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Excessive Force (1993)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 2/24

ExForce
2/24: I liked Thomas Ian Griffith in The Karate Kid Part III, so Hollywood decided to give him a chance.

They granted him a budget of $13 million to write and star in his own movie called Excessive Force, but it didn't work out, resulting in a paltry box-office take of $1 million. Hence, Thomas Ian Griffith never became the next Steven Seagal. So, what's the problem?

For starters, cutting down the martial arts by at least 95% would've been a good idea. The longer the actor was doing it, the more tired he looked. Action films aren't what Thomas Ian Griffith should be doing; he looks rather suitable for dramas. Worse is the story that had been done to death many times.

In case if you're a bit confused, there were three people who knew about McCain's house away from Chicago, and two of them were dead. By deduction, McCain confronted Jake (James Earl Jones) about it which surprised him. Nobody was aware that Frankie (Tony Todd) was alive even though he got bombed from the floor above.

All in all, Thomas Ian Griffith made a career mistake by turning Excessive Force into a failed pastiche of Above the Law.