The Glimmer Man Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Two good cops. One bad situation.
Jack Cole is a soft spoken, mystical, new age New York cop with a checkered past. He is transferred to Los Angeles to help Los Angeles cop Jim Campbell solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims are crucified. The murders that have happened since Jack arrived in Los Angeles just don't sit right with him. When the killer, known as the "Family Man", kills Ellen DunLeavy, who happens to be Jack's ex wife and the mother of his two kids, and Ellen's husband Andrew DunLeavy, it becomes personal - especially when Jack's prints are found on Ellen's body. Jack meets with his military mentor Smith, not knowing that Smith is in cahoots with local crime boss Frank Deverell.
| Steven Seagal | Lt. Jack Cole |
| Keenen Ivory Wayans | Det. Jim Campbell |
| Bob Gunton | Frank Deverell |
| Brian Cox | Mr. Smith |
| John M. Jackson | Donald Cunningham |
| Michelle Johnson | Jessica Cole |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | Christopher Maynard |
| Peter Jason | Millie's Father |
| Ryan Cutrona | Capt. Harris |
| Richard Gant | Det. Roden |
| Robert Mailhouse | Smith's Bodyguard |
| Johnny Strong | Johnny Deverell |
| Jesse Stock | Cole's Son |
| Alexa Vega | Cole's Daughter |
| Nikki Cox | Millie |
| John Gray |
4.90 out of 10 (3033 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Segal's forary into the buddy picture
posted on 20 Jan 2009The Glimmer Man is Steven Segal's first forary into a buddy movie. Kennan Ivory Wayana gives some good one liners in the film and he even gets beat up a few times. The film has some nice action sequences and some chemsitry between Segal and Wayans. I give *** out of ****.
This was a good Segal/Wayans flick
posted on 31 Oct 2008This was a very good action thriller that kept me interested throughout. If you like Segal or Keenan Ivory Wayans, you are guaranteed to love this movie. Keenan Ivory Wayans provided the comedy while Segal added the martial arts and fighting to create a great movie. I strongly recommend that you see thins movie if you like the cast or the genre!
Some Humor
posted on 25 Sep 2008One thing about this film is the economy of characters; none is wasted. Near the beginning, Jack Cole helps disarm a distraught kid, and later that kid becomes a key element in a larger investigation.Cole, an unorthodox cop, is asked to testify about the kid's troubled behavior by his stepfather, but the request is by proxy, and Cole declines. So naturally, this displeases the powerful and influential stepfather, and what do you know! Cole becomes "of interest" in the murder of somebody he'd be a logical suspect of killing.So Cole has to clear his name, and drags his reluctant (and new) partner, Jim Campbell, along for the ride.As with many Seagal films, there's a lot of violent action, with corpses scattered in the wake of Jack Cole's progress. For the observant viewer, there are holes one could drive a 16-wheeler through, but that doesn't detract from the film's perverse charm.Not his best, but not bad
Weak, unimaginative plot with poor performances but just enough action to be watchable
posted on 09 Jul 2008A cop with an attitude is partnered up with a new-age cop with a shady past and amazing martial arts skills, to investigate a serial killer who crucifies his victims. Campbell sees it as a fairly straightforward case of a religious nut obeying orders from God; but Cole sees something else in some of the murders– a sense of purpose and order that hints at a bigger plot. Going back to his handler at the CIA gets him nowhere but brings him to the attention of Frank Deverell and the Russian mafia. With so many people gunning for them, can Campbell and Cole stay alive long enough to get to the bottom of it? Although any film that contains both Seagal and a Wayans brother will hardly be an easy sell to me, I still decided to give this film a stab because I do like a solid action movie every now and again. Plot wise this film is about as weak as I had expected with a messy narrative that never really convinces and just seems like a couple of half-baked ideas crammed into one story with little concern with logical linkage or development. The hope seems to have been that enough action and energy would stop us seeing the holes – sadly this doesn't work. The film has enough action to be worth watching but it isn't really anything special, although fans of Seagal will be used to this consistent standard.The cast are just as average as you would expect. Seagal delivers everything with a total lack of emotion that is explained away by him being a totally calm Buddhist, as opposed to him just not being a very good actor. Physically he is pretty good here and his fight scenes do actually show a man with skill (as opposed to the out of shape man we have been shown almost waddling recently). Wayans tries to be a tough comic relief but his performances just reinforces the feeling of this being a formulaic mismatched cop movie; even if he is impressive in some of his action scenes as well. Neither of them are that good but they are certainly no worse than a lot of the reluctant buddy cops movies out there. The support cast should have been better but people like Gunton, Cox and Tobolowsky just sink into the mess rather than helping to raise it.Overall this is a watchable "Friday night" style thriller that you will quite enjoy if all you want is watchable action surrounded by messy and clichéd plotting and delivery with "par for the course" acting. If you are after anything more than this then you'll be sorely disappointed as this is a weak film with an unimaginative plot, poor performances and only just enough action to be watchable if you're in an undemanding mood.
Seagal's Best...
posted on 12 Jun 2008This movie is the epitomy of Steven Seagal's persona...I am not sure why this wasn't a bigger hit with Seagal fans. The "Lento's" restaurant scene is classic Seagal...the mixture of humor and action is very well done. I love how people rip apart Seagal's films-look ...he isn't trying for an Oscar-he is an action star trying to entertain...of course its formulaic, and of course most of it is predictable-that's not why you see a Seagal film-the "one-liner's" and watching Seagal "F**k somebody up" is. The last of the finest (wit the exception of "Exit Wounds" for Mr. Seagal-I wish he would have made more like this one. **** **** ****
Good Fight Sequences
posted on 31 May 2008The fight sequences in this film were up to the usual, Segal standard even though he is carrying a few extra pounds, I did think though that the "Serial Killer" plot had promise, it was completely wasted and could have been an a movie plot in itself. The main plot which was hardly referenced and as the film only runs for 88 minutes, the writers and Director could have stretched it another half an hour to make it as fuller product.This film is neither up to the standard of "Under Siege" or "Under Siege 2"What I do find strange about Segal's films is a times he seems to go off on one, You know you can't take a "Hard Man" if you are into mystic religion or environmental issues, it doesn't work.
Not even a glimmer of hope...
posted on 04 May 2008Two L.A cops track down a serial killer nicknamed "The family man" who has wiped out whole families and when one of the police officer's wife takes the deep six, questions are raised and it turns out that a serial killer isn't responsible but rather mobsters. The idea of Seagal in a serial killer movie is an interesting concept, indeed one could see Seagal play a good serial killer however making him a cop who has a ridiculous penchant for prayer beads and razor sharp credit cards comes off more stupid than likably ridiculous. Also a running joke involves Wayon's enjoyment of eating powdered deer penis and well this raunchy material is utterly out of place. Not to mention the beginning of a school being taken hostage, due to a boy's breakup with his girlfriend. After Seagal neutralizes him, the girlfriend tells the young lad that she loves him. Now there is a lesson to be learned from all of this, if you want your girlfriend back, taking the school hostage may get you back on her good side. I myself would think flowers or the old fashioned phone call might work, then again though, i'm old fashioned. Besides who am I to put a damper on somebody else's brilliant reconciliation plan.* out of 4-(Bad)
Very Cool "Buddy "Buddy" FIlm! Seagal And Keenan Wayans Were Great Together!
posted on 01 May 2008This is a very cool "Buddy" "Buddy" film!, Seagal and Keenan Wayans were great together!.All the characters are awesome, and the villains are great, plus i really liked the story!. Seagal is always fantastic, but he actually shows a bit of emotion here, which pleased me quite a bit, and i liked it's gritty feel, plus the chemistry between Wayans and Seagal is awesome!. There is lots of action, and the plot is very interesting, plus the ending is very funny, as Keenan Wayans had me on the floor!. This movie isn't very popular, however i enjoyed it very much, as it's exciting, at times suspenseful, and it had great comic relief from Keenan Ivory Wayans!. The Direction is very good. John Gray does a very good job here, with good camera shots and angles, and he kept the film at a good pace!. There is quite a bit of violence. We get tons of very bloody gunshot wounds, a few bloody gunshot wounds to the head, 3 gory imapling's,3 bloody slit throats,corpses crucified on walls,and harsh bloody beatings. The Acting is great!> Steven Seagal is AMAZING as always, and is fantastic here, he is very good in the acting department,very likable, had awesome chemistry with Wayans, kicked that ass, actually showed some emotion!, and was tons of fun to watch!. Keenan Ivory Wayans is hilarious here, he is also very likable, interesting, provided some great comic relief, and i just dug him!. Bob Gunton and Brian Cox both do good as the villains. Rest of the cast is fine. Overall highly recommended! ***1/2 out of 5
Don't underestimate the Seagal!
posted on 01 Feb 2008Until I seen this movie, I thought Steven Seagal was a bad action movie star. This movie hasn't totally changed my opinion but it has forced me to reevaluate Mr. Seagal's movies. This movie was not bad at all, considering I'm anti-Steven Seagal's movies. This was actually quite enjoyable. The fighting was excellent and made me think that Steven Seagal might be a bad boy when it comes to throwing down against villains. Even though I had only seen two movies of his before this one, I think this is his best one of all. As far as renting it, I don't know but I highly recommend you watch it the next time it comes on HBO or Cinemax. I learned never to underestimate Seagal's prowess ever again. Now I think I will watch more of his movies after seeing this rock 'em, sock 'em action flick!
My fave Seagal vehicle, with the help of a Wayans brother!
posted on 23 Jan 2008Steven Seagal finally reaches my tastes in this enjoyable buddy/cop drama THE GLIMMER. Seagal plays Jack, a New York cop sent to helpin a serial killer case in Los Angeles. Keenan Ivory Wayans alsostars as Jim, the L.A. detective that resents having forced to work with an outsider. But the two quickly blends as the going gets really tough as the investigation takes an even more slippy turn. At long last Seagal seemed less brooding and more human as he bonds with Wayans, who is smooth as ice as ever before. Watch for the scene where Seagal questions how Wayans feels about the movie CASABLANCA.
Top notch Seagal action film
posted on 24 Dec 2007This is one of Seagal's last good films. It has lots of good action scene's and Seagal and Wayans make a solid team. The shootout at the end was solid and the fight scene's were cool too. This movie ranks with UNDER SIEGE, ABOVE THE LAW, OUT FOR JUSTICE, and MARKED FOR DEATH as Seagal's best film's. FIRE DOWN BELOW was decent too and that was officially Seagal's last watchable film, but this one ranks up there with his best. Its no LETHAL WEAPON or 48 HRS when it comes to cop buddy thrillers, but its still solid. 4/5
This movie was Seagal's best.
posted on 27 Nov 2007I thought that Steven Seagal was at his best in this movie. He was a lot funnier than he was in his previous movies and his fight scenes were more realistic than in some of his other movies. Wayans was also a great actor. I thought the cast was excellent and the plot was interesting. This movie was a lot of action and fun, and I'd recommend this movie to those who liked Seagal in other movies.
Not one of Seagal's Best
posted on 19 Oct 2007A not so good action thriller because it unsuccessfully trends the same water as early Steven Seagal films because there is not a very good set piece. Steven Seagal plays the same kind of character that he has played since Above the Law. In my opinion the performance of Keenen Ivory Wayans is wasted in such an average film and belongs in a much better film. Bob Gunton is okay as the main heavy. The best acting in the entire film belongs to Brian Cox who is very frightening in the role of the murderer.
My favorite scenes are the fight scenes with the Russian mafia. One of the film reasons to see The Glimmer Man(1996) is for the brief appearence of the beautiful and voluptupus Nikki Cox. Its too bad that there were not more scenes with her in them.
Violent Action-Hero and Buddy Flick
posted on 14 Aug 2007Keenen Ivory Wayans and Steven Seagal are detectives assigned to work together to catch a serial killer who crucifies his victims on the wall of their homes. Wayans is the slightly wimpy sidekick, single in his late twenties or early thirties because he views many of his police friends as domineered by their wives and having bratty children and even disrespectful dogs. Seagal is a somewhat older enigmatic martial arts master who attempts to be a serene Buddhist but continually gets into situations where he does horrible acts of violence.Some Buddhists will grant that violence may be done in self-defense with a pure mind and the minimum force necessary.The plot is a bit convoluted as you not only have the real crucifixion killer but also professional killers opportunistically mimicking him on behalf of an ex-CIA man-cum-criminal who is striking poison gas deals with Russian mobsters.The buddy relationship between Wayans and Seagal seems somewhat forced and unconvincing. Their banter is not very funny. There's a running gag about the Chinese folk remedy deer penis powder that stops Wayan's character from sneezing in the presence of burning incense.Seagal is arguably the most explicitly and personally, hand to hand or blade to throat, violent of the action stars of his generation. Stallone and Schwarzenegger tended more towards machine guns and big explosions. Seagal's character in The Glimmer Man is at times conflicted about the violence he commits.The movie is about middling for the genre, in production and acting and entertainment value. Action-hero fans could do worse, or better.
Seagal does some of his best fighting, and some of his worst acting as well!
posted on 26 Mar 2007Steven Seagal certainly knows how to fight, and in some of his fight scenes in "The Glimmer Man" he comes across as a forceful, don't-mess-with-me presence. What he doesn't know is how to act: he's so wooden he's almost funny, especially when he has to show "disgust" at the horrible crimes he's witnessing, or when he's whispering his lines in an attempt to come off as "menacing". Keenen Ivory Wayans is likably unaggressive as his partner, and the director does his best to emulate the style of "Seven" (minus the intelligence), but (SPOILERS FOLLOW) the whole serial-killer business is actually a big red herring, and the film ultimately turns out to be the typical Seagal actioner. At least there are some good action sequences.
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In Living Color meets Lethal Weapon 3
posted on 10 Jan 2007This is a well-done venture into the buddy-cop venue, by Seagal. With the help of Kennan Ivory Wayans, Seagal pulls off a decent attempt at this new line.As a Buddhist cop from New York, Jack Cole (Seagal) has a very dark past. Transferred from his last assignment to assist in the capture of the latest social disease known as "the Family Man," he is teamed up with Detective Jim Campbell (Wayans), in the task force assigned to that feat.As a psychological thriller, this movie was not nearly as good as Se7en, Identity, Fallen, or Silence of the Lambs...as it appears these movies are what this one attempts to compete with; however, it still has a strong psychological edge to it. It does not contain the level of suspense associated with Copycat or even Red Dragon. The socio-religious implications are almost classic Stephen King in that it beats you over the head with Christian dogma, yet it fails to ascend to the stigmata achieved in Exorcist or even...Stigmata.As an action movie, it is top row. The action is some of the best of Steven Seagal's style, demonstrated effectively with that fluid style and grace that we have come to expect from Seagal's characters.Bone-crunching, blood eliciting non-stop quality action.As a buddy cop venture, this is not Lethal Weapon quality (they even used a character named "Rouso" from internal affairs, see LW3 for the reference), but surpasses Tango and Cash in that there are no clichés throughout aside from the fact that Seagal himself is a walking cliché.Outside that, there are no glibly-delivered puns and precious few one-liners, making this a more serious, more intelligent action/comedy.The plot demonstrated within this endeavor is quite well written, nicely-paced, and exhibits a fluid control which I found quite enjoyable. Its elements, while not remotely original, are creative, intelligent, and well presented. The sets are average. The soundtrack is average. Neither lend anything creative to this production though, strangely enough, these shortcomings did not manage to lessen the finished product.As the plot unfolds, things are not looking good for our Detective Cole. From that point on, the action and intrigue begins and carries us quickly through to a satisfying end.All in all, this is not a bad attempt, but in my opinion, Seagal works best when working alone. I enjoyed the comedic aspects and intensity contributed to this work by Wayans, but I prefer Seagal a la carte. I still thoroughly enjoyed this production and found it to be highly entertaining. The final product is greater, it seems, than the sum of its mere parts.This movie rates an 7.6/10 from...the Fiend :..
take it with a pinch of salt...!
posted on 23 Dec 2006well i was over at a friend's house with some other folks and he gave us the choice to see a ninja movie, some sappy love story and glimmer man.a good steven seagal comedy would do us all well.and that's all it is. do NOT try and look for a plot. it's just a weak justification for some of the funniest action comedy around. most people (if they've seen will sasso's MADTV sketches of seagal) will know exactly what to expect from him in his "illegal justice" movies.PURE COMEDY.the "atomic slap" of the restaurant manager was pure gold. so if you're looking for some hilarious over the top action comedy (and it's even better cause a lot of the time you're pretty sure that seagal is trying to be serious) then really consider watching glimmer man.
Fun but clichéd Seagal actioner
posted on 17 Nov 2006A lot more effort is put into crafting this Seagal movie rather than assembling it. The photography is angled strangely and the lighting tries to make certain scenes dingy and others sinister.In this movie Seagal and Keenan Ivory Wayans go up against the Russian mafia. In doing so they produce a lot of dead bodies in action scenes that are satisfying and fun to watch. Although they are edited just a little too quickly.At first I thought this movie was called The Glimmer Man because of the stupid jackets Seagal wears. He should be arrested by the fashion police, I'm not kidding. But overall I give this movie 7/10.
.......Seagal......has lost it!
posted on 03 Oct 2006Supposedly receiving a nationwide cinema release over here,I recently learned The Glimmer Man actually was released at only one local cinema.It was also denied any press screenings,and the ones it did get,came in late and in some cases,half completed.Later,next year,Fire Down Below arrived straight to video over here,despite apparently knocking GI Jane off the number one spot in the US.Ladies and gentlemen,Under Siege 2 was Seagal's last enjoyable movie.The Patriot premiered on Sky Movies exclusives without the dignity to be seen on a little heard of video premieres company,like Nu Image or High Fliers.Now,getting back to TGM,a truly bizarre and atrocious movie.The one good thing are one or two impressive fight sequences.But ultimately,despite featuring the first scene in which Seagal possibly got hit,they ar'nt very suspenseful because we know exactly how they will end.The central story severely lacks action and has the pace and substance of something very bad indeed.But,the worst thing is,despite having a nice touch in Seagal having a partner for once,the cack Keenen Ivory Wayns,this is the first movie of his I have all and out just not enjoyed ,hated in fact.Something every other critic has done since his career began.
"Seven" meets "Above the Law"
posted on 19 Jul 2009The buddy-cop genre gets chop-socky with Steven Seagal as a mystical-heavy cop teaming up with street-smart detective Keenan Ivory Wayans (whose as much as a smart-alec as his younger brother Damon!!) to nab a ruthless serial killer in this cool action flick. It borrows the dark elements of atmosheric movies like "Se7en" and blends it with the raw street material of Seagal's previous smash "Above the Law". Other than the good production values, the chemistry between Seagal and Wayans is awesome. Their characters got along really well and quick, compared to the relationship of Mel Gibson's Riggs and Danny Glover's Murtaugh, which took quite awhile for them to blend together!! Wayans was funny and slick as usual, and it was great
to see Seagal's own sense of humor. I thought I would never see that guy smile!!