“Shadow Man” is a rather goofy action flick with a convoluted plot starring Steven Seagal (“Above The Law”, “Into The Sun”). It’s certainly not a good movie but it is watchable (something that cannot be said about all of Seagal’s pictures). None of it really impressed but there were a few cheesy moments that managed to put a smile on my face.

In “Shadow Man”, Jack Foster (Seagal) is an ex-intelligence operative that finds himself thrust into a plot involving a formula for a biological weapon and his daughter (Skye Bennett) has been kidnapped. With seemingly nobody at his side, Jack must search the streets of Bucharest to find her and he will uncover the true forces behind this dangerous situation.

Seagal gives his usual underwhelming performance. He seems to not have always been there during shooting so there are numerous shots where he has been rather obviously replaced by a stand-in. It’s not even necessarily during the action sequences. It’s really funny to see his body size change so dramatically from one shot to the next. The little girl is okay but nothing special. The other characters in the film are really dull and forgettable. Everybody is working both sides or not what they appear to be so you never really get to know any of them.

“Shadow Man” is not a good action film but it was pretty funny at times. Seagal just casually strolls into scenes and kills bad guys without every breaking a sweat. One particular scenes has him take out a helicopter with a pistol. It just almost feels like a parody at times. There are some better Seagal films out there and there are obviously lots of great action movies to watch instead of this but I won’t deny that a few sequences did provide some entertainment value.