Steel (1997)

reviewed by
David Sunga


'Steel' 

Starring: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson and Richard Roundtree

Synopsis: Shaq plays an army tech who works on high tech non-lethal weapons. He quits when an accident injures a buddy played by Annabeth Gish, but then goes home and notices his high tech weaponry appearing in local street gangs. He invents an anti-terrorist suit of armor and dubs himself, "Steel".

Opinion: Shaq's acting has gotten a whole lot better. In this movie, he even does a better acting job than George Klooney did on Batman. The movie is better than Batman, and the plot is also better than Batman, with less distractions. But keep in mind this is not a big budget movie with big name actors and effects. It has the feel of a made for TV, tongue-in-cheek, made for kids, film. For example, everyone in the film is pretty wholesome, with family type situations and no swearing. There are some inside jokes such as Shaq being unable to hit a free throw, and Richard Roundtree (he played a supercop named "Shaft" a few decades ago) commenting on the "Shaft" of a weapon. Not bad as a made for kids film.


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