Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
Under Siege 2 is a formulaic action sequel that relocates the Die Hard-on-a-ship premise to a train with diminishing returns. The plot is recycled and predictable, with a cartoonish villain and paper-thin stakes. Acting is serviceable at best — Seagal is stiff, and Eric Bogosian's over-the-top villain provides unintentional camp rather than genuine menace. The train setting offers some decent cinematography with Colorado mountain backdrops and confined action choreography, but nothing remarkable. Novelty is low — it's a by-the-numbers sequel that adds little to the original's formula. The ending is perfunctory, resolving conflicts in the most expected ways possible.