Steel (1997)
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Cast
as John Henry Irons
as Lt. Sparks
as Uncle Joe
as Grandma Odesa
as Martin
as Nathaniel Burke
as Slats
as Sergeant Marcus
as Senator Nolan
as Norma
as Major
as Detective
as Young Cop
as Cutter
as Holdecker
as Mr. Hunt
as Mrs. Hunt
as Mugger
as Big Willy Daniels
as Duvray
as Singer
as Skinhead Leader
as Skinhead No. 2
as Skin No. 1
as Skin No. 2
as French Mercenary
as Colombian
as Lamont
as American Overload
as Chauffeur
as SWAT Man
as SWAT Woman
as SWAT Officer
as District Attorney
as Officer Craft
as Soldier
as Federal Reserve Guard
as Pre-Teen No. 1
as Pre-Teen No. 2
as Lieutenant
as Crewman No. 1
as Matronly Secretary
as Reed Driver
as Reef Gunman
as Basketball Kid No. 1
as Basketball Kid No. 2
as Col. David
Critic Reviews for Steel
All Critics (26) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (23)
Its protagonist is good-natured, wholesome, devoid of moral flaws and acutely civic-conscious. But good intentions aren't good enough, and this Shaq attack is too broad and episodic to attract anything other than the most undemanding crowd.
Steel isn't a movie to excite or even entertain. It exists to move merchandise -- specifically, Shaquille O'Neal's oversized physique and marketing machine.
Slow to gather momentum and generates little excitement or tension.
The concept may not be bad, but there are times when the execution borders on embarassing.
The Los Angeles Lakers' center, at 7-foot-1, is appealing and breathes much needed large life into a tolerable stinker of a film.
Reliant on a heavy formula of repetition and camp that's more obnoxious than cute.
Audience Reviews for Steel
This movie was...Okay. It certainly wasn't good, but it wasn;t too bad either. Shaq can't act, no more than he can shoot a decent free throw, but there was still some good. But as always, we begin with the bad. The basketball puns in this movie were just PAINFUL PAINFUL PAINFUL!!! For example, there is one scene where Shaq has too shoot a grenade throw a hole in the wall with unlimited time and no one guarding him. GEE, I WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS. OUT OF ALL THE BASKETBALL PUNS, IT COULD BE ANY!!! Then there was the acting. Shaq, of course, was pretty bad, but the villain was pretty bad too. I also didn't like the acting of the annoying kid. Just attrocious. There was good though. The special affects in this movie had too be good to make up for the fact that Shaq played the main character, and they were. I felt like I was watching a Terminator film! Particulary the hammer. I lied the costume too, even if the entrance was a little dumb. The plot was pretty good too, for a Shaq movie. It's kind of like Iron Man, but I don't really want to explain it. This movie isn;t perfect, but it isn't horrible. In my opinion, it's smack dad in the middle.
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About the same as Kazam in terms of quality, this is basically the poor man's Batman, even circa '97. Again, it has a bizarre unintentional comedy element to it that makes it worth watching. This has too many seriously toned moments though, which makes it tough to even get through. Poor Shaquille O'Neal really wanted to be a movie star.
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im pretty sure the words "What? you've never seen Steel?" have never been blurted out before.
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