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Exit Wounds

2001, Movie, R, 100 mins

Exit Wounds: Review

EXIT WOUNDS
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Police work by the book? Screw the book — Detroit detective Orin Boyd (Steven Seagal) believes in results, and we first see his cowboy style in action as he rescues the Vice President (Chris Lawford) from white supremacist militiamen disguised as cops. Unfortunately, he defies an explicit Secret Service order not to get involved and shoves the VP into a river to get him out of harm's way. We've come a long way since Dirty Harry incurred the wrath of his superiors for similar hijinks: Harry was never forced to attend anger-management therapy. Reassigned to the worst precinct in town, Boyd realizes in short order that it's crawling with dirty cops, notably cocky Detective Montini (David Vadim) and his pals, who are in cahoots with drug dealer Lattrell Walker (rapper DMX). Boyd is certain they're behind the theft of $5 million worth of heroin from a police storage facility. Abetted by his new partner, straight-arrow George Clark (Isaiah Washington), Boyd declares a private war on the bad cops and is shocked to discover how high up the corruption goes. Formulaic? Yes, sir. A showcase for Seagal's martial arts stylings and whispery delivery? Guilty as charged. But on the plus side, Seagal has slimmed down a bit, lost the sleazy ponytail, and resisted (or was restrained from indulging) the urge to sing or deliver extended monologues about the environment. The movie's comic relief is supplied by Walker's chubby partner-in-crime T.K. (the ingratiating Anthony Anderson) and TV shock jock Henry Wayne (Tom Arnold), whom Boyd meets in anger management class. The closing credits run alongside footage featuring the duo co-hosting Henry's tacky TV show, and they're so spontaneously funny together you actually leave wishing you'd seen more of them. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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