Steel

PG-13

Released Aug 15, 1997

1 hr. 37 min.

Fantasy

Action

Adventure

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8%

25 Reviews

Tomatometer

19%

5,000+ Ratings

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Former Army scientists (Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish), one in a steel suit, team up in Los Angeles against another (Judd Nelson) who turned bad.

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Critics Consensus

Steel is a badly-acted movie that indulges not only in superhero cliches, but also the sappy TV-movie-of-the-week ones.

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Vin f

Bad cast, bad scenes, bad script, bad everything. Boring and a steel movie stand alone doesn't work. Shaq was not fit for this role.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/16/23

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bernie h

Excellent sci Fi movie , another in my favorites and who doesn't love Shaq?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

This movie is literally the greatest movie ever. A masterpiece if you must. From the cuts and the edits to the Shaq Steel suit and hammer. I believe this is the greatest superhero movie ever. It utilizes the black escence Shaq. It uses the the art of human morals and good citizenship to help save his city. Definitely will go down in the book.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

A damn shame that Warner Bros. has never taken another chance at putting John Henry Irons on the big screen. Unfortunately a product of it's time: Shaq was at the peak of his fame, and Black action stars were in limited supply.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Woof. Cheap looking, amateurish, howlingly awful across the board. The last half hour is nonstop unintentional laughs. Look for John Hawkes as a mugger.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Shaq can't act! And what does that mean? Well "Steel" gets The Burnin' Medallion Of Badness. Characters: 0.5/5 Story: 0.5/5 Acting: 0.5/5 Special Effects: 0.5/5 Direction: 0.5/5 Cinematography: 0.5/5 Soundtrack: 0.5/5 Overall: 0.5/5

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Kenneth Johnson

Director

Shaquille O'Neal

John Henry Irons

Annabeth Gish

Susan Sparks

Judd Nelson

Nathaniel Burke

Richard Roundtree

Uncle Joe

Irma P. Hall

Grandma Odessa

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Leonard Klady

Variety

Its protagonist is good-natured, wholesome, devoid of moral flaws and acutely civic-conscious. But good intentions aren't good enough, and this Shaq attack is too broad and episodic to attract anything other than the most undemanding crowd.

Mar 26, 2009

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Russell Smith

Austin Chronicle

Shaq, meanwhile should bag the movies and work diligently on those freebies. Knees bent, elbow steady, full follow-through... wish.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Peter Stack

San Francisco Chronicle

The Los Angeles Lakers' center, at 7-foot-1, is appealing and breathes much needed large life into a tolerable stinker of a film.

Jan 1, 2000

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Reliant on a heavy formula of repetition and camp that's more obnoxious than cute.

Jun 22, 2016

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Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views

Has the distinction of being one of those movies that's so bad it actually has some solid entertainment value.

May 16, 2010

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

What in God's name were they thinking???

Rated: 1/5

Jul 22, 2005

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Synopsis

Former Army scientists (Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish), one in a steel suit, team up in Los Angeles against another (Judd Nelson) who turned bad.

Director: Kenneth Johnson
Executive Producer: Shaquille O'Neal, Leonard Armato, Bruce Binkow
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.7M
Sound Mix: Surround

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