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
Peter Jason	...	Pete Stone
Danny Trejo	...	Hector
Richard Delmonte	...	Chico
Elena Sahagun	...	Carmen
Tom Dugan	...	Paco
Rita Verreos	...	Marta
Joe Renteria	...	Raoul
Gary Cervantes	...	Little Richard (as Carlos Cervantes)
Wayne Montanio	...	Mexican Bouncer
Nick Corello	...	Nicky
Grant Gelt	...	Tommy
Justin Murphy	...	Freddy
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Stein
Stanley White	...	Sheriff O'Dwyer
Matt Levin	...	Boy #1
Philip Tanzini	...	Boy #2
Leslie Danon	...	Girl #1
Teri Ivens	...	Girl #2
Dale Harimoto	...	Dale Harimoto, TV News Reporter
Tracey Burch	...	Sexy Girl #1
Teri Weigel	...	Sexy Girl #2
Robert Ashiva Ganta Strickland	...	Arms Dealer
Noel L. Walcott III	...	Posse Leader
Prince Ital Joe	...	Dread With Hostage
Andria Martel	...	Young Stripper
Nicholas Celozzi	...	Man in High Hat Bar
Debby Shively	...	Barmaid
Craig Pinkard	...	Bartender
Matt O'Toole	...	Yuppie Dealer
Kerrie Cullen	...	Dept. Store Hostage
Linus Huffman	...	DEA Agent
Roger Romero Godbout	...	Band in McGilly's
Harry John Leamy	...	Band in McGilly's
John Endeveri	...	Band in McGilly's
Christopher Allen Goss	...	Band in McGilly's
Libert Steer	...	Reggae Band
Philip Chen	...	Reggae Band
Rock Deadrick	...	Reggae Band
Einstein Brown	...	Reggae Band
Eric Bernard	...	Reggae Band
Haile Maskel	...	Reggae Band
Jimmy Cliff	...	Himself
Tony Williams	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Richard Barr	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Ansel Collins	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Radcliffe Bryan	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Loris Lawrence	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Carol McLaughlin	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Lloyd Willis	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Phillip Michael White	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandra Canning

Directed by
Dwight H. Little

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Grais		(written by) &
Mark Victor		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Grais	....	producer
Peter Macgregor-Scott	....	co-producer
Julius R. Nasso	....	associate producer
Steven Seagal	....	producer
John Todgya	....	associate producer
Mark Victor	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Ric Waite		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown

Casting by
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion
Sue Swan

Production Design by
Robb Wilson King

Art Direction by
James A. Burkhart		(as James Burkhart)

Set Decoration by
Bob Kensinger		(as Robert Kensinger)

Costume Design by
Isabella B. Van Soest		(as Isabella Van Soest Chubb)

Makeup Department
Gandhi Bob Arrollo	....	makeup artist (as Bob Arrollo)
John Blake	....	special makeup effects
Cydney Cornell	....	hair stylist
Jef Simons	....	hair styles supervisor
Jef Simons	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Terry Benedict	....	production supervisor: second unit
P.M. Scott	....	unit production manager
David C. Thomas	....	unit production manager: added scenes

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mathew Dunne	....	second assistant director: second unit
David Kelley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	second unit director
Michael-McCloud Thompson	....	second assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Christopher Cleary	....	set dresser
Doug DuRose	....	props
Douglas Fox	....	property master
Jill Sprayregen Henkel	....	lead
Gilbert Wong	....	set designer

Sound Department
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard C. Franklin	....	supervising sound editor
Fred Judkins	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Maxfield	....	boom operator
John Pritchett	....	sound mixer
Edward F. Suski	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Jacobs	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dale L. Martin	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer
Kenny Bates	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts
Harold Burns	....	stunt performer
John Cann	....	stunt performer
Binh Dang	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunts
David LeBell	....	utility stunts
Eric Mansker	....	stunts
Jim McConnell	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts
Luis J. Silva	....	stunt double
William Washington	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunts
Larry Reynosa	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Carl Boles	....	gaffer
Mike Bonnaud	....	lamp operator
Scott Floren	....	key grip
Steven R. Monroe	....	first assistant camera
Rick Neff	....	camera operator
Kurt E. Soderling	....	assistant camera
Kurt E. Soderling	....	camera operator: second unit
John M. Stephens	....	director of photography: second unit
Bobby Thomas	....	additional photographer
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mark Paladini	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Goldsmith	....	costume supervisor
Rhona Meyers	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
John A. Amicarella	....	executive in charge of post-production
Derek Berlatsky	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Matt Dike	....	music supervisor
Michael Mason	....	scoring engineer
Michael Ross	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Claire Baker	....	script supervisor: second unit
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Kim Delgado	....	adr loop group
Dorain Grusman	....	choreographer
Marsha Koff	....	production controller (as Marsha Mann-Koff)
Harry Lu	....	armorer
Sharron Reynolds	....	script supervisor
Steven Seagal	....	martial arts coordinator
Steven Shkolnik	....	location manager
Ellen Wolff	....	production coordinator
Riley Kathryn Ellis	....	studio executive (uncredited)
Daniel Veluzat	....	location liaison (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Victor & Grais
• Steamroller Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1994) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox (1991) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1991) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1991) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox Film (1991) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Sunrise Films  negative cutting
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  sound recording

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:

Revealing mistakes: In the department store fight, Hatcher drops the first Jamaican with a knife through the chest. Later, when Max enters the scene, the dead Jamaican can be seen lying in the background and his foot twitches once or twice.

Quotes:

Max: Well?
John Hatcher: One thought he was invincible... the other thought he could fly.
Max: So?
John Hatcher: They were both wrong.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Malevolent (2002)

Soundtrack:

No Justice

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.