Today You Die

"Today You Die" is a $15M 2005 action film starring Steven Seagal and Treach, with appearances by Kevin Tighe, Sarah Buxton, Lesley-Ann Down, and Nick Mancuso. It has been rated R by the MPAA. The film was released direct-to-video.

Plot

Harlan Banks (Steven Seagal) is a robin-hood kind of thief who has always picked his own jobs and tried to pull heists that would leave him room to help out others.

But the work keeps getting riskier, and at the urging of his girlfriend Jada (Mari Morrow), Banks has decided to pull one final job, going in with some men who are planning a 20-million-dollar robbery.

After the heist goes bad, Banks heads to Las Vegas, where Jada wants him to get a real job. On the way to town, Banks and Jada passed a children's hospital with a going-out-of-business sign out front.

Banks gets a job driving an armored car for a guy named Max (Kevin Tighe). The job is not exactly on the level, and Bruno (Robert Miano), Banks's partner for the job, shoots a security guard, resulting in a chase through the Vegas strip in the armored van.

Banks is stopped and sent to prison, where he befriends an inmate known as Ice Cool (Anthony "Treach" Criss). With Ice's help, Banks escapes, determined to hunt Max down.

Along the way, Banks meets a federal agent named Saunders (Nick Mancuso), and it turns out that Saunders, who is in league with Max, is the man behind the setup. Banks sets out to take down both Saunders and Max with a job.

Principal Cast

* Steven Seagal.... Harlan Banks
* Anthony 'Treach' Criss.... Ice Cool
* Sarah Buxton.... Rachel
* Mari Morrow.... Jada
* Nick Mancuso.... Agent Saunders
* Robert Miano.... Bruno
* Kevin Tighe.... Max
* Jamie McShane.... Vincent
* Lawrence Turner.... Garret
* Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy

Visual Effects by

*Shero Rauf – digital effects artist

Legal Troubles

The producers of "Today You Die" have filed lawsuits against Seagal because of experiences during the filming. Producers at Nu-Image and Kill Master Productions have alleged that Seagal, while filming this and "Mercenary for Justice", arrived at the set late, left early, and re-wrote scripts without their permission, among other things [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431114/news] . Seagal disputed the suit, and went as far as filing a lawsuit of his own against producers claiming fraud and breach of contract. As of January 2006, it appears the legal issues have not yet been resolved.

Trivia

* The three cars from the movie, the white Volkswagen Jetta, the orange Mazda RX-7, and the Toyota Supra were borrowed from the movies "The Fast And The Furious", and "2 Fast 2 Furious". And the prison break scene was actually from the movie "The Undisputed" when Ving Rhames's character was sent to prison.
* UFC fighters Randy Couture and Karo Parysian make cameo appearances, as a bodyguard and a gang member, respectively.

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