On Deadly Ground

On Deadly Ground (1994)

His battle to save the Alaskan wilderness and protect its people can only be won On Deadly Ground.

Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.

Date of release
1994-02-18
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (539)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director
Steven Seagal

Casting

Interesting facts

On Deadly Ground is a 1994 American environmental action adventure film directed, co-produced by, and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley and R. Lee Ermey. It is, as of 2026, Seagal's only directorial effort and features a minor appearance by Billy Bob Thornton in one of his early roles. Seagal plays Forrest Taft, an expert firefighter who chooses to fight back against the environmental destruction caused by his ruthless former employer (Caine). On Deadly Ground was theatrically released in the United States on February 18, 1994, by Warner Bros.

Production

Initially, Steven Seagal had intended to make his directorial debut with Man of Honor, described as a drama in the vein of The Godfather wherein Seagal would play the son of a Mafia kingpin who becomes bodyguard for an informant with whom he falls in love, for 20th Century Fox which was met with resistance from then studio head Joe Roth over the proposed $30 million budget until Morgan Creek Entertainment came in to provide one third of the produ…

In March 1993, it was reported that Steven Seagal had entered into a deal with Columbia to star in Fire Down Below one week after Warner Bros. delayed filming on Rainbow Warrior after executives became concerned about the film's budget. Warner Bros.

In addition to the credited writers, Chris Gerolmo, David Goyer, and Mitchell Kapner also did work on the screenplay.

In March 1993, it was reported that the film would likely abandon the title of Rainbow Warrior due to a conflict with Greenpeace over the name which had been used for their ship. Around the same time, Carolco Pictures was in development with director Renny Harlin and writer David Williamson on Warriors of the Rainbow, a film which would've detailed Robert Hunter and Greenpeace's activities during the 1970s.

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