Steel

Director: Kenneth Johnson Kenneth Johnson

Overview

Low-rent, poorly-lit superhero action is the order of the day in this film from television director Kenneth Johnson -- who makes several references to his series Alien Nation throughout the course of the movie. NBA basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal stars as John Henry Irons, a weapons designer and metallurgical genius who is developing a new sonic weapon for the military with the help of Sparks (Annabeth Gish), a computer whiz. When an accident caused by unscrupulous superior Nathaniel Burke (Judd Nelson) leaves Sparks paralyzed, Irons quits his job in disgust. It turns out later that Burke has begun mass-producing the weapon and selling it to terrorists and L.A. street gangs, so Irons and Sparks team up with Uncle Joe (Richard Roundtree), a junkyard artist, to create a suit of armor and a gadget-packed sledgehammer. Irons dons the suit and becomes known as the superhero Steel, who kicks criminal posterior all over the city with his impenetrable get-up and high-tech gizmos. Before long, Burke's comeuppance is in the offing. Although specific references to it were excised between the source material and script, the original DC Comics version of Steel was a spin-off of the Superman comics series.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/06/2010
UPC:	0883316242179
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Shaquille O'Neal	John Henry Irons
Annabeth Gish	Lt. Sparks
Richard Roundtree	Uncle Joe
Irma P. Hall	Grandma Odesa
Ray J	Martin
Judd Nelson	Nathaniel Burke
Hill Harper	Slats
Thom Barry	Sergeant Marcus
Kerrie Keane	Senator Nolan
Tembi Locke	Norma
Eric Pierpoint	Major
Gary Graham	Detective,Basketball Kid No. 2
Eric Saiet	Young Cop
George Lemore	Cutter
Joseph Palmer	Holdecker
Eric Poppick	Mr. Hunt
Rutanya Alda	Mrs. Hunt
John Hawkes	Mugger
Steve Matilla	Big Willy Daniels
Claire Stansfield	Duvray
Kevin Grevioux	Singer
Tim deZarn	Skinhead Leader
Michael Shamus Wiles	Skinhead No. 2
Kamau Holloway	Skin No. 1
Norris Young	Skin No. 2
Maurice Chasse	French Mercenary
Josh Cruze	Colombian
Harvey Silver	Lamont
Nancy Wolfe	American Overload
Danny Hartigan	Chauffeur
Rick Worthy	SWAT Man
Marabina Jaimes	SWAT Woman
Scotch Ellis Loring	SWAT Officer
Ben Martin	District Attorney
Dirk Wallace Craft	Officer Craft
Jacquelyn Houston	Soldier
John F. O'Donohue	Federal Reserve Guard
Patrick Hayes	Pre-Teen No. 1
Manner 'Mooky' Washington	Pre-Teen No. 2
Cyd Strittmatter	Lieutenant
John Donohue	Crewman No. 1
Jody Fasanella	Matronly Secretary
Kevin Sifuentes	Reed Driver
Joe Wandell	Reef Gunman
Joshua G. Adams	Basketball Kid No. 1
Charles Napier	Col. David
Mervyn Warren	Composer

Technical Credits

Kenneth Johnson

Kenneth Johnson	Director,Screenwriter
Laura Adler	Casting
Leonard Armato	Executive Producer
James Arnett	Stunts
Bruce Binkow	Executive Producer
Greg Cannom	Special Effects
Jon Epstein	Stunts
Quincy Jones	Producer
Shana Landsburg	Casting
Shaquille O'Neal	Executive Producer
David Salzman	Producer
Joel Simon	Producer
Susumu Tokunow	Sound/Sound Designer