Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Geoff Murphy

Writers (WGA):

J.F. Lawton (characters)
Richard Hatem (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 July 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The cook returns for this non stop action thriller! Casey Ryback, must escort his niece across the continental U.S by train. While on this trip Ryback encounters another Terrorist hell bend on revenge!

Plot:

Casey Ryback has now retired from the Navy and is now a chef at the Mile High Cafe in Denver, Colorado...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Niece | Satellite | Porter | Meat Cleaver

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Casey Ryback
Eric Bogosian	...	Travis Dane
Everett McGill	...	Marcus Penn
Katherine Heigl	...	Sarah Ryback
Morris Chestnut	...	Bobby Zachs
Peter Greene	...	Mercenary #1
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	Mercenary #2
Scott Sowers	...	Mercenary #3
Afifi Alaouie	...	Female Mercenary (as Afifi)
Andy Romano	...	Admiral Bates
Brenda Bakke	...	Captain Linda Gilder
Sandra Taylor	...	Kelly, Barmaid
Jonathan Banks	...	Scotty, Mercenary
David Gianopoulos	...	Captain David Trilling
Royce D. Applegate	...	Ryback's Cook

Also Known As:

Under Siege 2

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:92 min (16-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | New Zealand:R (original rating) | New Zealand:R16 (VHS/DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 (DVD release) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) (cut) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Italy:VM18 (tv rating) | Canada:14A | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R (Certificate #33883)

Filming Locations:

Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Filmmakers pioneered a new technique that enabled them to film all the interior train scenes (practically all the film) in the studio. Tennis balls glued on the studio walls were used as reference points to allow computers to insert footage of Colorado scenery, even when the camera moved around.

Goofs:

Factual errors: After finding the CD and climbing back onto the train Penn says "Scotty take us west. Full ahead". The shot changes to the locomotive cab and Scotty pushes the throttle lever away from him towards the window. This causes the train to start accelerating, however on any locomotive pushing the throttle away from the engineer reduces power.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gen. Cooper: Tom, thanks for coming.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Atomic Train (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

AFTER THE TRAIN HAS GONE

Best Steven Seagal movie yet. Exciting and re-watchable.

The best Steven Seagal movie to date. This is the second, and apparently the last, in the series in which Seagal plays Casey Ryback, an ex-Navy SEAL Captain, who, as explained in Under Siege, was demoted for punching out a superior for poor intelligence which got many of his men killed. In Under Siege 2, his character has been promoted from Chief to Lieutenant, although we only find that out in the end.

Unlike some of his earlier movies in which Seagal fights for causes, specifically liberal environmental issues, here Seagal is fighting strictly for family and Country. The first scene starts off with Seagal making his appearance in civilian clothes to dramatic music. We learn the grim news that his character's only brother and sister-in-law were killed in a plane crash, leaving his only relative, a niece, still alive. He accompanies the teenager on a train ride from Denver to LA. He has the bad luck, but good for his Country, to be on the train that is attacked by terrorists bent on destroying Washington, D.C., and the US eastern coast for profit only. The maniacal would-be killer of millions is character Travis Dane, recently fired by a Government agency. The terrorist method is a high-tech powerful new weapon orbiting the earth and the train moving through lonely mountains provides the screen, as in "Dark Territory". Seagal seems somewhat lucky to avoid being killed early on, but then becomes a locomotive of destruction for the bad guys. Andy Romano returns as the full admiral, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and provides a continuity from the first Under Siege movie. This is all action showing Seagal as a dedicated and deadly force of protection for the train hostages and the citizens to the east. The action moves, and some of the death blows are right out of the military manual. Watchable over and over and still exciting.