Today You Die
| Today You Die | |
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| Directed by | Don E. Fauntleroy |
| Written by | Danny Lerner Kevin Moore |
| Produced by | Randall Emmett George Furla Danny Lerner Steven Seagal |
| Starring | Steven Seagal Treach Kevin Tighe Sarah G. Buxton Lesley-Anne Down Nick Mancuso |
| Cinematography | Don E. Fauntleroy |
| Edited by | Robert Ferretti |
| Distributed by | Millennium Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Today You Die is a 2005 American action film directed by Don E. Fauntleroy, and also produced by Steven Seagal, and starring Seagal, Treach, Kevin Tighe, Sarah G. Buxton, Lesley-Anne Down and Nick Mancuso.
It has been rated R by the MPAA. The film was released on direct-to-video on September 13, 2005.
Plot
Harlan Banks (Steven Seagal) is a Robin Hood kind of thief who has always picked his own jobs and tried to pull heists that would leave him room to help out others. The work keeps getting riskier, and at the urging of his girlfriend Jada (Mari Morrow), Banks has decided to pull one final job, going in with some men who are planning a $20 million robbery.
After the heist goes bad, Banks heads to Las Vegas, where Jada wants him to get a real job. On the way to town, Banks and Jada passed a children's hospital displaying a going-out-of-business sign. Banks gets a job driving an armored car for a man, Max (Kevin Tighe). The job is not exactly legitimate, and Bruno (Robert Miano), Banks's partner for the job, shoots a security guard, resulting in a chase through the Vegas strip in the armored van.
Banks is stopped and sent to prison, where he befriends an inmate known as Ice Cool (Treach). With Ice's help, Banks escapes, determined to hunt Max down. Along the way, Banks meets a federal agent named Saunders (Nick Mancuso), and it turns out that Saunders, who is in league with Max, is the man behind the setup. Banks sets out to take down both Saunders and Max with a job.
Cast
- Steven Seagal as Harlan Banks
- Treach as Ice Cool
- Sarah G. Buxton as Rachel
- Mari Morrow as Jada
- Nick Mancuso as Agent Saunders
- Robert Miano as Bruno
- Kevin Tighe as Max
- Jamie McShane as Vincent
- Lawrence Turner as Garret
- Saif Al-Jaidi as Bartender
- Chloë Grace Moretz as St. Thomas Hospital Girl
- J.J. Perry as Thug
- Randy Couture as Vincent's Bodyguard #1 (uncredited)
Legal troubles
The producers of Today You Die filed lawsuits against Seagal because of experiences during the filming. Producers at Nu-Image and Kill Master Productions alleged that Seagal, while filming this and Mercenary for Justice, arrived at the set late, left early, and re-wrote scripts without their permission, among other things.[1] Seagal disputed the suit, and he countersued against producers, claiming fraud and breach of contract. As of January 2006, it appeared the legal issues have not yet been resolved.