Fire Down Below

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Fire Down Below

R,

1997,

1h 45m,

Action

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16%

25 Reviews

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36%

25,000+ Ratings

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16%

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36%

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When an EPA representative is discovered dead in a small Midwestern town, government agent Jack Taggart (Steven Seagal) goes undercover to check things out. He finds that local coal mogul Orin Hanner Sr. (Kris Kristofferson) is cutting financial corners by disposing of hazardous waste wherever he pleases and that local kids are falling ill because of this recklessness. Taggart then works to stop the shady activity and save the town, but Hanner and his thugs soon grow suspicious of him.

Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

Jan 22, 2002

As a movie, it's a piece of drivel.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

There are movies that you know can't be any good, so they'd better be great. Fire Down Below ... achieves that grand level of absurdity.

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Tom Keogh

Film.com

Jan 1, 2000

One big self-distraction and nothing that vaguely resembles a real film.

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Sean Collier

Box Office Prophets

Jun 26, 2021

3/10

An edited-to-incoherence yarn.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Apr 29, 2021

2.5/4

...a mostly watchable thriller that's elevated considerably by Seagal's engaging and surprisingly charismatic turn...

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

Mar 5, 2006

7/10

A real pleasant surprise with a less brash, more likable Seagal. Manages to show a genuine affection for the kind of rural folks elitist Hollywood usually ridicules.

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Hermione R

Jan 24, 2017

On Deadly Ground 2: Somehow Even More Boring Than the First One

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Felix Alcala

Director

Steven Seagal

Jack Taggart

Marg Helgenberger

Sarah Kellogg

Harry Dean Stanton

Cotton Harry

Stephen Lang

Earl Kellogg

Kris Kristofferson

Orin Hanner Sr.

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Synopsis

When an EPA representative is discovered dead in a small Midwestern town, government agent Jack Taggart (Steven Seagal) goes undercover to check things out. He finds that local coal mogul Orin Hanner Sr. (Kris Kristofferson) is cutting financial corners by disposing of hazardous waste wherever he pleases and that local kids are falling ill because of this recklessness. Taggart then works to stop the shady activity and save the town, but Hanner and his thugs soon grow suspicious of him.

Director: Felix Alcala
Producer: Steven Seagal, Julius R. Nasso
Screenwriter: Jeb Stuart, Philip Morton
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 5, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.1M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1), 35mm

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