There's a nice tough-talk exchange between Seagal and the older bartender, played by veteran actor/stuntman Nick Dimitri, before things come to blows. Dimitri is the guy who had the classic final fight with Charles Bronson in "Hard Times". There are some old boxing pictures behind him on the wall, but it's hard to get a good look at them in the film. Anyone know if those are him, and if he actually was a boxer at one time?
shareGreat topic, that brings back a lotta memories, nightpike! I recall seeing this guy in Hard Times, I saw it as a kid w/ my mother (since it was rated R, I think?) and towards the end/final match (a lotta money was riding on this fight), one of the bad guys tosses "The Pool Hall Bartender" a roll of nickles, so he can knock Charlie Bronson out and win the prize money, but Charlie sees it and finishes him off before he even gets a chance to use 'em.
I always remembered that scene, but I had no idea this guy was the guy in Out For Justice years later....speaking of HardTimes, there was a bald-headed dude Bronson fought in the earlier part of the movie, who has died recently, but was a real ugly character & dirty fighter, but he had a tuff fight w/ Bronson as well...I forget what else he did besides this - besides playing a pirate! Oh yeah, he was in 'Sword and the Sorcerer', that's right! Anyway, you brought up Hard Times and I guess I had a "flashback", so thank you for that! LOL - ;-)
"The film which you are about to see is an account of a tragedy that befell a group of five youths..."
The bald guy was Robert Tessier
He played Shockley in The Longest Yard(the original)
Caretaker:He killed 5 men since he has been in here
Paul Crew:That Karate is bad
Caretaker: Oh that was before he learned Karate
That's cool - I remember him, he did a lot of bad guy rolls...and that 'Sword & the Sorcerer' wasn't so bad either, he plays a torturer in some castle dungeon, who gets it in the end! Check it out, if you haven't seen it yet.
"The Film which you are about to see is an account of a tragedy that befell a group of five youths..."
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A friend of mine works at a concession stand at the local sports arena.
Whenever I get to there early enough, I head on over and I start in on him with the "Anybody see Richie?" monologue.
I then start asking him about all "this boxing memorabilia," and if he thinks he's "a tough guy."
He plays along with it, meanwhile his confused co-workers look on thinking "who is this obnoxious *beep*
I then leave telling them: "I'm gonna keeps comin' back here until someone REMEMBERS where's Richie."