Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast is a 2003 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director Ching Siu Ting in his American directorial debut, and also produced by and starring Steven Seagal. The film was released on directtoDVD in the United States on December 30, 2003. Steven Seagal plays Jake Hopper, a former CIA agent on a quest and to find his kidnapped daughter.
While hiking in Thailand, Jessica and her friend Sarah Winthorpe Eilidh MacQueen, the daughter of U.S. Senator John Winthorpe are kidnapped. A group of Islamic fundamentalists known as the Abu Karaf claims responsibility. The Abu Karaf demand the release ofprisoners from American custody. Tom Collins Martin McDougall, an excolleague of Jakes, recognizes Jessica on the ransom tape, and he tips Jake off. Knowing that he must rescue the girls himself, a former CIA colleague puts Jake in contact with Leon Washington Patrick Robinson, an active CIA agent who is working in Thailand. Jake goes to Bangkok, and escapes an assassination attempt by gangsters and unknown forces.Meanwhile, Leon arranges a meeting for himself with Soku, the internal security chief for General Jantapan Tom Wu, a rebel military general who is making a play to be one of the most powerful men in Thailand. Secretly, Jantapan is messing with some very dangerous spiritual forces. Soku provides Jake with a cover story, but the CIA wants Jake out of it because theyre planning to take out the Abu Karaf with the aid of the Thai army, and they dont want a civilian in the middle. Jake is a spiritual man, so he contacts his spiritual master, Buddhist monk Paijan Paitoon. As Jake is in trouble, Paitoon offers to arrange a divination from the oracle of the order. He enlists the help of Sunti. Jake gets Lulu Monica Lo, the girlfriend of arms dealer Fitch McQuoid Vincent Riotta, to steal information leading to the Abu Karaf. ........
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