Marked for Death

Marked for Death
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDwight H. Little
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRic Waite
Edited byO. Nicholas Brown
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • October 5, 1990 (1990-10-05)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[2]
Box office$58 million[3]

Marked for Death is a 1990 American action film directed by Dwight H. Little. The film stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former DEA troubleshooter who returns to his Illinois hometown to find it taken over by a posse of vicious Jamaican drug dealers led by Screwface. Using a combination of fear and Obeah, a Jamaican syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin similar to Haitian vodou and Santería, Screwface attempts to control the drug trade in Lincoln Heights.

  1. ^ Fox, David J. (1990-10-16). "Fighting Words : Movie: The writers of 'Marked for Death' and Steven Seagal are still feuding over script credit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  2. ^ Rohter, Larry (1990-10-23). "COMPANY NEWS; Small Budget, Small Star, Big Hit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
  3. ^ Marked for Death at Box Office Mojo