imagine if you will an alternative universe where someone have make seven where instead of a talented cast and crew they have cast a politically conscious environmentalist and a stand up comedian a the lead . if your imagination can not stretch that far just watch the glimmer man a it the next bad thing . mild spoiler . jack cole be a cop with a hidden past and it very ironic that he play by steven seagal since he also someone witrh a hidden past and but do not tell anyone because it top secret . perhaps the big secret be how someone like seagal become a movie star in the first place since the glimmer man continue in the vein of all of seagal other movie in that it utter and utter crap . look at the way he introduce a his partner walk into his office yoi love bead man . in youre in the wrong office steven reply with something that be side splittingly witty and or he would if anyone be able to understand a bloody word he say because for much of the movie he just mumble away . in fact the only time i could make out his dialogue be the scene at the school where he burst in on the gunman hold the class hostage don not make me kill you be this what a cop would say to a suicidal gunman . i be just think that in another movie where steven isn not the hero ( ie a good movie ) the cop would say something along the line of don not kill me and i have get a wife and a couple of kid wait at home . so anyway suicidal gunman go to blow his head off but steven save his life by hurtle them both through two set of window . it go without say that you shouldn not try this at homeas the story progress steven ( i have give up on call him jack though credit to the screen writer for give steven a sensible name ) become involve in a case a plagiarism where someone have be steal bit out of other superior movie feature serial killer . a steven find more victim you can see him think what be that movie that star morgan freeman a a cop . a he inspect the body and oh and the action keep switch back to the hero domestic life just so we know that this guy good a a family man and this guy very good a a family man such a pity he so bad a a movie star .