Marked for Death is a 1990 action film directed by Dwight H. Little. It stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former law enforcement agent. Upon moving back to his home town, Hatcher finds it taken over by a gang of vicious Jamaican drug dealers, led by Screwface (played by Basil Wallace). The film is the only Steven Seagal movie distributed by Twentieth Century Fox.
The film is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of Seagal's v...
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Marked for Death is a 1990 action film directed by Dwight H. Little. It stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former law enforcement agent. Upon moving back to his home town, Hatcher finds it taken over by a gang of vicious Jamaican drug dealers, led by Screwface (played by Basil Wallace). The film is the only Steven Seagal movie distributed by Twentieth Century Fox.
The film is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of Seagal's very best films, due to the fight scenes integrating heavy elements of aikido, as well as use of weapons and arm dislocations. Seagal supposedly studied Obeah (a west Indian term for black magic) rituals in depth to make the film.
Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher (Steven Seagal) has just returned from Colombia, where his partner Chico (Richard Delmonte) was killed in a confrontation with drug dealers, and John killed the dealers who killed Chico. As a result of Chico's death, John has decided to retire.
One night, John and his friend Max (Keith...
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