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Overrated and overhyped

Absolutely the worst movie.

I actually liked this movie (as did my kids). Surprised by the vitriolic reviews. I found Steel to be a campy, playful movie. Nobody took themselves seriously and just had fun with it. The kids loved Shaq....found him a big, endearing sweet guy. I guess if you were expecting a pricey high tech, serious super hero movie, you'd be disappointed. This is a warm hearted superhero spoof. Lighten up and enjoy!

This is one of the most horrifyingly awful films of all time. It would an embarrassment to your local dump to find this movie wallowing in there. It's not even worthy of that! Shaquille O'Neal delivers a performance that (gasp!) is worse than his awful performance in Kazaam! Apparently, after the mild success and small critical praise of Shaq's performance in Blue Chips, he thought he had a chance at a real acting career. I would like to know who it was that encouraged him to go forth with two more lead roles in his career?! The only reason he did so well in Blue Chips was because he was basically playing himself! Casting Shaq in this big, lumbering idiot of a role is so bad, it actually makes us laugh...hard. The costuming is a joke. It's all too obvious that Shaq is wearing a rubber helmet when its supposed to be made of steel! He also looks just plain ridiculous in that suit. He looks like an over-sized kid ready for Halloween, as he has to strain to peer through the eye holes. He just looks like a metallic turd. The special effects are mediocre at best, and the rest of the cast is bland. Judd Nelson, who's career said bye-bye back in the '80s, is among the worst villains in movie history, and certainly didn't help his career any. The story is ludicrous and often makes no sense...that is, when there is an actual story to follow, and the dialogue is so bad, that they have to resort to stealing lines from other, far better, action movies!! After this, its plain to see why you didn't see another comic-book based movie for a while (excluding Batman & Robin, which was a joke in itself). This movie literally killed the comic book movie for almost a decade.

Steel is one of those movies that you hear how bad it is, but, in your mind, believe that it can't be that bad. This time, it is that bad. Steel is the equivalent of going to a PETA meeting wearing a fur coat with snakeskin boots, with deer blood dried onto your pants, while holding a platter of ham, chicken, turkey, and other "animal cruelty" foods in one hand, and a deer head in the other. To make it easier to understand, it feels out of place and doomed to fail (and possibly pelted with tomatoes). Shaq, as the movie poster refers to him as, plays John Henry Irons, a weapons designer for the military. After a tragic accident occurs (not the board meeting to green-light this movie), Irons retires his position and returns to the safety of his home. Within a few days back, he takes notice that his dangerous guns are running amok in the streets, thanks to Nathaniel Burke, a former sergeant (I'm probably wrong about his position, but who cares) relieved from his position for attempted destruction (and no, he wasn't the man who green-lit this movie. Okay, I'll stop). I want to stop right there and delve into the stupidity that this situation is. I'm still laughing at the fact that, instead of criminal punishment via jail time, a man bent on human destruction is just released from his military duties. What the hell?!? Did they honestly think he wasn't going to cause destruction once he got home? What if they did this in real life. For instance, when they found Saddam Huessin, instead of hanging him, they just spanked him on the ass! I'm sure that would've worked. Anyway, back to the plot (or as much of a plot there is). Once ahold of these guns, Nathaniel uses them to destroy Irons' hometown, and Irons himself. Of course, this doesn't keep Irons down, as he gets back up, renames himself Shaquille O'Neal, joins the NBA, and becomes a huge star. Okay, so this didn't happen in the movie. But I'm pretty positive this is how Shaq's career came about. My ramblings aside, Irons picks himself back up, grabs an old army buddy and Shaft (not kidding), makes himself the absolute worst looking superhero attire ever (it makes the Bat Nipples look like the Mona Lisa), dons himself Steel, and comes back to save the day, equipped with a huge sledgehammer (Triple H's inspiration), magnetic shield, and advice (once again, not kidding). The sheer stupidity that is Steel is unprecedented. Yes, I've seen worse COUGH*Batman & Robin*COUGH. But, that doesn't do justice for the man of Steel (and insults the true man of Steel, Superman, which this story is based off of a side character after the death of Superman). Steel is so bad, that I was actually yearning for Kazaam shortly into the movie. Do yourself a favor, and shoot yourself in the foot. It's a lot less painful.

I do get angry when a movie is unjustly slated and I am angry now. What some people should appreciate is that some movies are not made in order to give us an insight into the meaning of life. They are just there to be enjoyed. I enjoyed Steel. It is a good movie about making a difference, a moral movie without any pretensions of grandeur. If someone said to me that the makers of this movie had the same kind of budget as those who made X-men for instance, then I would certainly of expected more. But I am sure they did not and made the best of what they had. Okay Shaq is no Olivier but so what!! At least he was prepared to give it a go and I think he did okay. All the actors did. To conclude I liked the movie Steel and if it was available to purchase in the UK and would buy it. Please do not watch a movie having prejudged it, be practical and know that there are limitations and not all film producers have big budgets. This movie was well told, and the actors did the job.