Are Steven Seagal movies just money laundering vehicles?

Movies are a well established mechanism for laundering money.

Steven Seagal movies are absolute trash. The total actual sales can’t be much higher than four digits.

Yet he constantly churns them out.

I can’t think of a better mechanism for Russian oligarchs to launder money than a pro Russian, pro authoritarian, narcissistic sociopath that loves making movies about what a bad world class badass tough guy he is.

It just seems so obvious that I can’t imagine any other explanation.

BTW, real estate and real estate development are other well established mechanisms for money laundering. So, yes, a pro Russian, pro authoritarian, narcissistic sociopath that loves slapping his name on buildings is another ideal vehicle as well.

Edit: some people seem to be unaware of how much money is laundered globally per year.

$2 trillion.

Compare that to TOTAL US domestic box office sales per year; $11B. Global? $21B.

There was only 300M units of DVDs and VoD sold globally last year. All movies. There is no way DVD sales explain Seagal movies.

There is much more demand by launderers for producing Seagal movies than by legit producers looking to recoup money though ticket and DVD sales.

Submitted January 17, 2023 at 03:52AM by Snickersneed https://ift.tt/bdiwDmG