Death Warrant
1990 · Movie · R · 89 min · ★ 6.2 · 35% critics
A Canadian police officer goes undercover inside a violent prison to investigate the deaths of inmates and jail staff. Using his martial arts skills, he fights to survive, earns respect, and pushes deeper into the prison’s brutal mystery.
Also known as Mandat d'exécution
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-09-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 35/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (624 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Death Warrant if you want a serious, gritty prison thriller with lots of fight-heavy action, and you like Jean-Claude Van Damme’s early ’90s style; Not for you if you prefer lighter, more humorous prison stories like Maniac Cop or Out for Justice.
Pros: strong prison action; entertaining mystery; martial arts focus | Cons: stiff fights; gloomy tone; plot logic complaints
Themes
- prison
- martial arts
- showdown
- prisoner
- undercover
- fight
- psychopath
- revenge
- murder
- los angeles, california
- surveillance
- action hero
Cast & crew
Jean-Claude Van Damme
as Louis Burke
Robert Guillaume
as Hawkins
Cynthia Gibb
as Amanda Beckett
Patrick Kilpatrick
as Christian 'The Sandman' Naylor
Art LaFleur
as Sergeant DeGraf
George Dickerson
as Tom Vogler
Joshua John Miller
as Douglas Tisdale
Hank Stone
as Romaker
Conrad Dunn
as Konefke
Jack Bannon
as Ben Keane
Directed by Deran Sarafian