Under Siege movie storyline. The battleship Missouri is about to be decomissioned. Casey Ryback is Captain Adam’s personal cook. And Ryback is always butting heads with the ship’s XO Commander Krill but the Captain always intercedes. One day, after the President visits the Missouri, which is also the Captain’s birthday, the Captain learns that a helicopter has been cleared to land on the ship by Commander Krill, which he was not informed of.
When questioned Krill tells the Captain that it’s a surprise for his birthday, the Captain then allows it. Later after another one of their scuffles, Krill has Ryback locked in the freezer. During the party, the rock band reveals themselves to be mercenaries, led by William Stranix, a CIA operative, who is in league with Krill to unload all of the ship’s nuclear warheads. They lock up all of the crew and make preparations to remove the warheads. And Krill remembers Ryback, Stranix sends two of his men to take care of Ryback, only thing is that Ryback took care of them.
Under Siege is a 1992 American action-thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and written by J.F. Lawton. It stars Steven Seagal as an ex-Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, on the U.S. Navy battleship USS Missouri.[3] It is Seagal’s most successful film in critical and financial terms, including two Academy Award nominations for sound production. The musical score was composed by Gary Chang. It was followed by a 1995 sequel, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
Under Siege (1992)
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Starring: Steven Seagal, Gary Busey, Tommy Lee Jones, Troy Evans, Damian Chapa, Patrick O’Neal, Glenn Morshower, Leo Alexander, Raymond Cruz, Michael Welden
Screenplay by: J. F. Lawton
Production Design by: Bill Kenney
Cinematography by: Frank Tidy
Film Editing by: Don Brochu, Robert A. Ferretti, Dov Hoenig, Dennis Virkler
Costume Design by: Richard Bruno
Set Decoration by: Rick Gentz
Art Direction by: William Hiney
Music by: Gary Chang
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, and for language and brief nudity.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: October 9, 1992
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