The Born to Watch crew return to the early 90s to review Steven Seagal’s Hard to Kill (1990), a movie that once convinced audiences a whispering aikido master with a ponytail was the future of action cinema.
Whitey, Dan and Will the Worky revisit the film through adult eyes and discover something surprising. What once felt like a serious action thriller now plays closer to an accidental comedy.
Seagal stars as Mason Storm, a detective who uncovers political corruption and is left for dead after a brutal attack. After spending seven years in a coma, he wakes up, trains for about three days and immediately begins a revenge mission.
The boys discuss:
• 90s video store culture
• Why Seagal became famous so quickly
• The strangest training montage ever filmed
• The infamous hospital nurse romance
• And the movie’s obsession with breaking bones
They also debate where Seagal fits among action legends like Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Van Damme.
Is Hard to Kill actually entertaining?
Yes.
Is it for the reasons the filmmakers intended?
Absolutely not.
If you grew up renting action movies on VHS, this episode will hit nostalgia hard. If you’ve never seen it, prepare yourself.
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