Marked for Death

1990 "He's a good cop. In a bad mood."
5.9| 1h33m| R| en
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Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher 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 drug lord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death.

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VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!
Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
nims-1975 Marked For Death is an excellent Martial Arts Thriller starring Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, Keith David and Tom Wright. This film has lots of Powerful fights, Shoot Outs, Deaths etc. It is a film which is about retired cop John Hatcher (played by Seagal) who has just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency and returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbourhood and that Killings and deaths are happening done by a notorious, ruthless and violent Jamaican Gang led by the malicious Jamaican druglord Screwface(played by Basil Wallace). Determined to drive the drug dealers out, Hatcher has to kill Screwface and the notorious, ruthless and violent Jamaican Gang known to Screwface. Hatcher meets up with old friend and military partner Max(played by Keith David) to kill Screwface and the Jamaican Gang with help from Charles(played by Tom Wright) who later on in the film gets killed by one of the ruthless Jamaicans. Marked For Deaths acting by Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, Keith David and Tom Wright is excellent. This film also has some Awesome fights by Seagal against the Jamaicans and it again is an excellent Steven Seagal film. Marked For Death is an excellent and tense Martial Arts Thriller with brutal violence and awesome action and again Seagal also looks very handsome in this film.
philllipveburst People, come to your senses. This is Steven Segal here. His first four films I see as a group of four. This is by far the best of the bunch (in my opinion). Super well edited, moves along a a perfect pace. The characters are all very colorful. Have you heard anything about the Jamaican posse after Stevie "took them out"? No... of course not. He took them out! Single handily took out a menace that was messing up the good old U.S.A.. Then comes "Under siege". It's pretty obvious it's his "best" film by far. Turned my nose up at it initially at the video store. New hair due, military crap... etc. Got it on a freebie from a friend too lazy to ever return movies on time to the store. I got it back on time (rented movies for 20 plus years, returned movies late twice. Natural disasters responsible.) old Stevie got too cocky for the Warner Bros. executives to handle... and the rest is history. He posed through his next several movies, they just wanted to get rid of him. I think he had a nine picture deal with Warner.... wow, who was his agent!?! Went to "straight to DVD" after that. And the rest (as they say) is history. He appears to have complete disdain not only for his critics (who never liked him anyway), but also for his fans. People who enjoy his straight to DVD stuff..... I don't know... what planet have they in fact flown in from!?! It's pretty obvious the Asian Mob has their claws deep into his flesh. Seems drugged most of the time to me. Self induced? I'd rather watch a Pro Football game... seems more real. Just a sign of the times I guess. When the crap he puts out now passes for "entertainment"... It must be another sign of "the end times". He used to crank out one O.K. Movie per year. Now they might as well be episodes of some bad TV show. Same route John Wayne took, Eastwood, etc..
Maziun GOOD THINGS : I like two songs from this movie , both by Jimmy Cliff : "No justice" and "John Crow" . Cliff even makes appearance in the movie . I was good to see Joanna Pacula in small role of Leslie – expert of foreign cultures . She gives the best performance in the movie. The girl who plays the part of Screwface's ex-girlfriend is hot. It was also good to see Danny Trejo in a small episode. "MFD" has a little more budget than typical Seagal movie , so we get to see a little bit of Mexico and Jamaica. It was also interesting to use Jamaicans as the villains . Maybe the writers were inspired by the "Predator 2" ? "Marked for death " is certainly more watchable and better than all those straight to DVD crap movies Seagal is now making … BAD THINGS : but it doesn't mean it's a good movie . The characters in this movie are one-dimensional . The story is flat and lacks a heart . The acting is rather poor (with the exception of Pacula ) , especially from the actor who plays the main villain . All the fights and action sequences are rather unimpressive and not too exciting. Despite some decent budget "MFD" feels like a made for TV movie . The twist at the end could be impressive , but the movie hints it to us too early and not in subtle way . The romance between Seagal's character and Leslie seems forced , undeveloped and rather unnecessary. There are some attempts at making the characters more human and the dialogue tries very hard to be funny and cool , but both those efforts are fruitless.VERDICT : Nothing really worth watching . Still , it's one of Seagal better movies . His fans should be pleased . I give it 3/10.
Tweekums When DEA agent John Hatcher's partner is killed he decides it is time to retire as no matter how much they do and how many villains they arrest there is always somebody else waiting to take there place. When he returns to his home in Chicago he finds the Jamaican Posses are selling drugs. At first he doesn't want to get involved but eventually he has no choice and deals with one of the gang. This puts both him and his family firmly in the sights of Screwface, the gang's leader. After an attack on his home leaves his niece critically injured he sets about hunting Screwface down; a mission that will take him from Chicago to Jamaica and back again and everywhere he goes he fill have to take on Screwface's many men and the black magic they claim to wield.If you enjoyed other early Seagal films you are sure to like this as it is packed with bone crunching action; he frequently has to fight several thugs at once. As well as the expected martial arts action there is plenty of gunplay, a car chase and even a sword fight! The story isn't too deep but there is an unforgettable twist that first time viewers are sure to enjoy. Seagal isn't the best actor in the world but he knows how to do action so if that is what you want you won't be disappointed. Some of the Jamaican patois is a little hard to understand but that doesn't spoil anything as most of what they say can be guessed anyway… it is nearly always a threat of some sort!