Seagalogy (Updated and Expanded Edition)

Seagalogy (Updated and Expanded Edition)

A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal

About the Book

Vern, the self-styled 'outlaw film critic' is described by Hellboy director Guillermo Del Toro as "equal parts Hell's Angels and Pauline Kael... a national treasure!" 

Now Vern unleashes his magnum opus: an in-depth study of the world's only aikido instructor turned movie star/director/writer/blues guitarist/energy drink inventor, the ass-kicking auteur Steven Seagal. 

"A book that'll shake the very foundations of film criticism, break their wrists and then throw them through a window." 
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Praise for Seagalogy (Updated and Expanded Edition)

"Equal parts Hell's Angels and Pauline Kael, Vern is a National Treasure!!!" - Guillermo Del Toro 

"Film criticism genuinely gets no better than this. I would be jealous if I didn't enjoy reading him so damn much" - Ain't It Cool News 

"We can't believe this actually exists, but the world is certainly a better place for it." - New York Magazine 

"Uproariously funny... the film book I never knew I always wanted to read." - nerve.com 

"Seagalogy is a raucous, thigh-slapping and informative read that can murder spare time as easily as Steven Seagal can break peoples' necks. In short Vern's Seagalogy is an unexpected gem." - mania.com 

"With the obsession of a fan and the authoritative tone of a professor, Vern takes us through every film with attention to plot, themes, dialogue, influences and even politics... " - denofgeek.com 

"Seagalogy not only made me laugh my ass off, but sent me to Amazon to buy some of the early Seagal DVDs I didn't already own. This book is an instant cult classic." - Bookgasm
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