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Information
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 93 min.
- Director
- Dwight H. Little
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama, Adventure, Thriller
- Rating *
- 5.9
- Votes *
- 14,173
- Checks
- 1,181
- Favs
- 24
- Dislikes
- 41
- Favs/checks
- 2.0% (1:49)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:2
Top comments
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Angellike
If you're looking for a mindless action film, i.e. something you can watch while 'brain-dying', i.e. (2) to wind down after a hard weeks work and you don't feel like thinking too much; then this is a film for you. Seagal (and side-kicks) doing what he does best. 10 years 11 months ago -
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Siskoid
DEA agent Steven Seagal retires after his partner's death and goes home to his family in Marked for Death, but the "life" won't let go of him and he's soon embroiled in a turf war between Colombian and Jamaican drug runners which puts his family at risk. This is classic Seagal - whatever that means - with fairly good action beats (he's less showy than other action stars, but the film benefits from his grounded approach) and the great Keith Davis to pick up the slack in terms of screen presence. Seagal likes to say the other action stars aren't real fighters, but someone should ask THEM if they think he's a real ACTOR, s'all I'm sayin'. In any case, the real draw here is the voodoo stuff. It's ambiguous whether the magic works is just a function of the villainous Screwface's cult of personality, but it gives a unique cachet. The accents gets a little thick, not to say indecipherable, but I love the sort of shadow culture presented here. And though director Dwight Little doesn't have the best CV, I felt like the neon cinematography was good, definitely earning the redness of the poster. Marked for Death is exploitation, don't get me wrong - if you're a woman in this, chances are you're going to have to show some flesh - but it has more style than most pictures at this level do. 2 years 11 months ago
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