Not knowing anything about this film I tuned in because of Steven Seagal, but it was quite the disappointment. I like to see him do his martial art moves to take out the bad guys, but there was none of that here. In fact, a minor twist in the film makes it look like Seagal's character Jonathan Cold, is a bad guy himself. I knew it couldn't be, and when it looked like CIA operative Stuart (Tamara Davies) was about to get taken out, he had to blow his cover to make the save. So I saw that one coming.Just like I saw the ubiquitous coffee mug as a plutonium smuggling device whenever McCabe (David St. James) made his way through the security screener. I must be seeing too many of these kinds of flicks, there didn't seem to be any surprises.The only thing is, and I've wondered about this before, but how do small time terrorists expect to get away with stealing a nuclear weapon, much less building one themselves? I guess we're approaching the day when something like that might be possible, so who knows? In the meantime, it's not likely we'll ever see Jonathan Cold again. Let's hope his self-exile at the end of this story keeps him under wraps for good.

"Black Dawn" is only for the more undemanding of B movie enthusiasts, offering nothing the viewer hasn't seen before in efforts of A and B level budgets alike. It's professionally made, but the plot is muddled and the characters, for the most part, lack any sort of interest.As a vehicle for aging action star Steven Seagal, it's passable. Not that he's ever been much of an actor, but here he does look pretty comfortable and reels off the necessary exposition adequately. For the unaware, this is actually a follow-up to a previous Seagal vehicle "The Foreigner", in which he plays a former CIA agent named Johnathan Cold. Here Cold seems to have gone rogue, assisting nefarious arms dealers with their plans to detonate a nuclear bomb, but fret not, things aren't the way they look. Meanwhile, a young agent named Amanda Stuart (Tamara Davies), who was a pupil of Colds', seeks to find the truth of what is going on.Directed by Alexander Gruszynski, also a cinematographer who's shot such things as "Tremors" and "The Craft", this does have some good things going for it. The pacing is decent and what action scenes there are, are reasonably engrossing. It's just a shame to see that the heavyset Seagal clearly can no longer do his own stunts at all. Fans of his early stuff will note that there isn't any sort of martial artistry on display here; the action is of a different variety. There's enough gunfire and explosions to keep the audiences' attention from wandering too much.In all honesty, this is just as much Davies's movie as Seagals', and she handles herself quite capably. The supporting cast is pretty good, with John Pyper-Ferguson, Julian Stone, and Nicholas Davidoff making for amusing baddies. Also appearing are Don Franklin, Eddie Velez, and Matt Salinger, but Timothy Carhart is wasted in an under developed role as Stuarts' superior.Devoted lovers of the spy and action genres may find this moderately entertaining. At least, at 96 minutes, it doesn't overstay its welcome.Five out of 10.

Steven Seagal movies are famous for killing and kicking ass. In this film, Seagal is so fat, that they do not bother even to find a stunt-man for him. Whenever there is action in the film, he just disappears from the picture and re-appears when the shooting and fight is over. He doesn't beat up ANYBODY in the whole film, can you believe that? Well, you would, if you look at him, he looks so sadly obese, he can hardly move, let alone walk. He is wearing a terrible wig and a terrible three-piece suit during the whole film, which spans during a 5 day period, but the worst part is the script and dialogs. A pre-schooler could have done it better, honestly.My piece of advice: WATCH THE FILM. It is SOOOOOooo terrible that you can use it as reference point for the rest of your life when judging other films.

The film focuses to Jonathan Cold an ex-Cia agent,now he helps to break out from prison at a dangerous mobster(John Pyper Ferguson).He gather together with his brother(Julian Stone),another vicious murderer.They contact with a group of the habitual Eastern Europen terrorist with the aim of obtaining a nuclear weapon into a case for the blowing up of Los Angeles.Meanwhile Cia agents(an attractive Tamara Davis and Don Franklin)are surveying them but another traitors agents(Eddie Velez)uncover them.The movie turns out to be the following from ¨The foreigner¨ where Seagal returns with same personage and seems too similar to his previous films.In fact his last movies are of little budget as ¨Submerged,Belly of beast,Into the sun or Ticker¨, time has passed from average and high budget films as ¨ Under siege I and II,Executive decision,Glimmer man,or Fire down below¨. The picture packs lots of action,shoot out,violence and is quite entertained.The film contains the usual explosions,cars and trucks with impressive velocities pursuits and gets a nice look at those action sequences.Agreeable chemistry between Seagal and an enjoyable Tamara Davis is one of the worthwhile items in this sometimes stodgy rehash from anterior Seagal films.The motion picture is regularly directed by Alexander Gruszynsky(an usual and prestigious cameraman). Pointlessly energetic and occasionally entertained but only for the Steven Seagal devotee.