Fire Down Below (1997)
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11% of critics liked it
(27 reviews) -
47% of users liked it
(30,061 ratings)
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 Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency… More 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 Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency -- to find out what happened. Taggart discovers that Orin Hanner (Kris Kristofferson), a powerful local businessman, has been illegally dumping toxic waste which has been leading to serious health problems among children in the area; it seems that the murdered agent knew too much and was killed to keep him quiet, a scenario the unscrupulous Hanner would be all too willing to repeat. Taggart becomes involved with Sarah Kellogg (Marg Helgenberger), a woman whose father also died under circumstances that trace back to Hanner. Harry Dean Stanton co-stars as Cotton, former member of The Band Levon Helm plays a preacher, and country music stars Travis Tritt and Randy Travis appear as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Harry Dean Stanton
- Written By
- Jeb Stuart, Philip Morton
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 5, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
As a movie, it's a piece of drivel.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
By-the-book stuff, but that's what's expected whenever the name 'Steven Seagal' tops the marquee.
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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.
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Sean Means, Film.com
Seagal barely works up a sweat... He certainly doesn't work up any drama.
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Tom Keogh, Film.com
One big self-distraction and nothing that vaguely resembles a real film.
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Cast
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Steven Seagal
as Jack Taggart
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Marg Helgenberger
as Sarah Kellogg
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Harry Dean Stanton
as Cotton
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Stephen Lang
as Earl Kellogg
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Kris Kristofferson
as Orin Hanner
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Levon Helm
as Reverend Goodall
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Ed Bruce
as Sheriff Lloyd
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Brad Hunt
as Orin Hanner Jr.
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Mark Collie
as Hatch
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Alex Harvey
as Sims
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Richard Masur
as Pratt
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Randy Travis
as Ken Adams
- John Diehl
