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 | Crack Cocaine | Sword Fight

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)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | West 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) | 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:

Crew or equipment visible: In the drive-by scene at Hatcher's house you can see the squibs and grey duct tape on the door as he is closing it from the inside.

Quotes:

Max: I love giving away all my possessions, it makes me feel real spiritual.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wedlock (1991)

Soundtrack:

Roots and Culture

Very Brutal Mon!

Here's another Steven Seagal movie I've enjoyed. "Marked for Death" is another martial art flick that really gives the term of butt-kicking. Just like the other films he was in, it also proves a point as well. Another law enforcement officer who tracks down a Jamaican by the name of "Screwface"(Basil Wallace). At first this was some seriously cruel joke, but when I saw his face, I said, "Man, with a face like that, anything else would sound a little more horrid". That 1970 Ford Mustang was the bomb baby. Love that car! It's such a shame that Screwface and his cohorts had to blow it up, after he tell John Hatcher(Seagal) to meet his sister "goddess of fire". Screwface really went to far when he did a ritual on Hatcher's sister. And the sword fight was amazing, first he beheads Screwface. And then, he breaks his back a sends him down the elevator shaft hoping "he doesn't have triplets". That's a laugh. So what was Screwface? The modern day Hydra? Better yet, his name should have been Hydra. This movie is another hit for Seagal, and I would disagree with anyone else about it. There was enough action to make it watchable. Rating 4 out of 5 stars.