Seagal is a man who's done a lotta bad things so he takes a job to try and redeem himself - stopping a human trafficking racket run by Vinnie Jones. Helping him out is Byron Mann, a Chinese American actor whose work I'm not that familiar with - he was perfectly fine. Better than Seagal and Jones both of whom seem to be very tired.
Seagal playing tormented and seeking redemption isn't a bad idea in theory but his acting style is normally laid back and I think he's done that so long that finding something more wasn't in him. Wearing dark glasses most of the time doesn't help.
You can watch the fight scenes and try to figure out if Seagal is doing them or his body double and the hair is painted on. It's unpleasant -people get tortured and killed, Mann makes jokes about going to massage parlors. The whole vibe of the film is depressing.
It's not a very good film. Visually unappealing, I had trouble telling the support actors apart. He helps out stripper/hooker Adina Stetcu, who at least gives the film some warmth. There's an amazingly awkward end scene were she lap dances for him and looks so not into it - just like in a previous Seagal film.
This was hard going.
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