Flock of Seagals
by Riley Byrne and Michael Cumming
Flock of Seagals, the number one Steven Seagal podcast in the world, takes a biweekly dive into the oeuvre of the most enigmatic actor/writer/musician/producer working today. Hosts Riley and Michael attempt to determine fact from fiction in the life and works of the first "post truth" movie star with the help of guests. Each episode takes a closer look at one of Seagal's works, combing it for clues to unlock the secrets of the Aikido master/former CIA and DEA operative/blues musician/Russian citizen/enemy of Ukraine.
Episodes
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Reindeer Games (2000) - Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise
It's December, which means we have an excuse to watch movies that people say are Christmas movies, but aren't actually Christmas movies. And we're starting with the action film everyone always insists is a Christmas movie, Reindeer Games. Featuring Ben Affleck's eyebrows, Sinise at his most...
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Army of One (2016) Nicolas Cage, Russell Brand
It is the joy of every movie podcast to finally get to do a Nicolas Cage film. When the synopsis of the film is Cage is a man who is on a mission from God to hunt down Bin Laden, you become even more excited. Everything is primed for something to go gloriously wrong. And it does. It’s horrible.…
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The Assignment (2016) Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub
Flock of Seagals is changing things up. We've done 12 episodes of FoS that we're immensely proud of, that we did without the knowledge of the recent allegations against Steven Seagal. In light of these new accusations, and learning the full breadth of what they encompass, we've decided we're not...
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Pistol Whipped
Pistol Whipped is a film the way Totino’s Pizza Rolls are calzones. There are recognizable shapes and textures, it seems vaguely familiar to something you’ve enjoyed before, but ultimately you’re left feeling empty inside. With Totino’s all you need to do is rip open another pack, but there is...
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Out for Justice
This week Dan, Tony and Riley go back to the days when a cop could get clearance and a shotgun from his lieutenant to go kill William Forsythe. Simpler times indeed. They dive into the crack epidemic, the lack of “beefy boy” fights in modern cinema and Chekov’s garbage puppy. They also discuss…
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The Perfect Weapon Analysis
This week is a doozy: 2016's The Perfect Weapon, where Seagal plays Dictator of America in 2029. We've made a lot of comparisons to Trump in the past, but this is terrifyingly real. Anyways! The film is available to rent on a lot of major platforms for a very reasonable price, and is well worth…
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The Perfect Weapon Commentary Track
Announcement: Flock of Seagals is now going weekly! You in no way demanded it and now it is a reality! Here's how things are gonna go down: We noticed that a lot of our episodes were going over the time it would take to watch the movie, so we decided to start doing commentary tracks for the films...
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Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast is the movie Riley has been waiting for since this podcast started. Cheap sets, mid-90s decor, the legendary Ching Siu-tung and an uncooperative Seagal combine to make a disasterously bonkers film that feels more like a rejected Alias spinoff with supernatural elements.…
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Steven Seagal: Lawman (S01E01-04)
This may very well be the most important episode of Flock of Seagals we've ever done. Riley and Michael are joined by friends Jamie and Anthony to discuss the first four episodes of Steven Seagal's 2009 reality tv show Steven Seagal: Lawman. What starts off as a discussion of Seagal's enigmatic...
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The Patriot
This week we discuss Seagal's first direct-to-video release, the unfortunately titled "The Patriot". Topics such as "why is he playing a Native American" and "why is the Army throwing the raw ingredients to a cure to the disease out of helicopters instead of making a cure and handing it out" are...
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Cartels
This week we're discussing Cartels, released internationally last year as Killing Salazar but which got an American theatrical release last week. Which means you could theoretically go out and see this film right now in a movie theatre. It also means we are very ON BRAND and SEO OPTIMIZING…
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Exit Wounds
Steven Seagal as the Steven Seagal character. DMX as a software engineer. Tom Arnold as a daytime television host. Anthony Anderson as someone who was asked to "play up" his characters craziness too much. What would you do if you were the owner of $9.99.com and your brother was wrongfully…
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The Glimmer Man
Episode 3 starts hard and fast with a just past his prime Seagal. Seriously! We discuss how Keenen Ivory Wayans' shot at being an action star was dashed by an uncooperative co-star, interesting fashion choices and Brian Cox-as-savior. There's a lot to unpack
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Above the Law
In this episode, Michael, Riley and Dylan go back to where it all began: Above the Law, a movie originally written with Clint Eastwood in mind, presumably with less aikido. With some interesting rewrites, and the gravitas of Henry Silva, it became the very confused little cousin of The Manchurian...
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Contract to Kill
In the inaugural episode of Flock of Seagals, Michael and Riley first discuss why they are doing this, the enigmatic nature of Steven Seagal, and then are joined by Dylan to discuss Seagal's 4th film of 2016, Contract to Kill, which is 15 minutes of entertainment, followed by 90 minutes of winded...
About this show
Flock of Seagals, the number one Steven Seagal podcast in the world, takes a biweekly dive into the oeuvre of the most enigmatic actor/writer/musician/producer working today. Hosts Riley and Michael attempt to determine fact from fiction in the life and works of the first "post truth" movie star with the help of guests. Each episode takes a closer look at one of Seagal's works, combing it for clues to unlock the secrets of the Aikido master/former CIA and DEA operative/blues musician/Russian citizen/enemy of Ukraine.
Hosted by
Riley Byrne and Michael Cumming