Seagal’s out for justice. And donuts

As a former student of aikido – before a Muay Thai gym opened up next to my dojo and I realized you can’t actually win a fight with a yonkyo or iriminage technique – I have a bit of a soft spot for Steven Seagal. You could go so far as to say I’m a Seagal apologist.

Yes, I know the ponytail’s gay and he runs like a girl who’s wet herself, but Above the Law and Under Siege kicked ass, he used to bang Kelly “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful” LeBrock and he was in the frickin’  CIA! Okay, he probably made that last one up. But there’s no denying he could snap-crackle-pop a Jamaican voodoo druglord’s arm like a dry twig and that counts for something.

So I have to admit I’m really looking forward to this A&E “reality” series, which looks like the premise for a big-screen action-comedy: aging action star becomes a real-life cop. It’s Cops meets Tropic Thunder meets Gran Torino. Hmm… Hope it’s as good (i.e. dumb, ridiculous, entertaining) as Dog the Bounty Hunter.

And props to Joel Gerson over at Revolution MMA for passing this clip along and providing the first zinger: “I hope they don’t expect him to run after anything. Except lunch.”