"Camp is terribly hard to define. One feels it intuitively." - Christopher Isherwood Steven Seagal's "Exit Wounds" opens with Seagal, an American cop, getting DEMOTED for SAVING THE LIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. What the hell? The rest of the film proceeds along similarly random lines. We watch as Seagal dodges bullets at point blank rage, visits homo-erotic locker rooms, detonates a helicopter with a pistol, takes anger management classes, beats up randomly appearing multiracial carjackers, lets himself get tazered in the nipples, and prove that all black guys aren't career criminals. Even the film's dialogue - "It was bureaucrats like you who sent kids to Vietnam in the sixties!" - comes totally out of the blue. Watching "Exit Wounds" is like sucking on a tank of laughing gas whilst ninjas and clowns battle for front row seats at a gay opera.6/10 – Glorious cheese.

Believe it or not, this movie wound up #1 at the box office when it was first released. Seagal's career was heading downhill fast, but this movie resurrected his career, and it became a hit. It made 51 million overall in the U.S. Seagal tried to replicate this formula with another hip ensemble cast in Half Past Dead by having another rapper (Ja Rule) but that bombed at the box office, and Seagal has been in STD hell, ever since. I'm honestly not sure why this became a hit for Seagal. It's certainly not bad, but there is really nothing all that special about it. It has plenty of lame comedy, thanks to the unfunny Tom Arnold, and some admittedly funny lines by Steven Seagal. It doesn't embarrass itself in the action department. It has a great opening, and Seagal does do some of his trademark bone crunching, and seems to be relatively in shape, unfortunately… Seagal's laziness was starting to commence as well. There are some laughable kickboxing moves, which do not seem to be coming from Seagal. The story itself is familiar. Seagal's "Orrin Boyd" character is a little bit like Serpico. Orrin is a lone wolf, and wants to uncover cop corruption. Sound familiar? Seagal does seem at least somewhat invested into this project. He does have some funny lines, as I stated earlier in the review. I wouldn't call his performance great, but at least signs of his old charisma are here. There is a pivotal moment, involving a death of someone he is close too, and he seems only slightly concerned. I also didn't buy the forced attraction between Seagal & Jill Hennessy. It was always subtle, but it came across as quite awkward. DMX seems very uninterested in his role, and doesn't react to much of anything. He does have a twist which I didn't see coming, but he looked bored. Isaiah Washington does well as Seagal's partner. Anthony Anderson is terribly unfunny in his role. There is a scene between him and Tom Arnold at the end credits, which is supposed to be hilarious, because they are improvising on the fly. It came across as stupid, and unbearable. Michael Jai White has an OK fight scene with Steven Seagal in the finale. It was quite disappointing in all honesty. Tom Arnold's popularity has always befuddled me, and I felt his character was a waste of time. Bruce McGill & Bill Duke add decent support, whilst Eva Mendes is sexy, but that's about it. According to her, she was dubbed by another actress, and hated the film. I couldn't tell if she was dubbed or not. Final Thoughts: I thought it was OK. It won't make your day, but it passes the time adequately. It has enough action to keep you watching for most of the duration. I would certainly recommend it over Seagal's STD stuff5.3/10

OK So as I read the reviews on this movie I really wouldn't want to watch it if I've never seen it before. The thing is I have seen it and I do like the movie. It starts out with Orin Boyd (Steven Segal) A hot headed, bad tempered, rouge cop who screws up an investigation and lands him in worst precinct in the city of Detroit. While there he sees that he's landed himself a reputation. While going about his job he starts noticing things that do not add up. A few of the cops there are dirty, they steal and sell heroin recovered from the police dept. This movie is a Steven Segal Movie.... Along with DMX, Anthony Anderson, Tom Arnold and Eva Mendes. This movie is action packed as well as some comedy thrown in the mix. Other reviews state the plot makes no sense? Whats not to get? The movie wasn't designed to win an Oscar or a Golden Globe. This movie promises everything a Steven Segal movie would. Steven Segal kicks butt and saves the day. I am a guy who is a Segal fan and I've seen this movie a hand full of times. The movie is entertaining, regardless of how "Unbelievable" it is. Steven Segal is a Martial Arts Expert and just because a guy is twice his size means nothing. Over All this movie is worth seeing if you like Steven Segal and endless action.

Very good Seagal flick. The opening scene where there is an attempted kidnapping of the VP was first-rate.Excellent acting by Peter Lawford's son as the Kennedyesque politician. This particular action sequence,which takes place on a bridge in Detroit, stacks up favorably to all other action movies. The movie is full of surprises- not knowing who the real bad guys are- very tricky.DMX has a definite presence and I'm sorry to see that his acting career went nowhere.He's definitely first-rate.Tom Arnold and that chubby black dude gave plenty of comic relief. Great car chases,one involving Seagal's love interest - shocking-I didn't see that one coming. The plot in general is confusing, but stick with it. A flick to see again and again.Buy it.