mark for death ( 1990 ) spend more time on action sequence and than it do with focus on it character . after his first two impressive effort and above the law ( 1988 ) and hard to kill ( 1989 ) and this third steven seagal picture make the idea clear represent anyone who oppose him be mean to look like a fool while the bad guy be just there to make him look good . seagal have be steadily build an audience that seem a bit large than those that follow the kick em up antic of chuck norris or jean claude van damme . in marked for death and seagal toss aside any pretense at style and head full throttle into exploitation . this film contain load of graphic violence and gore and nudity that seem to be there for no reason other than to please rowdy moviegoer and who be unable to distinguish between action picture that tell a story and those that simply pour on the thrill without rhyme or reason . and he deserve some real blame for this lapse in taste a a producer of mark for death . seagal play john hatcher and a retired dea agent who come home to chicago and where his family be be attack by a jamaican street gang and who attack his sister house and and the film prove that it isn not squeamish when hatcher niece ( danielle harris ) be shoot in the crossfire . hatcher get mad and and he decide to team up with his old friend and max ( keith david ) and a school gym teacher and and charles ( tom wright ) and a jamaican cop . naturally and hatcher declares war on the chief bad guy and a dread lock jamaican voodoo priest call screwface ( basil wallace ) and a nickname that apparently mean outrageous overact . and it be almost unbelievable in the way seagal pick off various member of the gang represent he gouge one guy eyeball and he break a guy back and and he break numerous arm and limb . all logic for this movie be throw out the window through the glass and that be . why aren not hatcher and friend indict for all the property damage they cause or the body count that pile up . and how do they get their cache of automatic weapon from illinois to jamaica by plane without be detect . seagal have a clint eastwood stoicism about him that fan once seem to enjoy and and despite the three different character he play in a many film and each dress in oriental black bathrobe and and wear a ponytail . one of the problem that i have with some of seagal movie be that the main character never seem to be in serious jeopardy and and because he the star and of course and no one can lay a glove on him and except for the bad guy . seagal hero be all interchangeable and a be most of the plot line and action sequence . regardless of whether he masquerade a a ship cook and a fire fighter and or an l. a. cop wear love bead and seagal be always seagal and which be exactly what his fan want . in fact and the sameness of these film be such that and if i want to and i could take an old review and change the name and and have a reasonably accurate take on the new movie . not that i would ever really do that .