Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

Director:

Geoff Murphy

Writers (WGA):

J.F. Lawton (characters)
Richard Hatem (written by) ...
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Release Date:

14 July 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

A top secret nuclear satellite. A team of international terrorists. A government held hostage. An undetectable moving headquarters. Only one hero stands in the way.

Plot:

Casey Ryback has now retired from the Navy and is now a chef at the Mile High Cafe in Denver, Colorado...

Plot Keywords:

Train Hijack | Faked Death | Computer Cracker | Global Positioning System | Railway

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 31

10:00 PM

TNT

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Casey Ryback
Eric Bogosian	...	Travis Dane
Everett McGill	...	Marcus Penn
Katherine Heigl	...	Sarah Ryback
Morris Chestnut	...	Bobby Zachs
Peter Greene	...	Mercenary #1
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	Mercenary #2
Scott Sowers	...	Mercenary #3
Afifi Alaouie	...	Female Mercenary (as Afifi)
Andy Romano	...	Admiral Bates
Brenda Bakke	...	Captain Linda Gilder
Sandra Taylor	...	Kelly, Barmaid
Jonathan Banks	...	Scotty, Mercenary
David Gianopoulos	...	Captain David Trilling
Royce D. Applegate	...	Ryback's Cook
Nick Mancuso	...	Tom Breaker
Christopher Darga	...	Cook #1
Don Blakely	...	Cook #2
Dale Dye	...	Captain Garza
James Clark	...	Train Consultant (as Jim Clark)
Stan Garner	...	Train Consultant
Silan Smith	...	Friendly-Faced Engineer #1
Rick Wiles	...	Conductor
Kurtwood Smith	...	General Stanley Cooper
Denis L. Stewart	...	Holy Mercenary
Jim Dirker	...	Helicopter Pilot
Todd O. Russell	...	Ryback's Driver
Warren Tabata	...	Bartender
Julius R. Nasso	...	Hostage #2
Phyllis Davis	...	Hostage #3
James V. Caciola	...	Hostage #4
Ginger Lewis	...	Lady Hostage
Greg Collins	...	Huey Pilot
Ken Vieira	...	Helicopter Pilot
Wren T. Brown	...	Captain Williams
D.C. Douglas	...	Technician #1
Thom Adcox-Hernandez	...	Technician #2
Catherine MacNeal	...	ATAC Assistant #1
Frank Roman	...	Aide
Al Sapienza	...	Captain #2
Jennifer Starr	...	ATAC Assistant #2
Ping Wu	...	SYSOS Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Backman	...	Control Room Officer (uncredited)
Henry Kingi	...	Mercenary (uncredited)
Ted Shred	...	Hostage with Knife (uncredited)

Directed by
Geoff Murphy

Writing credits (WGA)
J.F. Lawton		(characters)
Richard Hatem		(written by) &
Matt Reeves		(written by)

Produced by
Gary W. Goldstein	....	executive producer
Russ Kavanaugh	....	associate producer
Edward McDonnell	....	associate producer
Doug Metzger	....	associate producer
Arnon Milchan	....	producer
Julius R. Nasso	....	co-producer
Jeffrey R. Neuman	....	executive producer
Steve Perry	....	producer
Dan Romero	....	associate producer
Steven Seagal	....	producer
Martin Wiley	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by
Robbie Greenberg

Film Editing by
Michael Tronick

Casting by
Louis DiGiaimo

Production Design by
Albert Brenner

Art Direction by
Carol Winstead Wood

Set Decoration by
Kathe Klopp

Costume Design by
Richard Bruno

Makeup Department
Gandhi Bob Arrollo	....	makeup artist
Margaret E. Elliott	....	makeup artist
Mary L. Mastro	....	hair stylist
Jef Simons	....	key makeup artist
Ken Wensevic	....	makeup artist
Shelley Woodhouse	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Paul Moen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Elmore	....	second second assistant director
Michael Alan Kahn	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sean Kavanagh	....	second assistant director
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director
Craig A. Pinckes	....	first assistant director: second unit
Craig A. Pinckes	....	second assistant director
Jason Roberts	....	dga trainee
Denis L. Stewart	....	first assistant director
Dick Ziker	....	second unit director

Art Department
Tony Allard	....	propmaker
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	art department coordinator (as Dawn Ascher)
David B. Brenner	....	construction coordinator
Brad Curry	....	drapemaster
Richard Bryan Douglas	....	construction foreman
Andy Flores	....	second lead
Stephanie J. Gordon	....	set designer
Sam Moore	....	property master
Luigi Mugavero	....	lead man
Ron Reedy	....	props
Paul Stanwyck	....	head painter
John Sweeney	....	assistant propmaster
Leon Watkins	....	laborer

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Alexander)
George H. Anderson	....	dialogue editor
Mike Anderson	....	cable person
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound effects editor
James Beshears	....	adr supervisor
John Voss Bonds Jr.	....	sound effects editor (as John V. Bonds Jr.)
Christopher Boyes	....	sound designer
Fred J. Brown	....	sound effects editor (as Frederick J. Brown)
Milton C. Burrow	....	sound effects editor
Neil Burrow	....	foley editor (as Neil Burrows)
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
William C. Carruth	....	adr editor
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.	....	adr assistant
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith	....	dialogue editor
John Countryman	....	assistant sound editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor
Mike Dobie	....	sound effects editor (as Michael Dobie)
Todd Egan	....	assistant sound editor
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr editor
Leonard T. Geschke	....	foley editor
David Giammarco	....	dialogue editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
Scott D. Jackson	....	foley supervisor
Constance A. Kazmer	....	dialogue editor
Gary Krivacek	....	sound effects editor
Darrin Martin	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Robert Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Myers	....	assistant sound editor
Walter Newman	....	supervising sound editor
Kim Nolan	....	assistant sound editor (as Kimberly Nolan)
Ken S. Polk	....	sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Ruiz	....	assistant sound editor
Todd Russell	....	boom operator
Madeleine Swift	....	adr assistant
Edward Tise	....	production sound mixer
Butch Wolf	....	foley editor
Mark Johnston	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects
Dale L. Martin	....	special effects coordinator
Joe Viskocil	....	pyrotechnics supervisor
Steven Hintz	....	special effects propmaker (uncredited)
Tad Krzanowski	....	model effects: WKR Productions (uncredited)
Beecher Tomlinson	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jim Berney	....	technical director: Metrolight
Brent Boates	....	visual effects art director
John Frederick Bryant	....	software support (as John "Bear" Bryant)
Carole Cowley	....	digital painter
Paddy Eason	....	digital compositor
John Follmer	....	visual effects supervising producer
Bill Gilman	....	digital camera matchmover: Cinesite Hollywood
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist
Dan Glass	....	visual effects compositor
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager
Lucy Hofert	....	visual effects editor
Chris Holmes	....	digital artist
Rodney Iwashina	....	digital tracking supervisor
Jennifer Neysa Jew	....	visual effects editor
Bill Kent	....	digital effects supervisor (as William H. Kent)
James W. Kristoff	....	executive in charge of production: MetroLight Studios
Brad Kuehn	....	digital visual effects supervisor
Michael Lawler	....	visual effects cameraman
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Metrolight Studios
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital paint supervisor: Cinesite
Anthony Mabin	....	digital effects compositor: Cinesite
Al Magliochetti	....	digital artist
Chad Merriam	....	digital assistant coordinator
Richard Murken	....	computer graphics coordinator
Chris Nakayama	....	model maker
Lori J. Nelson	....	visual effects producer
Eric Pascarelli	....	miniatures motion control camera operator
Cristin Pescosolido	....	digital artist
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects compositor: Cinesite
Liz Radley	....	video & computer graphics supervisor
John Rauh	....	digital effects compositor
Jennifer Lee Scheer	....	digital effects coordinator
Dobbie Schiff	....	visual effects executive producer: MetroLight Studios
Wayne A. Shepherd	....	previsualization compositor
Derek Spears	....	digital tracking supervisor
Garv Thorp	....	first assistant director: visual effects unit
Amy Tompkins	....	assistant visual effects editor
Doug Tubach	....	digital compositor
James Valentine	....	rotoscope supervisor
Michele C. Vallillo	....	visual effects associate producer: Cinesite
Tamara Watts Kent	....	digital effects producer (as Tamara L. Watts)
Mark H. Weingartner	....	gaffer: green screen and miniatures
Richard Yuricich	....	visual effects director of photography
Richard Yuricich	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Keppler	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
John Lafauce	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Carlyle O. Livingston II	....	model maker: Donald Pennington, Inc. (uncredited)
Terrence Masson	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Samrod Shenassa	....	technical assistant: MetroLight Studios (uncredited)
Thomas Zell	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double
James Lew	....	stunts
John Machado	....	guest fight choreographer
Rich Minga	....	stunts
Rich Minga	....	utility stunts
Pee Wee Piemonte	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunt rigger
Luis J. Silva	....	stunt performer
Nils Allen Stewart	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator
Jeff Winn	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Anderson	....	second assistant camera
Audie Aragon	....	dolly grip
Roy Bean	....	video technician
Rick Bota	....	additional photographer
David Brown	....	dolly grip
Marc Brown	....	first assistant camera
William Coss	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Tom Doherty	....	best boy
Christopher Duddy	....	camera operator
David Dunbar	....	lighting technician
John J. Ellingwood	....	second assistant camera
Jerry Enright	....	chief lighting technician
Mike Fay	....	grip (1994-1995)
Scott Fieldsteel	....	set lighting best boy
Ken Fisher	....	first assistant camera
Scott Floren	....	key grip
Michael Gershman	....	director of photography: second unit
Lisa Guerriero	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Conrad W. Hall	....	camera operator
George A. Hock	....	unit gaffer
Frank M. Holgate	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Kenji Inouye	....	best boy
Stephen Johnstone	....	rigging gaffer
Ron Kunecke	....	night light operator
Karl Linde	....	second assistant camera
Gregory Lundsgaard	....	steadicam operator
Donald M. Morgan	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Brett Peters	....	second assistant camera
Calmar Roberts	....	first assistant camera
Tim Ryan	....	key grip
Kurt E. Soderling	....	aerial camera operator
Shannon Summers	....	grip
Carl A. Vidnic	....	lighting technician
Joel Warren	....	still photographer
Alexander Witt	....	additional photographer
Edward A. Gutentag	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Richard Kelley	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Maryellen Aviano	....	extras casting coordinator
Dorian Dunas	....	additional casting
Emilie Talbot	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria Bruno	....	costumer
Gregory B. Peña	....	set costumer
Hugo Peña	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Ken Blackwell	....	associate editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bob Putynkowski	....	color timer
John Venzon	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Tory Baker	....	background vocals
Tim Boyle	....	score recordist
Robert Garrett	....	assistant music editor
Fred Martin	....	choir master
Greig McRitchie	....	orchestrator
Lolita Ritmanis	....	orchestrator
Curtis Roush	....	music editor
Greig McRitchie	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robert E. Dingle	....	driver: Colorado
Pete Johnson	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Michael Battaglia	....	unit publicist
Jeanne Byrd	....	script supervisor
Huw Davies	....	location manager (as T. Huw Davies)
Adam M. Duthie	....	staff assistant
Howard Fannon	....	assistant propmaster: weapons
Gregory D. Hemstreet	....	assistant production accountant
Eric Layne	....	payroll accountant
Antoinette Levine	....	location manager
Arthur J. Miller Jr.	....	safety supervisor: Studio Railroad
Connie Papineau	....	script supervisor
Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson	....	assistant production secretary: Denver
Jack Stern	....	studio teacher
Korin A. Tarin	....	construction accountant
Martine White	....	location manager
Jeff Winn	....	craft service
Kent Youngblood	....	production assistant (as Kent Y'Blood)
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant manager (uncredited)
Spencer Franklin	....	production associate (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Regency Enterprises
• Seagal/Nasso Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1996) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1996) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Spain) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Warner Home Video (199?) (UK) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (1999) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (digital compositing)
• MetroLight Studios
• Pacific Titles & Optical

Other Companies

• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Varèse Sarabande  score album released by

Also Known As:

Under Siege 2
Alarmstufe - Rot 2 (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Alerta máxima 2 (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Under belägring 2 (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
A Força em Alerta 2 (Brazil) [pt]
Express en détresse (Canada: French title) [fr]
Express en péril (Canada: French title) [fr]
Força em Alerta 2 (Portugal) [pt]
Kaappaus raiteilla (Finland) [fi]
Kapring i høy hastighet (Norway) [no]
Kusatma altinda 2 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Oblegani 2 (Slovenia) [sl]
Piège à grande vitesse (France) [fr]
Pod opsadom 2 (Serbia) [sr]
Száguldó eröd (Hungary) [hu]
Trappola sulle Montagne Rocciose (Italy) [it]
Tule all 2: Surmarong (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

99 min | Germany:92 min (16-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Philippines:R-18 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | New Zealand:R (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | New Zealand:R16 (VHS/DVD rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) (cut) | Germany:16 (VHS rating) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (DVD release) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Both locomotives are ex-Alaska Railroad GP7s, numbered 1804 and 1812.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the capture, the train starts to pull away with a shot of the locomotive moving off. The very next shot of one of the helicopters taking off however shows the train in the background not moving.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gen. Cooper: Tom, thanks for coming.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Soundtrack:

AFTER THE TRAIN HAS GONE

This is a great sequel to the first

This is one of the best sequels to Steven Seagal. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is not your ordinary hijack-action-adventure films. Since I do like trains, this movie was a plus for me. The part in this film was everyone, including Ryback(Seagal) got to be part of the action. His niece Sarah, played by Katherine Heigl, knew how to fight back. Bobby Zachs, played by Morris Chestnut, didn't shy away from the action, unless he saw Ryback kill one of the hijackers. The funny part was when one of the female passengers flashed her cleavage saying she "broke her bra", the perfect distraction to the hijacker. Great cast, great action, and a great plot I say. I don't care for the critics' opinion, I just liked this movie the way it is! Rating 3 out of 5 stars. 8 out of 10!