Marked for Death

Starring:Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, Keith David, Tom Wright, Joanna Pacula, Elizabeth Gracen, Bette Ford, Danielle Harris, Al Israel, Arlen Dean Snyder, Victor Romero Evans, Michael Ralph, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, Tony DiBenedetto, Kevin Dunn, Peter Jason, Danny Trejo, Richard Delmonte, Elena Sahagun, Tom Dugan (II)
Director: Dwight H. Little
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

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The glowering brutality that is aikido headbanger Steven Seagal's substitute for a star persona at least gives us a rancid taste of authenticity in this cookie-cutter action picture. This glum lug seems to really enjoy hurting people; he snaps limbs and shatters noses with visible relish. Pitted against a crew of Jamaican gangsters who invade his (white ethnic) Chicago neighborhood and threaten his family, retired DEA agent John Hatcher sets out to solve the case with robotic efficiency, kicking butt in just about every scene. Not quite as pudgy in this 1990 outing as he became a few films later, Seagal looks like the genuine, lethal article in the fight sequences, but like a hopeless amateur when he tries to act his way out of the waterlogged-paper-bag of a script. So what else is new? The one bright spot here is Basil Wallace, a mostly unsung actor who throws himself into the showy role of the Rasta gang-boss Screwface, a garishly scarred psycho with piercing ice-blue eyes. --David Chute

Description

Furiously paced and visually striking, Marked for Death puts action star Steven Seagal up against a deadly Jamaican drug posse. Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher (Seagal) returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican druglord who vows that hatcher and his family are now marked for death.

Customer Reviews:

Marked for Keeps.......2007-03-25

This is one of the last original Seagal sorties in the black arts of kung-fu/voodoo, served up in a stew of "Miami Vice"-style, before he traded his black belt for black mumuu mediocrity. Thrown in, you have some education-fu with a cameo by Joanna Pacula, lecturing grasshopper/Seagal on the black arts. You, the viewer, are stumped til the end by the obsessed pursuit of a phantom killer on two continents.Seagal maintains his concentration, dropping some classic lines minimizing the carnage. "Screwface," the elusive adversary, should have been nominated for an Oscar in this B movie that is notched to the next level by the horror/action controlled direction.

My favorite Steven Seagal film.......2007-03-07

I've watched almost all of his action movies and is my favorite Steven Seagal movie. It seems like he kills them without breaking a sweat or messing up his hair! The fight scene in the end is one of the best.

red's review.......2007-01-19

hey,
well this movie is pretty action packed. i had already seen it several times before i bought it off of amazon. i specifically looked for it on this site and they had it to my luck. highly recommend it. it's one of my favorites

No superior force can dash Seagal's style..........2007-01-08

In 'Marked for Death,' Seagal is simply a retired undercover troubleshooter for the DEA who moves back to his home town ignoring that Jamaican drug pushers known as posses are invading his old neighborhood... He sees his little niece hit after a shootout, and later his sister almost sacrificed in a voodoo ceremony...

Torture and maiming are posse trademarks and posse gunmen are said to prefer shooting their victims in public... Seagal never gives up and never loses his temper... He lets his actions speak for him... He perfectly knows that he has to strike the root in order to stop the evil-doers... He has to destroy their system, and kill their supreme leader... Otherwise they will never stop until he and his family are dead...

Seagal is steely eyed and calm yet quick on the trigger, skillful with the use of sword, and no superior force can dash his style... However, it is not just his talent as a martial-arts champ that has attracted his growing legion of fans but his enigmatic charisma...

Dreadlocks fly and arms get broken.......2006-09-02

I can't think of a better way to start a movie than a scene in which Steven Seagal is running. It's absolutely hilarious, and it sets the tone for a great action movie with some classic Seagal arm-breaking and one-liners.

Seagal plays a narcotics cop who retires only to end up with controversy anyway. He teams up with his old buddy from the Army to battle a particularly ruthless Jamaican drug lord and his posse. At first, the drug pushers are just a nuisance, but when they retaliate by gunning down Seagal's house, he decides to fight back.

Things to watch for:
-A guy who looks like a Manuel Noriega impersonator
-A gorgeous stripper
-Animal sacrifice
-Gratuitous voodoo nudity
-Screwface! One of the best bad guy names ever
-Reggae Samurai!
-Reggae Skydiving!
-Steven Seagal running again!

It's Steven Seagal without the message, without the moral, but with all the butt-kicking goodness. He's at his arm snapping best, and I guarantee you'll enjoy it.

Average customer rating:

Marked for Keeps
My favorite Steven Seagal film
red's review
No superior force can dash Seagal's style...
Dreadlocks fly and arms get broken

Marked for Death [Region 2]
Starring: Steven Seagal , Basil Wallace , Keith David , Tom Wright , and Joanna Pacula
Director: Dwight H. Little
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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