{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Born To Watch - A Movie Podcast","title":"Under Siege (1992)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7342,"description":"Our Under Siege 1992 Review brings Born to Watch aboard the USS Missouri, where the catering is questionable, the security is worse, and the cook is apparently the ship's most dangerous bloke. Welcome to the movie review podcast where we don’t take the movies or ourselves too seriously. \nThis week, Whitey and Damo welcome back Will to revisit Steven Seagal's battleship blockbuster.\nAfter previous encounters with Above the Law and Hard to Kill, the boys return to the Seagal catalogue with a rather uncomfortable possibility: this one might actually be good. Has Casey Ryback finally given them an action hero worth getting behind? Or does Under Siege work because Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey do enough heavy lifting to keep the whole battleship afloat?\nThe setup is beautifully ridiculous. A birthday celebration aboard a heavily armed warship turns into a hostile takeover when the entertainment arrives with something far nastier than a disappointing set list. Rogue operative William Strannix and disgruntled officer Commander Krill eye the ship's weapons. Unfortunately for them, the bloke making dinner has a résumé that extends well beyond fish stew.\nWhitey brings serious history with this movie, remembering a cinema experience that delivered everything his teenage action appetite required. Will revisits a favourite from the family living room, while Damo discovers that some of the violence is considerably nastier than memory suggested. Together, they explore that familiar question: are we watching a genuinely entertaining action film, or just enjoying the warm glow of video shop nostalgia?\nTommy Lee Jones quickly becomes a major talking point. His ranting, swaggering Strannix dominates the conversation as the boys debate whether his performance is charismatic villainy, cartoon chaos, or a little of both. Gary Busey provides another generous helping of madness, including line readings that practically demand their own segment. When these two share the screen, subtlety...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UW701-GqukZr-1D14eBt8sR44lYKfmwl9ME2kRN8CZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5NzkzLzE2NTQ0/ODExODMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}