Exit Wounds (2001)
Exit Wounds is a 2001 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, and starring Steven Seagal and DMX. The film is based on the book of the same name by John Westermann. The book takes place on Long Island, while the film is set in Detroit. Steven Seagal plays Orin Boyd, a police detective notorious for pushing the limits of the law in his quest for justice. It is the second of three films directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and produced by Joel Silver that focus on martial arts based action in an urban setting with a hip-hop soundtrack and featuring many of the same cast. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It earned $19 million in its opening weekend, and went on to gross a worldwide total of $79.9 million against a budget of $33 million. Exit Wounds was the final film under Steven Seagal’s exclusive contract with Warner Bros.
Plot
Detroit Police Department’s detective Orin Boyd (Steven Seagal) is a cop in Detroit’s 21st precinct, who saves the Vice President of the United States (Christopher Lawford) from a right-wing Michigan militant group trying to kill him. As Boyd saved the Vice President’s life via disobeying orders and killing all the militants, captain Frank Daniels (Bruce McGill) transfers Boyd to the 15th precinct — Detroit’s worst precinct. Boyd’s new captain, former internal affairs officer Annette Mulcahy (Jill Hennessy), knows of his reputation, and she tells him that she will not tolerate it. Annette sends Boyd to an anger management class where he meets Henry Wayne (Tom Arnold), the high-strung host of a local talk show called Detroit AM.
Boyd comes across local drug dealer Latrell Walker (Earl “DMX” Simmons) and his fast-talking sidekick T.K. Johnson (Anthony Anderson) doing a shady deal with a man named Matt Montini (David Vadim). After a brief fight, Boyd discovers that Montini has been working undercover trying to nail Walker and Boyd ruined the sting, and that does not sit well with Montini’s musclebound partner Useldinger (Matthew G. Taylor).
Sergeant Lewis Strutt (Michael Jai White) steps in to cool things down when Boyd gets in a fight with Useldinger.
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Cast:
- Steven Seagalas Detective Orin Boyd
- DMXas Leon Rollins / Latrell Walker
- Isaiah Washingtonas Detective George Clark
- Jill Hennessy as Annette Mulcahy
- Anthony Andersonas T.K. Johnson
- Michael Jai Whiteas Sergeant Lewis Strutt
- David Vadimas Detective Matt Montini
- Matthew G. Taylor as Detective Useldinger
- Paolo Mastropietro as Detective Parker
- Shane Daly as Detective “Fitz”
- Bill Dukeas Chief Hinges
- Tom Arnoldas Henry Wayne
- Bruce McGillas Captain Frank Daniels
- Eva Mendesas Trish. Mendes’