Exit Wounds

2001 Crime Drama

Returning to his action feature terrain after a short hiatus, Steven Seagal plays Orin Boyd, a maverick Detroit detective with an unconventional way of taking down foes. After a failed intervention in a terrorist kidnapping case that humiliates his superiors, Boyd -- who is hailed as a top-drawer investigator but frowned upon for his tactics -- is forced to do time in a tough downtown precinct. After discovering the covert drug operation performed by several corrupt cops at his new assignment, he decides to break the rules yet again. While the cops are planning a massive heroin deal with big-time gangster Latrell Walker (DMX), Boyd finds that Latrell is not who he once was, and Boyd persuades him to assist in bringing an end to the amoral police influence that helped ruin him. Exit Wounds is the second film from cinematographer-turned-director Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die) and also features Tom Arnold, Isaiah Washington, and Jill Hennessy. more..

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Starring: Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson, Michael Jai White

Reviews

  • In its low grade way, this blithely brutal cops and drugs thriller is an efficient hot wire entertainment.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • Its pile-driving succession of set pieces comes at you with numbingly relentless efficiency, presumably in the hope that you won't notice or care how dumb it all is.

    Jay Carr - The Boston Globe

    19 January 2013

  • In Seagal's movies, the interesting stuff never derives from what happens, but rather from how it happens. Exit Wounds is certainly one of his best efforts, although the distinction is a dubious one at best.

    Marjorie Baumgarten - Austin Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • It's a pastiche of pulpy elements culled from all the "Dirty Harry" movies you can think of.

    Gene Seymour - Los Angeles Times

    19 January 2013

  • This movie, cynically and patronizingly aimed at Seagal's predominantly "urban" audience, is sad, tedious proof that even violent exploitation isn't what it used to be.

    Jonathan Foreman - New York Post

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Best Music

    Golden Trailer Awards (2002)

     
  • Breakthrough Male Performance

    MTV Movie Awards (2002)