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- 1990
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 29 m
- 1990
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 29 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Deran Sarafian
Written By: David S. Goyer
- 1990
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 29 m
- 1990
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 29 m
Death Warrant
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5.3
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Deran Sarafian
Written By: David S. Goyer
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
56% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
34
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
56% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Death Warrant holds more interest than many of its genre. [21 Sep 1990, p.7]
Although Death Warrant resorts to several familiar plot devices, its storyline is a little more complex than those of most films of this genre. Moreover, secondary characters like Hawkins and Priest are believable and likable enough that we care what happens to them.
Death Warrant has two colors: dark red, dark blue. It has two moods: brooding and brutal. It makes prison look more attractive by adding fog machines and then filming everything in slow motion. [15 Sep 1990, p.C7]
All of the performances are terrible, but Joseph Porro's costume design is arresting. Mr. Van Damme and the other prisoner look as if they had been outfitted by an upscale outlet of a Banana Republic-type men's boutique.
The best thing about the nod-inducing Death Warrant is a muscleheaded psycho called the Sandman. That figures, since you're likely to take a nap or two waiting for hero Jean-Claude Van Damme to stop taking his lumps and start busting heads. [17 Sep 1990, p.2D]
Director Deran Sarafian and cinematographer Russell Carpenter give Death Warrant a great gloomy feel and know how how to use extreme close-ups as effective eye candy. But candy is about all we get. [18 Sep 1990, p.C3]
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5.3
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Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
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