Steven Seagal (“Under Siege”, “Attrition”) used to be a successful movie star but he has become the punchline of many jokes in recent years. Ridiculed for his low-budget movies, his political activism and his expanding waistline, Seagal has now scrapped the bottom of the barrel with “General Commander”. Not only is this easily the worst movie I’ve seen him in, this is one of the worst action films ever made.

After a botched mission, a group of C.I.A. agents operating in South East Asia are set to be separated and reassigned. However, they are determined to end the reign of terror of a vicious criminal involved in the illegal organ trade. They decide to disobey their orders and go rogue.

Seagal looks tired and disinterested. He barely does anything in this movie. He gets a few lines where he rants about conspiracies but the rest of the time, he looks like he does not want to be there. You would never know that he made his name in the professional martial arts world by watching this film. The other cast members are absolutely abysmal. Some of the performances in here are just painful to endure. The villains are incredibly generic.

Most of Seagal’s more recent films have been underwhelming and forgettable but “General Commander” is a true chore to sit through. There is just nothing even tolerable in “General Commander”. I thought that the action sequences were pathetic, the plot was disposable, the performances were atrocious and the editing was horrendous. Even the title is bad. Never has there been a better case made for Seagal to go into retirement from showbusiness. It’s a shame too because his first film, “Above The Law”, was (and still is) genuinely entertaining. If you want a better action movie then just pick one and I almost guarantee that it will be better than “General Commander”. To be fair, how could it be worse?