Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

"Last time he rocked the boat. This time the sky's the limit."

1995 1h 39m EN

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5.9

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34%

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METACRITIC

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5.6

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★5.9TMDB · 1,074🥫34%Rotten Tomatoes●52Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 53,001

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Synopsis

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A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.

“Last time he rocked the boat. This time the sky's the limit.”

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Cast

Steven Seagal
Casey Ryback
Eric Bogosian
Travis Dane
Katherine Heigl
Sarah Ryback
Morris Chestnut
Bobby Zachs
Everett McGill
Penn
Brenda Bakke
Cap. Linda Gilder
Peter Greene
Merc #1
Andy Romano
Admiral Bates

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Geoff Murphy
Writers: Richard Hatem, Matt Reeves
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Under Siege Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Geoff Murphy, shot by Robbie Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Basil Poledouris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael Tronick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Steven Seagal and Eric Bogosian and Katherine Heigl carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Last time he rocked the boat. This time the sky's the limit.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Geoff Murphy directs. Robbie Greenberg behind the camera. Basil Poledouris scores. Michael Tronick cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Under Siege Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Geoff Murphy, shot by Robbie Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Basil Poledouris. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Michael Tronick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Steven Seagal and Eric Bogosian and Katherine Heigl carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Last time he rocked the boat. This time the sky's the limit.".
9IMDB entry: tt0114781 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "race against time", "pentagon", "u.s. air force", "satellite".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robbie Greenberg
Original score: Basil Poledouris
Editing: Michael Tronick
Production design: Albert Brenner
Costume design: Richard Bruno
Makeup / hair: Gandhi Bob Arrollo
VFX supervisor: Richard Yuricich
Sound: Christopher Boyes
Stunt coordinator: Dick Ziker
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $104,324,083
Return: 174% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 52/100
IMDB rating: 5.6/10 · 53,001 votes
MPAA: R

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Under Siege Collection

This collection includes the Under Siege movies with Steven Seagal as Casey Ryback.

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Gimly2018-09-06
★ 6/10
Most certainly a lesser sequel, but maybe not quite so "lesser" as you might have heard, or as you might expect from prior experience with this sort of thing. It's basically the same story as the first with one form of mass-transit switched out for another, but that's not enough of a criticism to leave Dark Territory dead in the water. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
Wuchak2021-07-24
★ 7/10
One-man army on a train in the Colorado Rockies with Steven Seagal On a train trip through the Rockies with his niece (Katherine Heigl), Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal) has to take on a band of ruthless terrorists who are using the train for a mobile headquarters as they hijack a destructive satellite weapon created by the head terrorist (Eric Bogosian). Everett McGill plays the lead heavy, looking like an evil Race Bannon. “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory” (1995) is a worthy follow-up to the 1992 film; it may not be as good story-wise, but it has superior locations due to it taking place on a train traveling through the mountains as opposed to the more one-dimensional ship at sea. If you’re in the mood for a train flick that’s streamlined and filled with action you can’t go wrong. Sure, the action is sometimes implausible, but it helps if you view Ryback (Seagal) as a superhero without the gaudy costume in the manner of John McClane, Rambo or James Bond. Comparing it to train thrillers, it’s not great like “Runaway Train” (1985), but it’s about on par with the horrific “Train” (2008), the Western “Breakheart Pass” (1975) and the realistic “Unstoppable” (2010). Other than Heigl, the lovely Sandra Taylor and Brenda Bakke are featured on the feminine front. The movie runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot mostly in the Colorado Rockies. GRADE: B
CinemaSerf2023-05-27
★ 5/10
This might have been a little better had there not been the irritatingly hammy efforts throughout from Eric Bogosian as the tech wizard "Dane". He has managed to assemble a gang of cut-throat mercenaries under the command of "Penn" (Everett McGill) to commandeer a train that is carrying the communications equipment that can control a deadly satellite. After some quick threatening of the passengers, he has the operating codes and is demanding $1bn from the US government. What he hasn't counted on are the ninja skills of train porter "Bobby" (Morris Chestnut) - oh, and of former SEAL "Ryback" (Steven Seagal) who just happens to be on the train with his niece "Sarah" (Katherine Heigl). With the odds stacked heavily against them, these two have to work together if they are to thwart the cunning plans of their antagonist before he decimates Washington DC. It's a decently enough paced action thriller with loads of combat but little by way of characterisation or dialogue that's worth listening to. Trains tend to work quite well as the venues for hostage thrillers and this one goes some way to keep the action flowing before the ending we all know is coming. Not as good as the first one, but it's not awful.