The Asian Connection (2016) – Daniel Zirilli.

'I want his head, put on this tray!!!!!'

A pair of opportunistic ex-cons commit the egregious error of ripping off a Cambodian Bank holding Gang Boss Seagal's loot, leading to duplicity, and bloody, bullet-blasted retribution. Shot against an especially picturesque backdrop, The Asian Connection benefits greatly from its exotic, sun-slaked location, happily providing a distractingly glossy sheen to these stock, one-heist-too-many shenanigans. Featuring ubiquitous double-dealing, a lunkheaded, trigger happy sidekick, a slinky Thai siren (Avalon), noisome, but somewhat synthetic-looking action, with bubble-butt Seagal making for more of a glumly constipated villain than usual. I'm not saying that okay-ish DTV actioner The Asian Connection benefits from Seagal's prolonged absences, but it would be fair to say, that it didn't hurt! As a fan of vintage Seagal, and his more gloriously goofy noughties misfires, I must confess that it proved to be more watchable fare than I thought. Happy Jack (John Edward Lee) and his beautiful beau Avalon (Pim Bubear) are sympathetically doomed, Seagal-crossed lovers, there's appealingly exotic scenery, and it's all over before any guilt about watching yet another formulaic Seagal flick kicks in!