When an EPA representative is discovered dead in a small Midwestern town, government agent Jack Taggart goes undercover to check things out. He then investigates a Kentucky mine and helps locals stand up for their rights.
One big self-distraction and nothing that vaguely resembles a real film.
Film Journal International
January 01, 2000
You have to give Seagal points for having his heart in more or less the right place, but Fire Down Below is a hugely silly movie.
FulvueDrive-in.com
March 05, 2006
A real pleasant surprise with a less brash, more likable Seagal. Manages to show a genuine affection for the kind of rural folks elitist Hollywood usually ridicules.
Film.com
January 01, 2000
Seagal barely works up a sweat... He certainly doesn't work up any drama.
Jam! Movies
February 06, 2002
Unless you're in the market for boredom, skip this one.
DVDLaser
June 14, 2007
The eco-hero who strikes fear in the heart of every polluting industrialist and sighs of pity in the heart of every fashion designer, Steven Seagal, takes his act to the backwoods of Kentucky
Kalamazoo Gazette
June 23, 2002
Marg Helgenberger plays Jack's love interest, the kind of tormented backwoodsy recluse Helen Reddy used to sing songs about. The stultifying aw-shucks courtship between the two is like a nightmarish version of 'The Bridges of Madison County'...