Belly of the Beast
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| Directed by | Ching Siu-tung |
| Written by | Thomas Fenton (uncredited) James Townsend |
| Story by | Steven Seagal (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Jamie Brown Randall Emmett George Furla Gary Howsam Steven Seagal Charles Wang |
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| Cinematography | Danny Nowak |
| Edited by | David Richardson |
| Music by | Mark Sayer-Wade |
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| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English 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.