[4Freedom]

Seagal's not going to win an Oscar for his acting, but his Aikido appeals to the target market audience for martial arts/action movies.

The mob doesn't make the general public buy tickets to the movies.

I can't recall even one other Aikido practitioner out there making movies. That's what sells.

[IronJack]

To give Seagal his due, his Aikido skills are reputed to be some of the best in the world. But what he's doing in his movies isn't Aikido; it's stunt work. If he'd stick to that, he'd probably be okay. But noooooooo, he has to try to make "message" movies, where the "plot" actually tries to do more than string together one fight scene after another. And it's there that he falls flat.