Fire Down Below (1997) - Steven Seagal - Comedic Movie Review 

I love a bit of Seagal. He has no sense of humour whatsoever which I think makes him hilarious.

Steven Seagal needs to make a movie in which he's investigating a little town where people are freezing to death after a jacket shortage, water is contaminated with urine, all the beehives went missing, and the church burned down, only to find that the villain behind all this is that action movie star shooting his new film and ruining the locals' lives in the process.

That Roseanne episode took jump the shark to a whole new level. To the point that it needs its own phrase like "jumped the track". It had already taken a left turn with the family winning the lottery, but that terrorists on the train plot was the last nail in the show's coffin.

The movie about environmental activisim that ends with the environmental activist karate guy releasing tons of pollution into the environment while thinking he's protecting the environment. One word...Hero

Honey is expensive. I'm surprised she dropped that. The pinchy guy is Kris Kristofferson. I mean I'm glad you acknowledged Levon Helm, and as legendary as he is as a musician I'd have to say blow for blow, Kristofferson is a couple tiers above him. Should be alluded to at least.

Watching all of your reviews of Steven Seagal movies makes me wish he never stops making them. Even if Seagal ends up fighting from a wheelchair, I know you'll still make me laugh with every RedEye Review.

Bro, that's Kris Kristofferson. the networks used to play his movies all the time in the 80's. I remember seeing a lot of his movies but the only one i can see him in my minds eye is where plays a trucker. lol

Great review. For me, the highlight of this movie was when the old guy playing the guitar passed out and Steven Seagal took over. The old guy went down with a classical nylon string, but Belly Jack came out of the edit with a steel string acoustic. Continuity! Oh, and subscribed.

"He looks like if the Italian Mob had jesters." I just about sh*t.

Fun fact: Levon Helm also played the gunsmith that Mark Wahlberg visits in Shooter.

Discovered this series today and been binge watching it since...believe it or not, here in South America, Steven Seagal is really popular, that is why in the early 2010s he latched on UFC fighters. What is more, in the 90s, he was called by a lot of people "Nico" because of his movie...he was utterly popular and a lot of people still revere him as the real deal

I can't believe I never commented on this review video. *Fire Down Below* is my favorite Seagal film. In my opinion Seagal actually slimmed down here as compared to *The Glimmer Man*. This was a project with a decent plot and an incredible cast. This was my Father's favorite Seagal film as well.

I will admit, this film is a guilty pleasure for me. If you've never been to Appalachia do yourself a favor and go visit. It's breathtakingly beautiful.

This was the movie that introduced me to Seagal. My dad and I watched it together like 5 times when I was young. You know... Back before I found Wikipedia and learned just a sliver of the insanity that was Seagal as a human being.

I was 15. I'd spent a week on work experience in the army. I came home to this, my mum had rented it on VHS. She said it wasn't as good as Under Siege.

I love Furr’ Down Below and actually stole a phrase from here when referencing to how smart I am to someone, stating “I’m slicker than possum shit” when I’m being arrogant…you know what…I’m gonna watch this movie again right now🤣🙌🏾

My friend said out loud once years ago "Wow, Seagal is like Jason Voorhees! He walks after people and somehow catches up! It's creepy."

BombReport has some important details on Seagal in their entry about this movie. To condense their info a little: After Under Siege, Seagal was at his peak and WB arranged for a 4-picture deal with him. The deal would be that he toplined 3 pictures for WB, then he could make 1 'out' picture for another studio, and then one more for WB, which would have been 5 pictures total. The first picture on the deal was On Deadly Ground and WB immediately regretted their purchase. They still had to finish the deal, so they did the film they had the most hopes for, Under Siege 2: What the hell is Dark Territory? and then The Glimmer Man. Next Seagal was working on the 'out' picture for Sony, Fire Down Below, with the every lovable Jon Peters. Peters left his producing deal and Sony and went back to WB taking his projects with him, including Fire Down Below. WB used this as the 4th movie in their deal. The article doesn't say if something else became the "out" picture but it doesn't completely clarify that. Executive Decision was a WB film as well, but it seems to be extra credit either way. Still, there are a lot of rumors around Executive Decision. I don't think most are true. I'm sure Seagal was a complete gentleman on the set. After FDB, WB was done with the "Cantankerous Butterball". Seagal was done with studio film until popping up with Exit Wounds (before dropping down again).

"Now here's Steven if he looked like you."

Kris Kristofferson gives a real performance in his scenes in this . . . for some reason.

I loved the part when you shrunk Seagal's face to emphasize your thought on the other guys face lol. I also enjoy hearing the behind the scenes facts that aren't known to public

Steve is one smart hero. What would the world do without him.

That Seagal face shrink moment had me in a dying of laughter situation, so thanks for that.

This is for real the best movie review channel I know 😂

after this movie the bad guy went off to hunt vampires with Wesley Snipes

Another winner! Excellent editing and inserts, and observations that had me laughing out loud. Poor squashed face man....

A shame it was cut down so much. The opening flashbacks are a pretty obvious greatest hits of scenes that were lost. The trailers have a great deal of footage missing from the film. Film was filled with musicians in an effort to keep Steven happy. Didn’t the Razzies have a “couple” nomination for Steven and his guitar? Love Fire Down Below and it’s multitude of jackets. Watch out for the bad continuity when the blonde girl stands up behind Kris Kristofferson in his last scene. And the snake which reappears in Seagal’s room even though he just put it out the window.

I'm a HUGE fan of Kris Kristofferson, but now I can't unsee that image of his face. 🤣

This is the funniest review video I’ve ever seen. His face made me laugh so hard I woke the baby. You need 5 million subs my guy!

Robbie Robertson was also the one who wrote (to my knowledge) all of The Band's music. So if Steven had replaced him we'd have been gifted with his lyrics instead. 😃

His early movies like Marked for death and Out for Justice were the best, I wish his ego and narcissist personality didn't got in the way, he would have more great movies than making more straight-to-DVD movies

A Karate Korner Klassic! Nice to see you're sticking to your roots!

4:33 For some reason I was absolutely not prepared for this. I couldn't stop laughing.

The scene where he puts the gun in the officers' mouth had me dying.The dude looks so uncomfortable. Either that's some good acting or, damn, he really got a .38 shoved down his throat.

I noticed in both the movie and the Rosanne episode that Steve folds his hands over his stomach, yet has his arms up instead of hanging loose much lower. Anytime he's standing there. Probably in a few of his earlier movies too. Gee, I wonder why.

They had two of my father's favorite singers in this film. Kris Kristofferson and Randy Travis. I never noticed that. You can be forgiven for thinking Seagal's character is the same guy from ON DEADLY GROUND since he essentially dresses the same 😂.

The jacket counting had me dying, lol.

Awl you didn’t mention Randy Travis being a badguy cameo. Oh and the hell is only a quarter mile down line. Loving your videos.

That crack about if the mob had jesters nearly killed me 10/10 mate

The bit on the bad guy face made me lough for two minutes straight 😂😄. My wife came to ask me if everything is ok…🤪

This was SO GOOD! So glad I subscribed to RedEye Reviews.

I never noticed the continuity error of them lying down before getting beat up. Bravo !!

I was convinced I'd seen this movie, but it was the other one: On Deadly Ground. Thanks for clearing that up. Actually, maybe it's Fire Down Below I've watched and _not_ the other one? Hmmm...I know I've seen at least one of these movies.

Whoa whoa whoa.... Did anyone else notice Kane Fucking Hodder as part of the stunt team!?! Learn something new everyday. Love all your material. Keep em coming!

been binge watching these videos for days great channel😂

I've been binge watching these videos, this channel is the equivalent of RU-vid crack! 😂

I remember a friend of mine described this film: "that film where he's trying to fix people's porches but they won't let him."

anyone else notice Kane Hodder in the credits???

The way he said "That's right, jacket number five." broke me.

The bad guy should have taken Seagals jackets hostage. That's clearly his weakness. This movie is like Seagal wanted to rip off Walkimg Tall and Roadhouse but with a slight nod to environmentalism

Levon will be missed by generations that don’t even know who he is yet… His contributions to music are monumental and his family inspired The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down (one of the Band’s finest songs). The fact segal thought he had enough talent to replace Robbie is the funniest segal story I’ve heard to date.

"Bro, that's a 90s Nokia. It probably broke your golf club" - LOL.

I greatly enjoyed watching this video. That was another great movie review from you.

The main bad guy (the dude with the wierd face) is none other than Kris Kristofferson. He is a famous actor and country music star. He was in the Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. He co-stared in the 1976 movie A Star Is Born alongside Barbara Streisand. And... he was Whistler in Blade.

The guy who looked like he knew Karate was Mark Collie a country music artist. Wondering what the music connection is with this movie, an over abundance of singer/song writers. I mean the above mentioned, main bad guy Kris Kristofferson, Randy Travis, Levon Helm, Marty Stewart, Travis Tritt, both Loretta Lynn's daughters, Ed Bruce the sheriff wrote Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys. All appear in this movie can't find a reason for this.

So I am binging your videos and if there is justice in this world more people will come and enjoy. Godspeed friend.

Roseanne was the greatest 90s show. Everyone in high school would be talking about the latest episode at lunch.

Around 9:02, to quote Ben Afleck from Pearl Harbor - "that's an hommage to the Spilberg movie, Duel, sir". 😂👍

Appreciate tf outta you for following through on the Rosanne episode.

Bro , your videos make day better becuse I don’t want to watch these movies as an adult .. I loved them as a kid , and I just want the nostalgia … if I watched them today , I would lose my shit

You’re shit’s so funny I’m gut laughing down here in Texas! Keep it up bro!

I just found this channel 20 minutes ago and i am loving this Seagal series. I enjoyed his cheesy 90’s movies…. Kris Kristofferson made this movie though

5:50 Not the bees!! AAAA

Kris Kristofferson - singer/songwriter/actor - see him in Blade, the first (?) Marvel live superhero film. Kris is terrific in Blade.

Is that seriously Tom Hiddleston/Loki???? I love this channel btw. Made me laugh very hard numerous times with just this series. Idk what else you have already made but if it's as good as your Seagal series, I'll be watching them too.

If the Italian Mob had jesters. I hurt myself laughing at that one. Loving all these spot-on reviews, thanks! This was another of the one and done Seagal flicks for me and actually one of the only movies I ever almost walked out of, it's so bad. This joins Hard To Kill, Under Siege 2, Exit Wounds and Half Past Dead as one and dones. Everything he made since those, I havent seen except for clips on channels like this to properly shit all over him.

This movie was all over the place but the action was decent! Awesome review dude!

This was the film where I was finally able to prove to a friend of mine who was obsessed with Seagal that he was full of shit! The characters are all rejects from an episode of Walker: Texas Ranger. The plot goes nowhere. And Seagal proved he has NEVER worked a day in his life by wearing that stupid suit when he is out in the yard working on building steps in it. Since they're having all these backyard hoedowns in Kentucky, it's late spring-early fall. And it gets HOT! Way to hot to be wearing some fancy BLACK jacket and suit which just attracts heat! There was no way my friend could justify his way out of this one! Seagal was definitely loving the smell of his own excrement by this time. Not even trying. I guess he must have seen the television film Drive at some point before shooting, since they stole the truck stunt from that much more entertaining flick.

I love these videos, very funny

They must have shot this film in central and Eastern Kentucky because some of the physical settings of this movie seemed very authentic to me. These big coal company executives can be quite ruthless and unethical in their behavior toward the environment and toward other people. The performance of Kris Kristofferson is the best part of this film.

You missed out ole' Randy Travis - the corrupt Agent with the cowboy gear and Neal McDonough - the truck driver who crashed into the petrol pumps (although he was very briefly seen).

Love these videos 👍👏

"No, that's not his son...........but you believed me!" 😂🤣

And I always thought that this, kids, is as close as we'll get to a Jack Reacher movie - a huge guy comes to a small town, finds an evil plot, punches lots of bad hombres and waltzes out. A really stupid Jack Reacher movie, mind you, but all the elements are creepily present.

Kris Kristofferson is an American icon. He can look as "tight" as he wants. He wrote Me and Bobby McGee FFS. Plus he trains vampire hunters, so... there...

"Matthew McConoughey's son" 😅😂

Oof why you gotta make fun of Kris Kristofferson like that? XD I still love him as Whistler in the Blade movies.

Holy freakin' Moses ! Heavens to Betsy ! That truck driver at the gas station scene.....that's Neal McDonough !!! Ôo

I seriously had to go back and check cuz I thought jacket 2 and jacket 6 were the Rosanne episode jacket, but no....clearly different XD

Love your videos

a jacket which makes it look like the mafia had court jesters - that made me chuckle real hard dude.

I actually really enjoy “Fire Down Below” as a film. The cast is littered with folk / country music legends, including Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm, Mark Collie, Randy Travis, Stephen Lang, Travis Tritt, Harry Dean Stanton and many others. As for Kris Kristofferson’s portrayal of the bad guy, if petrochemical executives are anything to go by (I’ve encountered a couple in my time), then his portrayal is relatively accurate. I also understand that (some of) the filming took place on location in Kentucky. And the drawl/accent isn’t “Southern” - it’s Midwest or Appalachian dialect.

The face ordeal is hilarious

I liked this movie. It was pretty self aware and tongue in cheek.

I can't wait until you get to Exit Wounds. It came out when I was like 10 and I remember watching it with my dad. It actually has an unreal cast, and is actually a decent movie. In spite of Stevey, not because of him. DMX (RIP) was legitimately a better actor. Edit: legit been binging through your content and it just popped up in my recommended that you've already done Exit Wounds! I'm hyped haha. I only found your channel recently and I usually just watch the videos that pop up in my recommended rather than specifically searching.

I think this might be your funniest video so far! 🤣🤣🤣

For the record, we southerners do party all the time, 24/7 bro.

Probably his most hilariously titled film.

This video was on point, some good laughs at work

At 11:39 that’s Stephen Lang! Ol claw face Quaritch from Avatar, and pervy blind man from Don’t Breathe.

I've actually always enjoyed watching Fire Down Below

Tight moguls are tight, for sure! Also, Steven holding his hands (like when the cops come to detain him) to appear more important looks cute AF. Re jackets with color stripes, I think he's trying for the Native American vibe.

😂🤣😂🤣 I laught sooo LOUD 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 I am loving these series with Steven Seagal

“If the Italian mob had jesters” - Imao!

Oh I just had to subscribe after you done "pinch face" Steven Seagal! God that was so hysterical it really made my day 😁 Definitely craving more Steven Seagal and possibly some some JC-2D-VD 😂 Great stuff - please continue the good work. Chiz

This movie has a great cast, actually.

I had "Fire Down Below" once when I was in college. Fortunately, my doctor had a cream for that.

I've actually met Kris Kristofferson and your right, his face is incredibly small on quite a massive head.

This is my fabvorite so far.....

Wow the difference in red eye reviews compared to what they are now. He is so calm and serious almost. These days he is so chipper and happy and you can hear it in his voice and he is on point with the jokes. Much more jokes now compared to then. He should redo these videos with his upbeat self.