Released to kill

Movie
German title	Released to kill
Original title	Marked for Death
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1990
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Dwight H. Little
script	Michael Grais , ; Mark Victor
production	Michael Grais, ; Steven Seagal , ; Mark Victor
music	James Newton Howard
camera	Ric Waite
cut	O. Nicholas Brown
occupation
	Steven Seagal : John Hatcher; Basil Wallace : Screwface (twins); Keith David : Max; Tom Wright : Charles; Joanna Pacuła : Leslie; Elizabeth Gracen : Melissa; Earl Boen : Dr. stone; Danny Trejo : Hector;
synchronization
	Kurt Goldstein : John Hatcher; Gerald Paradise : Screwface (Twins); Ulrich Gressieker : Max; Roman Kretschmer : Charles; Daniela Hoffmann : Leslie; Maja Dürr : Melissa; Heinz Palm : Dr. stone ;

Marked for Death (original title: Marked for Death ) is an American action film directed by Dwight H. Little from the year 1990 . The leading role of ex- cop John Hatcher is played by Steven Seagal .

The German dubbing was done by the dubbing company Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke and Marc Boettcher was responsible for the dialogue book and the dialogue direction.

action

Drug investigator John Hatcher is fed up with his extremely dangerous everyday life as an undercover cop and decides to quit the job against the will of his manager. He is returning to his hometown of Chicago and from now on wants to lead a normal and orderly life away from all the crime. But his hometown is also ruled by drug gangs. Hatcher ignores the problems at first, but when a gun battle breaks out between rival gangs in a bar he visits, he intervenes, prevents an injured man from being executed and enables a Jamaican gang member to be arrested. Actually, Hatcher initially wants to remain passive, but that changes after the Jamaicans carry out an attack on his family's house and seriously injure Hatcher's niece. Now Hatcher begins to look for those responsible and does not hesitate to use force. One of the Jamaicans, cornered, would rather commit suicide than betray his leader, Screwface. When Screwface hears of the henchman's death, he is furious and orders the killing of Hatcher and his family. He also uses a voodoo ritual to put a killing curse on his enemy and his relatives. Hatcher travels to Kingston with two companions - his old friend Max and a Jamaican police officer . There he first locates an old friend of Screwface, who explains to him that the secret of Screwface's magic is that he has two heads and four eyes.

Then Hatcher and his friends storm Screwface's property and kill many of his fellow soldiers. Screwface himself is beheaded by Hatcher in a sword duel. Back in Chicago, Hatcher and friends present the rest of Screwface's gang with the head. They demand that the drug dealers leave town, but are unexpectedly interrupted by Screwface's twin brother, who pierces his brother's head with a sword. As a result, more Jamaicans are killed and crippled by Hatcher and Max. Max is shot, and there is another sword fight between Hatcher and Screwface II. Hatcher ends this by squeezing his opponent's eyes, breaking his back and throwing him down a shaft, on the bottom of which he is impaled by a metal bolt. In the end scene, Hatcher carries the pierced Jamaican policeman down a street, hoping to have finally brought some peace and quiet, while his buddy Max limps beside him.

criticism

"A furiously staged action film with tension, whose thin plot disappears behind the numerous effects."

- Lexicon of international film

"Banal flat-screen cinema."

- Cinema

background

Most of the shooting took place in California . The film had a budget of 12 million dollars and took a world almost 58 million in the box office. The indexing of the film was lifted after the 25-year period in January 2017. After a re-examination by the FSK, the unabridged version was released from the age of 18.

Web links

To kill released in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Marked for Death at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Marked for Death at Metacritic (English)
Approved for killing in the online film database
Approved for killing in the German dubbing file
Comparison of the cut versions PRO 7 from 18 - Spio / JK DVD , BBFC 18 DVD - Spio / JK , FSK 18 VHS - SPIO / JK from Zum Köten released at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

[FSK-1] Certificate of Release for Approved to Kill . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).

[2] Approved for killing (1990) German synchronous index . Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[3] Approved for killing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[4] RELEASED TO KILL Cinema . Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[5] Filming Locations for Marked for Death

[6] Box office / business for marked for death

[7] Approved for killing is no longer indexed

[8] Approved for killing - re-examination by FSK