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
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: One thought he was invincible... the other thought he could fly...They were both wrong. Comment: This is probably the second most violent Seagal Movie I've seen so far (the first being Out For Justice). The Aikido fight scenes and the shootouts are extremely violent; much more then the previous Seagal entries. Not just the violence but the drug content is more noticeable here than it was in Above the Law and Hard to Kill.
Seagal this time plays John Hatcher, a cop that has seen to much violence in his day, and is eager to retire after seeing his partner get brutally murdered in an assignment. Hatcher takes a leave and goes to live with his sister and niece. While there Hatcher begins to notice that there is drug dealing in the area by Jamaicans and Columbians. A feud later occurs between both dealers; Hatcher gets too close and kills many of the Jamaican drug dealers. Now the Leader of the Jamaican drug gang (Screw face) wants to eliminate Hatcher out of the way. He and his family are now Marked For Death, hence the name of the movie.
The fight scenes in this movie are arguably the best I've seen; unfortunately the story isn't that original. But the fight sequences are quite graphic, specifically the last scene with Seagal fighting Screw face...Gosh its quite strong to watch that scene, even by today's standards its pretty violent. This is Seagal while he was still in shape and not as cocky as his future films. The acting is good from Seagal's part, so is the Aikido fights, the story as I said could have been a bit smarter, but hey we watch Seagal for the action not much for the plot. Definitely worth owning by any Seagal fan.
MY PERSONAL RATING: 4 ½ OUT OF 5
Customer Rating: Summary: I hope they weren't triplets!!!!! Comment: The only Seagal movie I give five stars to.
Marked is the basic Seagal movie.
Guns, check.
Drugs, check.
Unnecessary nudity, check.
Unnecessary violence, check.
Foul language, check.
For some strange reason, I actually like this movie.
Its fun, it's funny, it's got enough action for ten movies.
The Jamaican stereotypes are pathetic but if you can overlook that and all the other minor annoyances, Marked for Death is a great action movie, and it's a great way to kill an evening.
Recommended!!!
Customer Rating: Summary: CIA Steven Seagal style Comment: Another great movie for Steven Seagal. I like that he exposes all in this fantasic film Customer Rating: Summary: This is the movie where Gene LeBell chocked out Seagal Comment: Ha, this is it. This is the movie where Steven Seagal got chocked out by Gene LeBell. Seagal was being his usual jerk and Gene LeBell stood up to him and put him to sleep. Seagal complained he wasn't ready, and Gene did it again. I love it. Customer Rating: Summary: an oldie but a goodie Comment: Another movie from my early years, when this movie first came out it was the talk of the town. Rastas from jamaica were the bad guys in this film led by screwface. im from the caribbean so the bad accents played by some of the so called rastas was actually funny to me but other than that its what you expect from a steven segal movie. Its still a collectors item
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