Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast
DVD cover
Directed byChing Siu-tung
Written byThomas Fenton (uncredited)
James Townsend
Story bySteven Seagal (uncredited)
Produced byJamie Brown
Randall Emmett
George Furla
Gary Howsam
Steven Seagal
Charles Wang
Starring
CinematographyDanny Nowak
Edited byDavid Richardson
Music byMark Sayer-Wade
Production
companies
GFT Entertainment
Salon Films
Studio Eight Productions
Emmett/Furla Films
Distributed byColumbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Release date
  • December 30, 2003 (2003-12-30)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Thai
Budget$14.3 million

Belly of the Beast is a 2003 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director Ching Siu-tung in his American directorial debut, and starring Steven Seagal, who also produced. The film co-stars Byron Mann, Monica Lo and Tom Wu. Seagal plays Jake Hopper, a former CIA agent on a quest to find his kidnapped daughter. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on December 30, 2003; the film recouped its budget from the US home video market alone.