Plot: Stephen Seagal is an ex-cop, an ex-mobster or an ex-CIA agent. I forget which, but it's always one of them. Circumstances arise that leads to him being double-crossed or something.Why is this a contender for Best Movie. Ever?
Seagal, basically. Where other recent Seagal movies have disappointed, this one succeeds. Seagal still looks like a smelly, fat son of bitch but in Pistol Whipped he's finally found something that works to his strengths. And there are admittedly few of those left.
Seagal is clearly in the movie game for his fans, and this is the first movie in a long time that actually checks every box of Seagal awesome. Written with the utmost of wit and utilising the mega-credibility of Mr. Lance Henrikson as an adversary worthy of a patented Seagal-asskicking, Pistol Whipped shines and brings the long-dithering action star back to his roots.
Best scene: Stephen Seagal has a perfectly paced shootout in a cemetery amongst oversized tombstones and very flammable hearses. Just watch it. It's glorious.
I think he's meant to be Italian-American in this movie. But who can know for sure.
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