Product Details

• Actors: Steven Seagal, Tamara Davies, John Pyper-Ferguson, Julian Stone, Nicholas Davidoff
• Directors: Alexander Gruszynski
• Writers: Darren O. Campbell, Martin Wheeler
• Producers: Andrew Stevens, Binh Dang, David Ralph, Kamal Aboukhater, Phillip B. Goldfine
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: December 26, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BRBA92
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,386 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A hard-hitting, action-packed film starring Steven Seagal at his best. CIA Agent, Jonathan Cold (Steven Seagal) is working as an undercover agent to undermine arms dealers, who want to sell a nuclear bomb to an eastern European terrorist group. His cover gets detected when the weapons dealers' catch his former student, leaving Cold no choice but to save his student and stop the sale of the nuclear bomb in time.

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Seagal's "Black Dawn" a decent effort., January 1, 2006

By	Eddie Lancekick "A Regulator" (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Black Dawn is typical Seagal action in the fact that he's probably the best actor in the bunch. Not since "Under Siege" when he was beside the likes of Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones have we really seen a Seagal action flick worth getting excited about. Chase Scenes, shootout's with glocks and other assorted assault weapons arise as we see Seagal's character "Jonathan Cold" appear to be a terrorist...or a double agent trying to spoil the victors with the Plutonium.

What the film lacks from recent Seagal shows is the lack of martial arts. Rarely do we see Seagal, or anyone else in the movie, partake in some major Aikido. With the absence of martial arts we actually find ourselves focused more on the storyline and the other spats of action, including a great chase scene involving a dump truck.

The plot we've seen before, but overall with the script and limited cast of talented actors, it is not a bad one to rent if you're looking for an action film that is low in martial arts and high in terrorist terror, machine gun fire, and whodunit.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good Seagal film actually Dawns, December 26, 2005

By	Greenfire (California) - See all my reviews

Credit should be given when credit is due, and although there are naysayers that will be critical of Seagal no matter What he does, in all fairness, this film is good enough to merit the word "comeback", at least as far as his DTV releases. It is easily his best DTV release, which is saying alot, since he has released five films just this year. His last film was probably his worst, and this, I am happy to say, is one of his best. The casting, the acting, the editing, the music, even the fashion, is well done. It is well directed, and the story logic is well paced and put together. Seagal even looks better in this film than he has in recent memory. Not to mention, there are actually special features, which include the making of and an interview with Seagal, which are enjoyable. I would go as far as to say this film could have been easily suited for a theatrical release. Finally, he has found a director that has the aptitude that he needs. Also, his co-star, Tamara Davies, is an excellent actress, and has good chemistry with Seagal. My only complaint, and it is an ironic one, is that "Black Dawn" is probably Seagal's best DTV film, but there are virtually no martial arts sequences. Despite what his detractors say, Seagal is one of the martial arts greatest practitioners, so I wish they would have incorporated more, or even some of this, into the film. Thankfully, there is NO voice overdubbing which is a sincere relief. Those who love to hate Seagal will still be critical of this film, but in all fairness, this is a good film, and I am happy to see him back in good form.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More of the same, just better, January 31, 2006

By	Alan David Mann "Highland Gunn" (Lake Wales, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Much like all of his movies,Lord Steven is retired/ undercover/ in hiding/ incognito/ or part of the CIA/ FBI/ Black Ops/ Special undercover group of your choice...
He must personally save the world and his partner/ student from the bad guys that are dealing in Nukes.
If this sounds derrogatory towards the movie it is not! I am a huge Seagal fan and own every movie he has released, I think the production and storyline of Black Dawn is more the caliber of his earlier movies and I quite enjoyed it. I am glad to see he is putting out a better product! But it would not matter because like all TRUE Seagal fans if he is in the movie, I will buy it no matter how bad. I would just like to see his movies return to the big screen where he belongs. If you are a fan buy this you will love it. If you are not a fan buy it anyway as it is a good movie and the plot/ story is good enough that the common action hero movie buffs will like it.