It's no masterpiece, but it isn't an absolute disaster either.
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Steel (1997)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:3
Rotten:20
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Steel is a badly-acted movie that indulges not only in superhero cliches, but also the sappy TV-movie-of-the-week ones.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: NBA superstar O'Neal slam-dunks his way onto the silver screen as the titular comic book hero, an erstwhile weapons researcher who applies his military know-how as an armored urban crimefighter... [More]
Starring: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Reviews for Steel
The Los Angeles Lakers' center, at 7-foot-1, is appealing and breathes much needed large life into a tolerable stinker of a film.
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Shaq, meanwhile should bag the movies and work diligently on those freebies. Knees bent, elbow steady, full follow-through… wish.
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Sincerity is part of what makes Steel so improbably satisfying.
01/01/00
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