El protector

An American action thriller; A story about a policeman who is double-crossed by his partner and relieved from duty on medical grounds but is approached to protect the daughter of an old friend. Next stop Texas for the aikido master. Seagal looks of pensionable age so not so convincing as a cop, but as a personal bodyguard he is more convincing and carries the part with a modicum of charisma. Sound is a problem in parts, where audio levels are a bit low, but otherwise this is a film of adequate structure and sharp editing. All in all, a film that meanders in the first act and treads water in the second, rescued only by intermittence: Seagal being put to work his impressive martial arts.