History Film / OnDeadlyGround

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Liles gets probably the most drawn-out death of the villains, getting horribly maimed in a car crash, set alight by petrol pouring out of the fuel tanker she crashed into, and then blown to shreds when said tanker explodes. It seems ''way'' over the top for an attempted KarmicDeath, when the only particularly villainous thing she did was likening Alaska to a third-world country.

* HelicopterBlender: How [=MacGruder=] is killed, via Otto shoving him into the rear blades of a helicopter about to take off.

->''"That's a crock of shit!"''
-->-- '''Background dialogue'''

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: At one point, R. Lee Ermey's character manages to hold Forrest at gunpoint with his shotgun... and then proceeds to gloat for a few seconds about how he's got the upper hand. Forrest proceeds to flip the shotgun around and blow a hole into the mook's chest.

Forrest Taft (Seagal) is working as a contractor for Aegis Energy, putting out an oil rig fire in Alaska. Hugh Palmer (Creator/RichardHamiltonActor), who is in charge of running the rig, is blaming the company, saying they supplied faulty protectors.

** Most of mercenaries who arrive to hunt Taft. They do seem to be tough hired guns, but its unclear if they have some inkling of their employers nature or do just see Taft as a killer who needs to be tracked down.

* BadWithTheBone: Forest beats the henchman Otto to death with an ornamental whale bone during the cabin shootout.
* BarBrawl: Forrest starts one when some rednecks bully an Native American.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Liles gets probably the most drawn-out death of the villains, getting horribly maimed in a car crash, set alight by petrol pouring out of the fuel tanker she crashed into, and then blown to shreds when said tanker explodes. It seems ''way'' over the top for an attempted KarmicDeath, when the only particularly villainous thing she did was likening Alaska to a third world country.

* GreenwashedVillainy: Michael Jennings is introduced shooting a commercial to promote his company Aegis Oil as an ecofriendly business. Once the camera is off, Jennings yells about how the animals stink and orders them to be removed. Jennings's actual business practices are also proven to be far from ecofriendly, as Aegis Oil uses substandard parts in order to operate their newest oil refinery and has a foreman killed when he tries to alert the Environmental Protection Agency of what is going on.
* GroinAttack: Including one where the target rather redundantly yells "MY NUTS!", as though the audience couldn't tell they were being being grabbed.

* HollywoodSilencer: Forrest manage to make one of these by duct-taping his pistol to an empty bottle...

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Michael Caine's American accent for Jennings is just his natural British accent mixed with some American pronounciations of certain words.

** Liles advises Jennings on several issues related to hiring the mecenaries, and mentions to him that she's heard about an EPA investigation into the company, but the extent of her knowledge of and participation in Jennings crimes is somewhat vague.

* CharacterShilling: Both Michael Caine and R Lee Ermey get long lines of dialogue talking up what an unstoppable badass Forrest is. Did we happen to mention that Seagal also wrote and directed the film?

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: At the climax of the film Forrest brutally massacres dozens of guards on an oil rig, some of whom aren't even posing any 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]]''.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: At one point, R. Lee Ermery's character manages to hold Forrest at gunpoint with his shotgun... and then proceeds to gloat for a few seconds about how he's got the upper hand. Forrest proceeds to flip the shotgun around and blow a hole into the mook's chest.

* CharacterShilling: Both Michael Caine and R Lee Ermey get long lines of dialogue talking up what an unstoppable badass Forrest is. Unsurprising given that Seagal also wrote and directed the film.

* PositiveDiscrimination:
-->'''Forrest''': You ride good?
-->'''Masu''': Of course, I'm a Native American!

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: At one point a mook manage to have Forrest at gunpoint with his shotgun... and then proceeds to gloat for a few seconds about how he's got the upper hand. Forrest [proceeds to flip the shotgun around and blow a hole into the mook's chest.

* WeCare: The ad that the BigBad tries to make.

Forrest Taft (Seagal) is working as a contractor for Aegis Energy, putting out an oil rig fire in Alaska. Hugh Palmer (Hamilton), who is in charge of running the rig, is blaming the company, saying they supplied faulty protectors.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: The film contains several drawn-out torture scenes, such as when Forrest's friend Hugh is beaten with a pipe cutter. Not just on the part of the villains though; Forrest has several scenes where he continues to bully people even when he's already beaten them, such as a very lengthy and painful fight in the bar. And, as [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] pointed out, Forrest murders Jennings at the end of the movie, even though he was unarmed, outmatched, and totally unable to defend himself.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Finding Hugh's corpse tipped Forrest off that this was a trap.

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, Creator/JoanChen, Creator/JohnCMcGinley, Creator/RLeeErmey, and Creator/BillyBobThornton.

In the beginning of the film, Taft is working as a contractor for Aegis Energy, putting out an oil rig fire in Alaska. With large explosives. Hugh Palmer (Richard Hamilton), who is in charge of running the rig, is blaming the company, 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.

Basically, if you ever thought ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' or ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' needed more blood, more cursing, and more explosions, this is the movie for you.

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Infamous ''live action'' example.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Mac Gruder, TheDragon and also the TortureTechnician.

** Likes advises Jennings on several issues related to hiring the mecenaries, and mentions to him that she's heard about an EPA investigation into the company, but the extent of her knowledge of and participation in Jennings crimes is somewhat vague.

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, Creator/JoanChen, John C. [=McGinley=], Creator/RLeeErmey, and Creator/BillyBobThornton.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Most of mercenaries who arrive to hunt Taft. They do seem to be tough hired guns, but its unclear if they have some inkling of their employers nature or do just see Taft as a killer who needs to be tracked down.

* WhyDOntYouJustShootHim: At one point a mook manage to have Forrest at gunpoint with his shotgun... and then proceeds to gloat for a few seconds about how he's got the upper hand. Forrest [proceeds to flip the shotgun around and blow a hole into the mook's chest.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: MacGruder, TheDragon and also the TortureTechnician.

* HollwoodSilencer: Forrest manage to make one of these by duct-taping his pistol to an empty bottle...

* EyeScreaam: Forrest shoves a merc's knife back into his own eye, then smashes the merc's face - knife still embedded in eyeball - into a wall.