On Deadly Ground Page #5

Synopsis: Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long as it's making money for him. He even makes commercials that make him look like he cares about the environment. Jennings is almost finished with building his new state-of-the art oil rig: AEGIS-1. The problem is that if he doesn't finish building the rig in thirteen days, the land rights will be returned to the Eskimos and the Alaskan government. When Jennings finds out that Taft's best friend Hugh Palmer has a computer disk that contains information about defective equipment on AEGIS-1, he sends out his goons to murder Palmer. When Taft tries to interfere, Jennings tries to kill Taft. But an Eskimo woman named Masu, who introduces Taft to her father Silook, the chief of her tribe, rescues Taft. With Masu's help, Taft begins a trek through the Alaska
Director(s): Steven Seagal
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
R
Year:
1994
101 min
722 Views


I'll tell Jennings.

F*** me!

Oh, thank God.

What's the damage?

He took out Structures 8, 12, and 21.

That's not enough. He must get

to the rig to do any real damage.

Between Stone's men and the FBl,

he'll never get there.

He'd need a miracle to stop us now.

See over here, these three doors?

Here's where we are now.

I need you to place two satchels

here and here.

Then open this door and this door.

We want to create a wind tunnel...

so the wind will carry the fire through.

This man is inside the refinery.

Now, we can't allow him get to the rig.

What I want you to do is snipe the guy.

You can see much better if you're higher.

We gotta talk.

Disperse.

We've got a big problem here.

Intel tells us we're dealing with one guy.

We think we got

a f***ing fire team out there.

My guy in DC tells me that

we're not dealing with a student here...

we're dealing with a professor.

Any time the military has

an operation that can't fail...

they call this guy in to train the troops.

He's the kind of guy who'd drink...

a gallon of gasoline

so he can piss in your campfire.

You could drop this guy off

at the Arctic Circle...

wearing bikini underwear,

without his toothbrush...

and tomorrow afternoon

he's gonna show up at your poolside...

with a million-dollar smile

and a fistful ofpesos.

This guy's a professional, you got me?

If he reaches this rig...

we're all going to be nothing

but a big hole in the middle ofAlaska.

Let's go find him and kill him...

and get rid of the son of a b*tch.

Look on the middle deck.

We've got to get out, and I mean now.

The FBI has already pulled back.

Excuse me?

This whole place is going to blow.

If you want to go down with your ship,

that's fine, but I am not that stupid!

Oh, yes you are.

Where are you going?

To the bathroom.

Stay here, I'm going to the rig.

Let me out!

Listen to me.

If you really want Jennings,

you're gonna need me.

I got files, tapes, books....

- You better have them on you right now!

- I got them!

F*** him!

I want you to protect this entrance

like it was your sister's cherry, Tonto.

Put people over here, over here.

I'm going to the rig.

I'm gonna put Pump 3 on-line.

That'll be enough for me

to keep my leases...

without any help from you pricks!

You're in charge here, Tonto.

Do not let that son of a b*tch in here!

What do you think, stock in or out?

What do you think?

I don't think it's gonna make

much difference.

Well, I do. See, when it's out, I feel

like a p*ssy, you know what I'm saying?

And when it's in,

it feels like meaner or something.

When I kill the son of a b*tch,

I want to feel good about myself.

What the hell is this?

Gasoline.

Get the f*** out of here!

Jesus Christ, this motherf***er's good!

I told you he was good, didn't l?

He's good and he's coming this way.

Take her to Level 6.

Here he comes.

Open wide, sweetheart.

Cover my back.

Warning:
Emergency generator on.

Warning:
Main generator locked out.

Okay.

Give me that shape charge.

I'm gonna set some charges which

will cause the preventer to implode...

and that will prevent an oil spill.

That's right, go ahead, Big Boy.

Make your move.

I'll shove this goddamn shotgun

up your ass...

and blow the top

of your f***ing head off.

You're a bunch of gutless pricks!

All of you!

- Help me with this!

- F*** you!

Yellow bastard!

He's still getting it on-line.

That stupid a**hole!

I can't believe what he's doing.

Lose your gear, let's go.

We've got less than three minutes

before this whole f***ing place blows.

There he is!

Don't shoot!

Hold your fire!

You'll blow us to kingdom come!

Let's go!

No firing! Come on!

Move it. Let's go, let's go.

I'll pull the heat.

When they come to me, you go.

I got him. I got him over here!

Where? Where?

Where the f*** is he?

Forrest.

My long lost friend, Michael.

Who's this?

- This the slope b*tch you've been banging?

- No, not her.

This the one that got you all concerned

about the dirty snow?

Jesus, Forrest...

you and me, we bought hookers

better than this for five bucks in Bangkok.

You know, I've been thinking about this

for a long time.

What does one say to a man

with no conscience?

I'd like to tell you about the millions

of people that you've made suffer...

but I'd be a total idiot

to think that you'd care.

You're a piece of sh*t, Michael.

Scum of the earth.

I don't know what you did with my rig...

but whatever it was,

I want you to stop it.

Turn it off. I'm leaving.

I got a better idea.

You're a macho man with a code of honor.

You won't shoot me in the back.

Go ahead.

Shoot me! Go on.

Shoot me, you f***ing coward!

You haven't got the f***ing guts!

I wouldn't dirty my bullets.

You macho a**hole!

Go ahead, shoot!

Dirty one for me, Forrest.

That's for my father!

We won't make it!

We're going to die!

Calm down. We're not going to die.

We stopped the spill, didn't we?

Your father would be proud of us.

Listen to me. I'll make a path.

You stay on my heels and don't look back!

I'd like to start off by saying...

thank you...

to the brothers and sisters

who've come here today...

representing this cause.

I've been asked by Mr. Ittok

and the Tribal Council...

to speak to you and the press

about the injustices brought against us...

by some government officials

and big business.

How many of you out there have heard

of alternative engines...

engines that can run on anything

from alcohol to garbage or water?

Or carburetors that can get

hundreds of miles to the gallon?

Or electric or magnetic engines

that can practically run forever?

You don't know about them,

because if they were to come into use...

they'd put the oil companies

out of business.

The concept of the internal combustion

engine has been obsolete for over 50 years.

But because of the oil cartels

and corrupt government regulation...

we and the rest of the world have been

forced to use gasoline for over 100 years.

Big business is primarily responsible

for destroying...

the water we drink, the air we breathe

and the food we eat.

They have no care

for the world they destroy...

only for the money

they make in the process.

How many oil spills can we endure?

Millions and millions of gallons of oil...

are destroying the ocean

and the many forms of life it supports.

Among these is plankton, which supplies

60 to 90% of the earth's oxygen.

It supports the entire marine ecosystem...

which forms the basis

of our planet's food supply.

But the plankton is dying.

I thought, "Well, let's go

to some remote state or country...

"anywhere on earth."

But in doing a little research, I realized...

that these people broker toxic waste

all over the world.

They basically control the legislation and,

in fact, they control the law.

The law says no company

can be fined over $25,000 a day.

If a company's making $10 million a day...

by dumping lethal toxic waste

into the ocean...

it's only good business

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