05-08-2008
The sweet, psychotic voice of Eric Bogosian is irrestiable and unmistakable, even in a hospital waiting room."Guangzhou is a chemical weapons plant masquerading as a fertilizer plant. We know this. The Chinese know that we know. But we make-believe that we don't know and the Chinese make-believe that they believe that we don't know, but know that we know. Everybody knows."
He's like Tom Hulce and Ron Silver infected by the Rage virus in 28 Days Later (2002).
I'm watching that scene in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), where Bogosian's taken over the train with that guy who looks like Race Bannon on crack, and they're threatening to vaporize Washington unless the government gives them one billion dollars (or agrees to recognize the Armenian Genocide).
Steven Seagal plays ex-Navy Seal Casey Ryback, who skulks around the train taking out terrorists.
Blah blah blah.
His sidekick is a jive-talking porter, who was probably cast with the aim of attracting African American audiences to a Seagal flick, but I don't think African American audiences want to see fat, white (I know, I know... he and Val Kilmer are Native American) Steven Seagal, slaping around a black guy, any more than Asian audiences want to see Van Damme drop kicking his way through mainland China.
Kurtwood Smith (of That 70's Show fame) bobs up as an angry army general.
Cripes, that's Arnold Vosloo in Hard Target (1993) level notoriety.
And now I want to know how many times I've made references to Arnold Vosloo over the years.
Not "how many times has Arnold Vosloo appeared in films?" (not many) but how many times have I mentioned him?
Because I think it's a lot.
If I mention him too many more times, I'm going to have to pay royalties to the country of Egypt.
[end "Mummy" moment]
