Marked for Death (1990)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Dwight H. Little

Writers (WGA):

Michael Grais (written by) &
Mark Victor (written by)

Release Date:

5 October 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a good cop. In a bad mood.

Plot:

Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher has just returned from Colombia, where his partner was killed in the...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Jamaica | Jamaican | Uncle Niece Relationship | Suburbia

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14	5:10 PM	MAX
Thur. Nov. 19	5:00 PM	MAX

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	John Hatcher
Basil Wallace	...	Screwface
Keith David	...	Max
Tom Wright	...	Charles, Jamaican Cop
Joanna Pacula	...	Leslie
Elizabeth Gracen	...	Melissa
Bette Ford	...	Kate Hatcher
Danielle Harris	...	Tracey, John's Niece
Al Israel	...	Tito Barco, Columbian Drug Lord
Arlen Dean Snyder	...	Duvall
Victor Romero Evans	...	Nesta
Michael Ralph	...	Monkey
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter	...	Nago
Tony DiBenedetto	...	Jimmy Fingers
Kevin Dunn	...	Lt. Sal Roselli

Also Known As:

Screwface (USA) (working title)
Désigné pour mourir (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Dödens tecken (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Dödsmärkt (Sweden) [sv]
Dømt til døden (Denmark) [da]
Kuoleman merkki (Finland) [fi]
Marcado Para a Morte (Brazil) [pt]
Marcado para Matar (Portugal) [pt]
Muz s cejchem smrti (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Obelezen za smrt (Serbia) [sr]
Programmato per uccidere (Italy) [it]
Señalado por la muerte (Spain) [es]
Sortit mortii (Romania) [ro]
Stohos thanatou (Greece) [el]
Surmale määratud (Estonia) [et]
Tabu (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Zum Töten freigegeben (West Germany) [de]

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Iceland:16 | UK:18 (DVD version) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (DVD version) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (VHS version) (cut) | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1991) | UK:18 (re-rating) (uncut) (2001) | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | Australia:M (cut) | Australia:R | France:-12 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Carpinteria, California, USA

Company:

Victor & Grais

Trivia:

The villain Screwface was named after a Bob Marley song.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Screwface learns that Nesta and Jimmy Fingers are dead, he tilts the table where he was playing dominos, and one of the legs comes loose. He rips it out and uses it to hit one of his fellow Jamaicans. After his "I want Hatcher dead" speech, he throws the leg of the table to the ground (it can be heard), but in the next shot, the table has the leg again.

Quotes:

Charles, Jamaican Cop: [after a demo of the submachinegun] Massive cool! Forward Jamaica!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wedlock (1991)

Soundtrack:

Rebel In Me

Plenty of action, car chases, explosion,corpses and usual violence for this genre

A war veteran and ex-drug agent named John Hatcher (Steven Seagal) retires himself from his dangerous employment. He returns to his family , his sister (Bette Ford) and nephew(Danielle Harris). But he confronts against a Jamaican dope delinquents led by Screwface (Basil Wallace who's a better villain than Seagal's previous films). And as the title says marked him and his family for death. Hatcher and his pals (Keith David and Tom Wright) are back in action to track down the Jamaican killer who is threatening his family. Then Hatcher and Screwface playing a cat-and-mouse game.

Elaborately produced action film with tough Seagal is just another action film full of struggles ,thrills, noise and lots of violence. Ever-wooden Seagal as almost always, playing a two-fisted and loner cop, he delivers the goods in his own style full of usual violence and fights with snapping wrists and worth it just to see Steve in Jamaica where appears singing Jimmy Cliff. Atmospheric musical score by James Newton Howard though composed by synthesizer and appropriate cinematography by Ric Waite. The picture was made in the Seagal's best period when he played high budget movies such as ¨Hard to kill¨(1990 by Bruce Malmuth), ¨Under siege¨ ( Seagal's best film to date, 92, Andrew Davis), ¨Dark territory¨ (95, Geoff Murphy), ¨Executive decision¨ (96 by Stuart Baird), ¨Glimmer man¨ ((96, John Gray), ¨Exit wounds¨(2001, Andre Bartkowiak), among others. Nowadays he does fairly low standards, lesser budget and direct to video movies, such as ¨Half past dead¨, ¨The foreigner¨ and its sequel and many others.

Director Dwight H. Little who gave credibility to Wesley Snipes in 'Murder at 1600' teams up with Aikido expert Seagal for this action-filled cop thriller. The result is a strong outing for action enthusiasts and Seagal is fun to watch.