I'm going to comment on this movie, but before I do, I have to mention Steven Seagal's running. This is the fifth movie I've seen him in and I don't know where he learned how to run. His right arm flails like it has a mind of its own. It is not an effective way to run yet he is really fast in his movies.

OK, I said my piece.

In "Marked for Death" Hatcher (Steven Seagal) finds himself at odds with a Jamaican cartel known as a posse. In this movie where Jamaican involvement in drug dealing is grossly exaggerated, Screwface (Basil Wallace) and his crew run the streets of Lincoln Heights, Illinois. That means we see a bunch of dreadlock wearing Black guys selling drugs to suburban white kids.

As if.

Hatcher was retired from police work and wanted nothing to do with fighting drug gangs until a couple of Jamaicans cruised through his suburban neighborhood and shot up his home. It was the absurdest of actions based upon the lamest of pretexts, but what better way to bring a guy out of retirement than revenge?

Once Hatcher was effectively activated by the Jamaicans like a killbot that was given the proper password, he began shooting, stabbing, and snapping his way up the Jamaican food chain. He had his partner Max (Keith David) along for backup and sloppy seconds because Hatcher had to contend with violence AND Voodoo. It seems the Jamaicans' evil ways were aided by witchcraft as well as weapons.

"Marked for Death" was hardly distinguishable from "Above the Law" or "Hard to Kill." The plots were different, but in all three Seagal is with law enforcement, is out for revenge, and does all the typical action hero stuff (gun battles, car chases, explosions, and hand-to-hand combat). "Marked for Death" was cool when I was twelve, but now it seems a little stale.

"Marked For Death" is your every-day-run-of-the-mill stereotypical Steven Seagal movie, through and through. For better or worse, then this movie is essentially the same as every other movie he has made.

Now don't get me wrong here, because I am not saying that "Marked For Death" is a bad movie. No, no, not at all. In fact, it is actually an enjoyable movie, and a very cheesy 1990s action flick that Seagal spewed out by the dozens.

I did enjoy returning to watch "Marked For Death" again here 2021. I don't think I've seen it since back in the day around 1990 or 1991. And truth be told, I had actually forgotten about the storyline completely. But then again, Seagal is always a former cop or obscure agency agent hellbent on revenge. So you quickly get familiar with the storyline here - as it was exactly the same as all his other movies.

"Marked For Death" is an archetypical early 1990s action movie, especially in the Steven Seagal collection. So if you enjoy the movies from that time, then you definitely will enjoy "Marked For Death" as well.

The movie does have an interesting cast assembly, that includes Steven Seagal of course. But also have the likes of Joanna Pacula, Basil Wallace, Bette Ford and Keith David on the cast list.

I am rating "Marked for Death" a six out of ten stars.