only to discover he is fatally injured. Sunti wishes Jake farewell before dying in his arms. Military forces led by Leon and their General enter, but Leon orders them to hold fire after seeing Jake with the dead Sunti and the kidnapped girls. After the battle, a Buddhist funeral with Jake in the lead is seen. Jake steps into the river and throws Sunti's ashes in the water. A vision of Sunti smiling fades in and later fades out. Jake was looking at the river and saying "Goodbye, brother." Cast Production Belly of the Beast is set and was filmed in Bangkok, Thailand, and was filmed over 42 days from February 3 to March 17, 2003. The film ends with words saying "In Loving Memory of our friend Trevor Murray," who was the film's production designer. Murray died from natural causes in Bangkok during the last few days of filming. Reception Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com gives the film 1.5/5 and is highly critical of Seagal: "It's not just that Seagal makes awful movies; it's that he makes the exact same awful movies over and over." Empire gave the film 1/5, saying that even compared to other Seagal films "this one is especially woeful". Home media The film was released in Region 1 DVD in the United States on December 30, 2003, and Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2004 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. References External links 2003 films 2003 action films 2003 direct-to-video films 2003 martial arts films 2000s English-language films American films about revenge American action films American martial arts films Films shot in Thailand MoviePass Films films 2000s American films