Steel (1997 Film)

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 093624667827
EAN: 0093624667827
ASIN: B000002NH2

Release Date: 1997-08-12

Steel (1997 Film)

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Tracks:

Mobb Of Steel - Mobb Deep
No More Fighting - Tevin Campbell
Strait Playin' (Superman Remix) - Shaquille O'Neal
Breakout - Jia
Anything For Your Love - Jon B.
Free To Be Me - Gina Breedlove
Men Of Steel - Shaquille O'Neal, Ice Cube, B. Real
We've Got Heart - S.H.E.
Coming Home To You - Blackstreet
Nothing Compares - Az Yet
Alone In The Crowd - Maria Christina
Mind On My Money - Spice 1

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Shaquille O'Neal plays a relatively recent DC Comics hero named Steel, an Army weapons engineer who dons a steel suit and does battle with various bad buys, including a weapons dealer (Judd Nelson) whose market is criminals. Sooner or later, somebody had to give Shaq the opportunity to finally prove he doesn't belong in movies, and this silly 1997 action movie--in which O'Neal could not possibly look more wooden--does the trick. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>

Customer Reviews:

The songs are probably the best thing about this film........2006-03-02

I've not seen the film, but I dig the hip hop and soul soundtrack. I suggest for others to seperate the songs from the film and write accurate reviews about this product.

Unspeakably awful........2006-02-22

First of all, I apologise for reviewing a... gnnn, can't bring myself to even write it but.. must... a VHS version of this film. Ughh. Video - what WERE we thinking? But I have to - because Steel has never been released on DVD (I collect comic book movies and TV shows on DVD, so I had to buy a copy of this on DVD). And you know what? I would bet my entire Spider-Man collection that it'll never see the light on DVD either. Whoever owns the rights to this is probably keeping it quiet through sheer embarrassment.

Steel, then. Due to my collecting, I have seen some of the worst movies ever made - Batman and Robin. Popeye. Spawn. And now this, easily one of the very worst films of all time. Based on the DC comics character, the only mention of Superman (which this character originates from - Man Of Steel, geddit?) is from the tattoo on Shaquille O Neals arm. Which he already had in the first place.

It's never actually explained WHY Shaq makes an outfit in the first place. I mean, if he wanted to tackle crime he could have done it just fine on his own. He was a seven foot mammoth guy, brave, able to smash phone boxes and windows just by touching them, so why he felt the need to design a costume that made him look like he was dressing up as Robocop for Halloween is anyone's guess.

Ah yes - the costume. Let's talk about that for a minute. I can buy a lot of things in comic book movies (like the comics themselves, they need a certain degree of plausibility tolerance). A guy wants to dress up for no real reason to fight crime? Fair enough. Guy wants to dress in solid steel? (How does he move around?) Uh.. OK, usual level of DC rubbish I suppose. But the believability went right out the window when I saw the outfit. It might as well just have "PLASTIC" stamped all over it. It's PATHETIC. Quite easily the worst superhero costume of all time.

Special mention must go to Shaq's sidekick, Uncle Joe (there are black people in this film, you see. So we need the cackling, wisecracking uncle, the "mmmmm-hmmmmm!" aunt who fusses and cooks, the "don't be playa hatin'" jive talking nephew.. all your black stereotypes in one horrendous movie). Anyway, Uncle Joe is played by Richard Rowndtree, who played Shaft. Just in case you didn't know that, for some reason Uncle Joe is looking at Steels hammer and says "I particularly like the shaft" followed by a knowing silence. I think we're supposed to laugh, but it just sounds like old Uncle Joe was coming on to our hero.

Subtle humour isn't exactly this films strong point. Throughout the movie, there are numerous attempts from Steel to throw certain things into or through other things - and always misses. Ha ha ha ha, isn't that really funny, that a professional basketball player would be so bad at things like that? Stop me laughing by killing me.

There are absolutely no redeemable features in this movie. With a lot of comic book films, no matter how bad they are, I can always find one or two things to appreciate. With Man-Thing, they mentioned the Nexus Of Realities and Man-Thing himself looks pretty good. Supergirl - had at least a sense of continuity with the Superman films and, well, she looked pretty good in her costume too. With Steel? Nothing. Plot wrong, characters wrong, script TERRIBLE, acting atrocious, costume laughable.. Just another 7 foot nail in the comic book movie coffin.

I think I'll leave you with some sage advice from the movie, and an example of the writing quality that is present throughout.

"Eat the hotdog. Don't be one."

There's nothing I can say to top that.

The_Curmudgeon_Hates_You@yahoo.co.uk

Ugh..........2005-06-12

I just finished watching this abysmal excuse for a movie on TV with my kid. All I can say is that I enjoy my kid's company, so the 2-plus hours spent on "Steel" was not a complete waste of time, but no thanks to this turkey.

Folks, we all know Shaq's acting is on a par with his free-throw shooting, so expectations are pretty low going into a movie like this. In fact, low expectations account for my giving two stars instead of one --- this actually could have been worse.

However, while Shaq's acting is what we might expect, the movie as a whole displays a sloppiness in overall production that makes what could have been a mediocre effort a downright bad one. It looks more like a made-for-TV effort than a theatrical release --- bad editing, mediocre sound, amateurish camera angles --- the production values are bargain basement. Actually, I have seen After School Specials that were more professionally executed than this.

Thank God I did not have to waste money on this. Nobody should be monetarily rewarded for this badly-produced piece of junk.

It's a giant! It's a robot! No it's STEEL!.......2003-08-20

John Henry Irons is a man you don't want as an enemy, because for these simple facts He's like seven feet tall, Used to be in the army and is an army of one, and is the super hero STEEL. Here is another super hero movie with an "S" involved. STEEL has no super powers but what he dose have is a metal suit that protects him from harm and has a big giant jackhammer as his weapon! The movie starts off with a tank being blown up, death, drama, and new advanced weapons! That's only in the first minute! You have a whole movie after that and can watch thrill packed adventure, suspense, gangs, the bad part of town, and STEEL. The music is good too. Five bucks says all boy's 5-12 will like this film because I'm not a boy anymore and I liked it. Kid's it is a must see and parents it makes a good stalking stuffer, so enjoy!
-Other movies I recommend with this movie are Superman, and Supergirl.

So bad, it's good..........2003-05-06

I give this movie 2 stars simply because I feel a one star would be cruel. But take my word for it, this is not a good movie at all. Actually, it's so bad it's funny. The film stars Shaq. There are so many things wrong with that last sentence, mostly the part about Shaq being in a movie. Shaq is not a good actor. Heck, he isn't even decent. The movie's script doesn't help him much. He plays John Henry Irons, a retired soldier who learns of a madman's plot to sell high-powered weapons to other evil people. The madman is Judd Nelson. There are also so many things wrong with that sentence. Nelson is completely miscast here, and his performance is so weak, it wouldn't surprise me if the filmmakers tried to find someone who they knew would make Shaq look good. It doesn't matter. They both come out looking pretty ridiculous. The movie's only saving grace (except its unintentional humor) is Richard Roundtree. Roundtree steals the show and every scene he's in by just smiling and dealing with the fact that he's the only first-rate actor in a movie of second-rates. Sure, he's also unintentionally funny, but he's the only one in the cast who I think wanted to be. If you like cheesy movies with dumb plots and terrible acting, "Steel" is the place to go. Actually, I'd probably recommend it for that reason. But don't see it expecting a solid plot, good acting, cool action, or even witty one-liners. So see "Steel," just don't expect anything from it.

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Emerald Tears ~ Dave Holland

Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends) ~ Milt Jackson

Up from the Roots ~ Chuck Fowler

Monk the Transformer - Thelonious Monk "Transforms" I'm getting Sentimental OverYou

Romantic Jazz ~ Various Artists

Evita's Tango ~ Various Artists

Coleccion Anniversario ~ Los Wawanco

Un Hombre Discreto ~ Mijares

Sabor Latino, Vol. 2 ~ Tania Libertad, Fetiche