The Glimmer Man Movie Review 1996

When a vicious LA serial killer starts dispatching whole families, NY detective Jack Cole (Seagal) is teamed with local homicide detective Jim Campbell (Wayans). Since, however, this is a Seagal movie, things have to be a little different. Cole, for example, is an ex-CIA operative who has been convinced by a Buddhist monk to stop killing people and start wearing goofy Nehru jackets and prayer beads. Campbell is a couch potato who cries over old movies (or perhaps he was watching the dailies from this one). After Cole's ex-wife is killed, he's implicated; and then somehow the Russian Mafia and the CIA are brought into the mix. Cole uses his unique brand of non-violence to slash, chop and impale his way to justice. Predictable when it's not being unbelievable, this could have been called "Hard to Watch."

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Frame-Ups, CIA/NSA, Foreign Intrigue, Buddy Cops, Martial Arts, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Serial Killers, Peculiar Partners, L.A.

Screenplay

Kevin Brodbin

Cast

Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Michelle Johnson, Brian Cox, Bob Gunton, Stephen Tobolowsky, Johnny Strong, Ryan Cutrona, Peter Jason, Nikki Cox, Richard Gant, Alexa Vega

Cinematography

Rick Bota

Director

John Gray

Music

Trevor Rabin

Producer

Steven Seagal, Julius R. Nasso, Michael Rachmil, Warner Bros.