History Film / OnDeadlyGround

* GroinAttack: Including one where the target rather redundantly yells "MY NUTS!", as though the audience couldn't tell that was where he was kicked.

* MightyWhitey: Forrest Taft is a textbook example; he puts it upon himself to speak for the Inuit who are being screwed over by the oil companies. Because, well, the Inuit have no voice. There's even a scene where undergoes a VisionQuest to essentially ''purge himself of white guilt''.

-->'''Masu''': Of course, I'm a Native American.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Yes the oil executives are a pack of amoral scumbags. But do their actions ''really'' justify destroying an exploration site and presumably [[WhatTheHellHero causing multiple deaths and millions of dollars in property and environmental damage?]] Apparently it does, for everyone, including the press, who give Forrest a standing ovation.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Liles, the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple token female baddie]], tries to cut and run in the climactic fight. She fails spectacularly. Mind you, her only crime was being a totally harmless employee of the villain, but Steven Seagal had a point to make, so of course she deserves to die along with all the other people simply doing their jobs on the rig.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: At the climax of the film Forrest brutally massacres dozens of guards on an oil rig, some of whom aren't even posing a real threat to him, ostensibly for the horrific crime of being ''accessories'' to pollution. After killing all these people, he finally gets the BigBad right where he wants him, and then decides he's not worth killing (though TheChick then takes the initiative to off the BigBad herself). Hell, at one point he more or less ''[[DisproportionateRetribution kills an oil rig employee for smoking]]''.

* GreenAesop: Seagal's message is that oil is bad, oil companies are bad, and anybody who makes a living in the production of oil deserves to die by his hands. Now bend over and take that message for 90 minutes.

* PhotoOpWithTheDog: The exec tries to make an ad to improve the image of Aegis Energy, complete with reindeer/caribou.

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This 1994 action movie is in all likelihood the most [[BrokenAesop environmentally destructive]] film with a GreenAesop ever. Creator/StevenSeagal, who also directed and co-produced (it was his first film after ''Film/UnderSiege''), stars as Forrest Taft. Also in the cast are Creator/MichaelCaine, Joan Chen, John C. [=McGinley=], Creator/RLeeErmey, and Creator/BillyBobThornton.

* ProtectionFromEditors: Probably because, for all intents and purposes, Seagal ''is'' the editor for this movie. He was the director and one of the producers.

* YouWouldntShootMe: The BigBad, towards Forrest. [[WhatTheHellHero It fails of course.]]

* BrokenAesop: The film is supposed to have a GreenAesop, yet FridgeLogic says that destroying an oil rig would cause far more environmental damage than simply letting it run. Also, it portrays the oil company as exploiting the natives. But it also says they have a contract... generally, those contracts include paying out dividends to the original owners of the mineral rights. It should however, be pointed out that the rig was in fact constructed wholly of faulty parts. letting the rig come online would've resulted in a catastrophic oil spill of a greater magnitude than the one the film starts with. In this instance, destroying the rig WAS the lesser of two evils, even if the special circumstance is set up in as unrealistic and weaselly a manner as possible.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Throughout the entirety of the film Forrest brutally massacres dozens of guards on an oil rig, some of whom aren't even posing a real threat to him, ostensibly for the horrific crime of being ''accessories'' to pollution. After killing all these people, he finally gets the BigBad right where he wants him, and then decides he's not worth killing (though TheChick then takes the initiative to off the BigBad herself). Hell, at one point he more or less ''[[DisproportionateRetribution kills an oil rig employee for smoking]]''.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Yes the oil executives are a pack of amoral scumbags. But do their actions ''really'' justify destroying an exploration site and presumably [[NiceJobFixingItHero causing multiple deaths and millions of dollars in property and environmental damage?]] Apparently it does, for everyone, including the press, who give Forrest a standing ovation.

%%* CharacterFilibuster: Multiple.

* GaiasVengeance: Yes, Forrest is supposed to embody that. And the films ins't subtle about it either.

** Jennings may have lived had he not told Forrest he didn't have the guts to finish him.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: It wouldn't be a Steven Seagal movie without one.

* YouWouldntShootMe: The BigBad, toward Forrest. [[TooDumbToLive Naturally]], it fails hard.

%%* DarkenedBuildingShootout
%%* {{Fingore}}
* GaiasVengeance: Yes, Forrest is supposed to embody that.
%%* {{Gorn}}

%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* HiddenDepths
%%* InvincibleHero: Typical [[Creator/StevenSeagal Seagal]].
%%* KickTheDog: Multiple.

%%* MagicalComputer: Multiple.
%%* MegaCorp: Aegis
%%* MeaningfulName: "Forrest". See GaiasVengeance.
%%* MightyWhitey: Forrest Taft.

%%* NonActionBigBad: Jennings.

%%* OnlyOne
%%* OutrunTheFireball: Repeatedly.

%%* StuffBlowingUp

%%* TimeBomb
%%* VisionQuest

This 1994 action movie is in all likelihood the most [[BrokenAesop environmentally destructive]] film with a GreenAesop ever. Creator/StevenSeagal, who also directed and co-produced (it was his first film after ''Film/UnderSiege''), stars as Forrest Taft. Also in the cast are Creator/MichaelCaine, John Chen, John C. [=McGinley=], Creator/RLeeErmey, and Creator/BillyBobThornton.

* BrokenAesop: The film is supposed to have a GreenAesop, yet FridgeLogic says that destroying an oil rig would cause far more environmental damage than simply letting it run.
** Also, it portrays the oil company as exploiting the natives. But it also says they have a contract... generally, those contracts include paying out dividends to the original owners of the mineral rights. It should however, be pointed out that the rig was in fact constructed wholly of faulty parts. letting the rig come online would've resulted in a catastrophic oil spill of a greater magnitude than the one the film starts with. In this instance, destroying the rig WAS the lesser of two evils, even if the special circumstance is set up in as unrealistic and weaselly a manner as possible.

* {{Badass}}: Steven Seagal's role, Forrest Taft.

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Michael Jennings, the Aegis CEO.

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jennings.

** Jennings may have lived had he not told Forest he didn't have the guts to finish him.

This 1994 action movie is in all likelihood the most [[BrokenAesop environmentally destructive]] film with a GreenAesop ever.

Creator/StevenSeagal, who also directed and co-produced (it was his first film after ''Film/UnderSiege''), is Forrest Taft. In the beginning of the film, he is working as a contractor for Aegis Energy, putting out an oil rig fire in Alaska. With large explosives. Hugh Palmer who is in charge of running the rig is blaming the oil company (Aegis), saying they supplied faulty protectors. Forrest scoffs at this at the time as he blows up the burning rig, but notes that they ''were'' faulty protectors--only, of course, he blew up that evidence.

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The most [[BrokenAesop environmentally destructive]] film with a GreenAesop ever.

StevenSeagal, who also directed and co-produced (it was his first film after ''Film/UnderSiege''), is Forrest Taft. In the beginning of the film, he is working as a contractor for Aegis Energy, putting out an oil rig fire in Alaska. With large explosives. Hugh Palmer who is in charge of running the rig is blaming the oil company (Aegis), saying they supplied faulty protectors. Forrest scoffs at this at the time as he blows up the burning rig, but notes that they ''were'' faulty protectors--only, of course, he blew up that evidence.

* GroinAttack: Including one where the target rather redundantly yells "MY NUTS!", as though [[ViewersAreMorons the audience couldn't tell that was where he was kicked]].