The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man

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The Glimmer Man

Bob Gunton, Brian Cox, John Jackson, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans

Steven Seagal needed a new approach to his standard head-busting heroics, so he teamed up with Keenen Ivory Wayans for this routine 1996 action flick. This time stone-faced Steve plays Los Angeles hom...( read more  read more... )icide detective Jack Cole, newly transplanted from New York and teamed up with Jim Campbell (Wayans). They're assigned to track down "The Family Man," a serial killer who earned his nickname by crucifying entire families and leaving religious graffiti as his calling card. The case heats up when the latest victim turns out to be Cole's ex-wife, and Cole is considered a primary suspect. That makes Seagal get really mad--you don't wanna get Seagal too upset, y'know--but he still has time to quote Buddhist wisdom and crack wise with Wayans, who plays it relatively straight as the practical half of this partnership. It's typical Seagal stuff all the way, with obligatory fight scenes every 10 minutes or so, but Seagal fans will enjoy it, and Brian Cox makes a suitably hissable villain. --Jeff Shannon

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  • April 20, 2008
    A bit darker than most buddy-cop genre films, but the teaming of Seagal and Wayans does work in many ways. The movie moves along too fast at times and a bit slower at others, but this was the last truly halfway-decent film Seagal made (with the exception of Into The Sun). It's no...( read more)t Rush Hour, true, but thank God it's not becuase if Wayans was even half as annoying (and unfunny) as Chris Tucker, then I would've thrown this DVD into the fireplace before the classroom scene.
  • March 1, 2007
    Much more action thriller than all out action - would make a good decent THRILLER with a story line like this - but its a Seagal flick and thats the way it is. The plot is kinda twisted but it has some good polish to it - it can be used for a good cop thriller with a top notch ca...( read more)st and director and you might get something pretty good. But then again, Seagal is pretty good, at the midway of his hollywood fame, before he went B grade.

    Seagal and Wayans (theres a million wayans in the industry!) play two cops on the trail of a serial killer, but along they way, they get caught up in a smuggling operation with big power brokers and and hefty bad guys. So then comes the hefty Seagal and hefty violence - butt kicking at its best.

    i never really got Seagal's fashion sense, and this movie is no exception. His clothes are very....... trendy, which kinda offest the whle movie - then throw in his buddhist beads for some spiritual enlightenment..... right...... but its cool. All that is made up for with his nifty credit card knife and plenty more to cover the little dodgy things in the flick. :-)

    Seagal fans only.
  • January 25, 2007
    good flick
  • January 7, 2007
    I hate you Steven
  • December 9, 2009
    "Look Keenan, lets get this straight. i dont need no partner, alright? so if we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it the ponytail way. Questions?"
    "Yea man, do you actually think you a Monk, or you just wearin that dress to amuse me?"
    "You know somethin Keenan, are you auditioni...( read more)ng for the part of bowling ball or does your head just have a natural *glimmer*?"
    "You wanna back dat up?!"
    "Cool it Keenan, i aint snappin your neck. we gotta movie to shoot. ACTION!"
  • November 11, 2009
    It is better than average for a Steven Seagal movie, it has plenty of action and it is helpful there is some humor thrown in, it makes it more watchable. But, there isn't anything original about the movie. Fans of Seagal will appreciate it more.
  • October 6, 2009
    I dont know why I watched it I just did it was like whatever.
  • September 5, 2009
    Not bad, although got a bit repetiitve with Steven Seagal and his hand to hand combat/martial arts.
  • July 18, 2009
    very good and funny to me
  • July 5, 2009
    Its got good action and not to bad acting, if your a Seagul fan you would enjoy it.. Story line isnt to bad either.

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