![]() If you took the Predator 2 Jamaican yardie gang subplot, add in the James Bond Live and Let Die and mixed it up with Commando, minus most of its charm, you get this. The voodoo aspect could have been intriguing, but instead, it is a non-entity. There is no variation in the story, whatsoever, the inclusion of the mafia made no sense, whatsoever and though it was released in cinemas, worldwide, this still reeks of straight-to-DVD. Segal's onscreen partner, Keith David doesn't have much to do and is very much an afterthought.Ĭo-written by two writers who worked on Poltergeist with Steven Spielberg and co-produced by Steven Segal himself, this is still, by all means, a B-movie affair with acting performances, which to be truthful, are either forgettable and not the highlight of Marked For Death or just downright poor, no thanks to the script, which was still a bore, due to the lack of good action and the action that was on show ranged from moderate to inept. & unlike Jackie Chan, Segal is not an entertainer and when he is forced or expected to act and show emotion or to emote, beyond being straight-faced and stoic, he just comes off as stiff and uncharismatic. Despite gorging one of the bad guy's eyes out and snapping the joints of the henchmen. This is just me but unlike Van Damme, there is no fluidity in his Aikido & martial arts movements, unless that is the general pacing that practitioners of this martial art emit - when he fights and his movies - both cinematic and direct-to-DVD - look tiresome and not very entertaining. As John, he is an unlikable, raging cop who believes that beating the crap out of people is the solution to his woes. Segal is a bit of an oddity: he's not a great actor, nor does he show much range in his performances. With the help of his friend, Max, John takes matters into his own hands and to rid the streets of the vermin that plague the area. Afterwards, a voodoo priest by the name of Screwface targets John's sister and critically wounds her young daughter, who is also John's niece. But it isn't long until lawlessness and carnage wreck havoc in his community involving Jamaican drug lords. ![]() When he heads home to visit family and friends, things at first are rosy. Segal's own Commando, the Arnold Schwarzenegger flick, Marked For Death became his third movie, after Nico/Above The Law and Hard To Kill of the 1980s, as well as his first outing of the 1990s.Īfter witnessing the murder of his partner, while going undercover in Columbia, a drug enforcement agent & burnt- out John Hatcher has had enough and retires from the force. ![]()
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