Steven Seagal (“Under Siege”, “Hard To Kill”) has starred in many, many action movies but a lot of them have been very disappointing and that’s why “Exit Wounds” is a nice surprise. This is by no means a great film but the action sequences are well done.

Seagal plays a tough police officer by the name of Orin Boyd. After blowing up a helicopter within the first few minutes of the movie, he gets assigned to a rough precinct. It isn’t long before he uncovers a web of corruption but he’ll need the help of Latrell Walker (DMX “Cradle 2 The Grave”).

Seagal works reasonably well here as yet another rule-breaking cop. Seagal is actually fairly amusing in this movie (the scene with the small desk is pretty good). In my review of “Cradle 2 The Grave”, I referred to DMX as ‘about as likeable as the flu’ and nothing in “Exit Wounds” has made me change my mind. Fortunately, the focus is on Seagal and not on DMX. Tom Arnold (“True Lies”) and Anthony Anderson (“Transformers”) play the comedic relief characters and both are really irritating, especially Anderson. The final scene of the film is just these two guys sat around talking about nothing… it’s abysmal.

Despite the fact “Exit Wounds” has its problems, the action sequences are impressive. One unique scene involves a belt and a shotgun, there are also some good car chases and a sword fight. Some of the comedy works and I had a fun time watching this explosive action movie and it is feels refreshing to be able to write these things about a Seagal movie. If you are a fan of Seagal’s movies and haven’t seen this one, it’s definitely worth checking out and for those that have cared for most of Seagal’s films, you might be pleasantly surprised.