Movie Review - Code Of Honor

Code Of Honor

2016

The Cast

To be clear, I am a Steven Seagal, fan - I even liked the albums he did with Thunderbolt and even caught him live (one of the best gigs I've been to) - controversial, HUH!!!

So you would think I like all his films... well I don't - there have been quite a few stinkers in his career.  Code of Honor though doesn't give off too much of a stench.  Though I do believe that Steven Seagal's name shouldn't be top billing as it's Craig Sheffer (who I've liked since Nightbreed) who is the star of the show and has more screen time.

The story revolves around a serial killer, Colonel Robert Sikes (portrayed by Seagal) who is intent on killing gang members, being judge and executioner all-in-one, and the FBI Agent sent to help out the police in apprehending him, William Porter (played by Sheffer).

Seagal gives his usual moody, dark, and brooding acting stereotype (you always know what you get in a Steven Seagal Movie) as the armed forces trained serial killer.  No stretch there and I do think that he has his character wrote around his cliched style.

Craig Sheffer, however, does a decent job of portraying a helpful agent pursuing his once army buddy come friend.  Though something doesn't seem quite right about Agent Porter.

The story, written and directed by Michael Winnick, keeps a good pace, gives the viewer enough action to keep them entertained and a couple of twists that you don't see coming until they are revealed.  As for the action, there's not a lot of martial arts in the movie and when there is you're not sure if Seagal is doing his own moves.  There's a couple of knife-play scene's, though none come close to the sparks-flying speed spectacle of Under Seige.  Most of the action is based around gunplay which allows for lots of head-shots, blood splatter, and oodles of blood mist.  If you like a good body count film you'll like this.

If you like action films, you should like this as the story is pretty strong with a couple of twists, decent action and good direction.  I recommend to all.

I give this serial killer a 6.5 out of 10.