A good movie/film to watch. This movie is a good recommendation to those whom prefer action style movie/film. Enjoy.....

If you're expecting a mindblowing psychological trip watching this movie, as with most action movies, you'll be disappointed. But this isn't the purpose of the movie. This is a classic example of a good friday night kick-back-and-relax flick. Steven Seagal and his niece are aboard a passenger train which is hijacked by a yet another action-movie renegade government wacko (unfortunately, no action movie since Die Hard has had much as good and as complex a villain as Hans Gruber, portrayed by Alan "Severus Snape" Rickman). You know Seagal will kick all their asses in the end, and that's what you watch the movie for. If you enjoy adrenaline-soaked movies such as "Commando," the Die Hard Trilogy, Rambo, and the first Under Siege, you will definately enjoy this flick. Enjoy, my friends.

Being a regular watcher of over-the-top action flicks, I expect to experience many a plausibility-stretching moment when I hit the `play' button on my DVD remote. But in more than a few of `Under Siege 2's sequences the plausibility isn't merely stretched-- it's shattered into a million pieces, ground into dust, and scattered by the wind. The moment that best proves my point is the train collision on a high trestle bridge near the climax. I can accept the hefty Steven Seagal being able to emote only a little better than Dolph Lundgren while he throws down on the bad guys' @$$es. I can accept one of the bad guys being able to take a shot of pepper spray to the face without flinching. But I cannot for one second suspend my disbelief to any reasonable degree for the unbelievably ludicrous train crash scene! Trust me on this-- you'll feel the exact same way when you see it for yourself...

On the upside, `Under Siege 2' provided a villain (Eric Bogosian as computer whiz extraordinaire Travis Dane) who was so obnoxious with his lame "wise-@$$"" rejoinders, hackneyed catch phrases and just-plain-d!cky attitude, I could hardly wait to see him get his come-uppance. Preferably in a slow, painful manner... which unfortunately didn't quite happen. Oh well, at least he got what was comin' to him...

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I've always put off watching Steven Seagal movies, due to the fact that they've never really appealed to me. But after a lot of persuasion (arm being twisted up behind your back, you know, the usual), and being told to wait outside until the menus etc had passed, the start credits of the movie was met with a big "oh no!"

It doesn't really make that much sense to watch a sequel, when you haven't seen the original, so lets not go there.

The first thing I thought about this movie was that it had similarities to True Lies. In True Lies, it was Arnie-baby trying to rescue his daughter (Eliza Dushku) from the hands of an evil tyrant. In Under Seige 2, it's Steven Seagal trying to rescue his niece (Katharine Heigl). But apparently, it's just a coincidence that these two films are similar.

Eric Bogosian didn't really come across as your typical bad guy, which I thought was quite good. He looks like a wimp, one of those guys who sits staring at his computer, day in, day out. And the mop-top of curly hair just added to the whole effect.

Steven Seagal doesn't seem your typical action hero either. He doesn't seem to have the muscles that Arnie flexes constantly, nor does he have the drop dead gorgeous looks. (I'm not saying that Arnie's drop dead gorgeous, I'm just - oh never mind) Maybe he would appeal to me more if he cut off that silly ponytail (give me a pair of scissors, I'll do it gladly) and toned up a bit. And he's so deadpan! Imagine someone Botoxed up to the eyeballs, and you'll have Steven Seagal. He shows no emotion either in any of his scenes, and manages to break guys necks left, right and centre quite convincingly. In that way, he's good as the good guy. He gets rid of the bad guys, each time in a different way - although he does break three guys necks. He does set a couple of people on fire.

What I also noticed is that at the end, like True Lies, when the girl originally hated her dad/uncle, she's now all over him like a rash.

It's a shame that Peter Greene - aptly named "Mercenary #1" - has to die in this movie (one of the three who gets their neck broken). He always seems to play the bad guy, and whereas he is quite nice looking, it must be his looks that make him bad guy material.

Overall, it was an OK film, if not a little long between action scenes. Thankfully, none of it follows on from the first, so it's not like you're watching a sequel that you have to have seen the first, to understand the second. But unlike some people, I won't be going all out, and buying the Steven Seagal doll (sorry, it's NOT an action figure). When a film get released, it can sometimes have "action figures" to accompany the movie. So why was there never one to accompany The Matrix? I want to play with Keanu :) Shame it's all plastic, au naturel is so much better.

THIS TIME, A TRAIN IS HIJACKED AND IT'S UP TO CASEY [STEVEN SEAGAL] TO SAVE THE HOSTAGES. WHILE NOT AS GOOD AS ITS PREDECESSOR, IT STILL DELIVERS NONSTOP EXCITEMENT. IT'S JUST TOO BAD THAT THIS MOVIE DOSEN'T HAVE A VILLAIN LIKE TOMMY LEE JONES. BUT STILL, THAT DOESN'T STOP THIS MOVIE FROM BEING A THRILL RIDE. AGAIN, SEAGAL FANS SHOULD BE THRILLED BY THIS MOVIE.