While it isn’t awful, “Today You Die” is another dud from Steven Seagal (“Under Siege”, “Attrition”). This one is pretty darn lazy as it lifts footage from other films such as “Undisputed”. It even lifts footage from “The Order”, a film that starred Seagal’s rival, Jean-Claude Van Damme. Aside from the stolen footage, this is pretty unremarkable action flick.

Seagal stars as Harlan Banks, a professional thief that wants to leave his life of crime behind him. He gets what he thinks is a legitimate job but ends up being chased and apprehended by police. He’s thrown into jail. Now, he must escape and get revenge on those who wronged him.

Seagal gives his usual mediocre performance. During one scene, they cut to a shot from “Undisputed” and Seagal presumably transforms into Ving Rhames momentarily. The other characters are really forgettable (even by the standards of Seagal films). We have Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss (“Money Talks”, “Atlantic Rim”), who continues the trend of having rappers in Seagal films. The villains in this movie are just so bland and are just there for Seagal to slap around. You may recognise a goon played by Randy Couture, who would later appear in “The Expendables”.

“Today You Die” is not a terrible film, it’s just put together with so little care. The obvious use of footage from other films becomes quite distracting and so does the blatant use of stunt doubles during some of the fight scenes. If you’ve seen other Seagal films from the 2000s, you probably know what to expect. This one doesn’t try to break the mould or anything like that. If you’re a big Seagal fan then maybe you’ll get some enjoyment from this but for everybody else, this is just a generic action flick. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if Van Damme ever uses Seagal footage in his films.