Film199089 min

Death Warrant

Name: Death Warrant
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1990
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Kilpatrick, Art LaFleur

Taste attributes: actioncrimethrillerdetectivemartial artsmysteryfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearglossyenclosedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, heavy crime thriller: fast and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 385 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, helped by two another prisoners, he succeded in finding the truth about the dreadful crimes. In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.

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