Exit Wounds is a 2001 American action comedy film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, produced by Joel Silver, and starring Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson, Michael Jai White, Bill Duke, Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy.

Seagal plays Orin Boyd, a Detroit police detective notorious for pushing the limits of the law in his quest for justice.

This is the second of three films directed by Bartkowiak and produced by Silver that focus on martial arts-based action in an urban setting with a hip-hop soundtrack, following Romeo Must Die (2000) and preceding Cradle 2 the Grave (2003).

Annette sends Boyd to an anger management class where he meets Henry Wayne, the high-strung host of a local talk show called Detroit AM.

After an attempt on his life, Boyd confronts Leon, who explains that a group of corrupt cops needed a fall guy for a deal gone bad and pinned it on Shaun.

Leon and his friend Trish have been videotaping the activities of Strutt's gang, hoping that it might help prove Shaun's innocence and get him out of jail.

Leon manages to stab Montini in the leg with a piece of broken glass, before killing him by having his neck impaled on a clothes rack.

It is the second of three films directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and produced by Joel Silver that focus on martial arts based action in an urban setting with a hip-hop soundtrack and featuring many of the same cast.

[10] Stuntman Chris Lamon died of head injuries on August 23, 2000, six days after a stunt went wrong on the Exit Wounds set in Hamilton, Ontario.

A van was being towed along a street upside-down as part of a chase scene; he was supposed to roll safely out, but apparently struck his head.

Exit Wounds debuted at number one at the box office, grossing $19 million at North American theaters from Friday through Sunday.

Gleiberman singled out Jill Hennessy for praise, saying that she "takes the minor character of Seagal's precinct commander and invests her with an intelligence and a flirty warm panache that sparkles on screen.

"[17] Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine gave the film a negative review, particularly Seagal's performance saying he "makes one wonder how he ever managed to be regarded as anything resembling a movie star."

McCarthy complained that the action scenes were "routine and unimaginative" lacking the flair director Bartkowiak had shown in Romeo Must Die.

[18] Jonathan Foreman of The New York Post suggests that Barkowiak was trying to make a John Woo movie but simply did not have the skills.