for the past few years, and it shows.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
In its low grade way, this blithely brutal cops and drugs thriller is an efficient hot wire entertainment.
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.
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.
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.
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 for two hours.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Very violent honest-cop corruption story.
Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio
The Japanese, Chinese, and hip hop intermesh all together with the action, theory, and music in Exit Wounds. Which is a really unusual fusion of excitement.
Jordan Hiller, Bangitout.com
Orin Boyd is a cop who "doesn't obey the rules" and although his boss considers him to be "one of the best", he must be transferred to one of the roughest precincts in town.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...a refreshingly action-packed film that's distractingly enjoyable.
Harry Guerin, RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
With a plot that can be roughly described as Serpico for people who never outgrew The A-Team, Seagal beats and bangs up Detroit single-handedly.
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]
Anyone who experienced Seagal's films when he was in his prime will know that he is to acting ability what Robin Cook is to personal magnetism.
Ron Wells, Film Threat
The film does exhibit a major problem typical of book adaptations; it's overburdened with plot and supporting characters.
Jean Lowerison, San Diego Metropolitan
It's rumored the actors were paid for this. You don't need to.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...big, boisterous, occasionally tongue-in-cheek, and generally dumb.

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Featured Audience Ratings

Cassandra M

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… More
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 different 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.
Derek D

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… More
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-toe 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).
Lafe F

Rough movie, but the opening bridge explosion scene was filmed in my hometown of Calgary, so I had to check it out.
Dean M

The best Steven Seagal film I ever saw since "Under Siege 2". Non-stop action and gotta hurt.
Duncan R

It's not "Citizen Kane", but it's good fun if you need your action fix. I rather enjoyed it, personally.
Leo L

Great!
Christopher B

I liked this though I'll be damned if I can remember one scene in it.