Steven Seagal (“Under Siege”, “Fire Down Below”) and Steve Austin (“The Condemned”, “The Expendables”) star in “Maximum Conviction”, a very generic action flick that you can tell was made on the cheap. However, I guess you can argue you get two action stars for the price of one.

In “Maximum Conviction”, security contractors Cross (Seagal) and Manning (Austin) are assigned to decommission an old prison. Things suddenly take a turn for the worst when an elite extraction unit gets into the facility with the goal of capturing one of the prisoners. Cross and Manning must try to defend the target and defeat the bad guys.

Steven Seagal looks very heavy in this film and the speed at which he moves in the action scenes look rather implausible. His line delivery is also as weak as ever. Steve Austin is a little more entertaining with a few goofy one-liners that certainly brought a smile to my face. Seagal and Austin’s chemistry is surprisingly decent. The villains in this movie are bland even by generic action movie standards. They do not say or do anything or interest and they are definitely among the least memorable movie bad guys. None of the other characters are very interesting.

“Maximum Conviction” is a disappointing action film because it isn’t even much of a spectacle. The action sequences feel like the bare minimum as they are not particularly explosive. There is some level of enjoyment to be had in watching Seagal and Austin shoot up the place together but this is an underwhelming action picture. Fans of Seagal will no doubt have a blast but I think the majority of moviegoers are not going to care about this. With its prison setting, the film actually feels like a watered-down version of Seagal’s “Half Past Dead” so if you are desperate to see a film with Seagal in a prison, I’d go with that movie instead because it’s a little bit better.