Out for Justice

Name: Out for Justice
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 12, 1991
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Gina Gershon, Jay Acovone, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Nick Corello

1991

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: April 12, 1991 | R

Starring: Gina Gershon, Jay Acovone, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Nick Corello, Robert LaSardo, Sal Richards, Shareen Mitchell, Steven Seagal, William Forsythe

Summary: The gruesome murder of a Brooklyn Detective will turn the case into a personal vendetta when the deceased's best friend and fellow officer (Steven Seagal) will unleash an all-out attack against a psychotic Mafia enforcer's brutal gang.

Director: John Flynn

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Mick LaSalle

As entertaining an action movie as you're going to find. [13 Apr 1991, p.C3]

Michael Wilmington

But it entertained me more than Seagal's first three movies. There's more verbal energy and atmosphere, more humor: in-your-face, scabrous, wise-guy macho humor. Read full review

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Director John Flynn does a fair job of keeping the minimal storyline crawling along well enough to justify all the mayhem. Too bad the climactic confrontation doesn’t justify the build-up. Stuntwork, however, is first rate, and Seagal remains a convincing action figure. Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

For all its faults, Justice is never boring. But it's such a battering experience, you may find yourself checking your own body for bruises before leaving the theater. [16 Apr 1991, p.6D]

Kathleen Maher

I didn't care much for this movie. It's brutal and it's brutalizing. It seeks to make the audience an accomplice rather than a rational observer. Read full review

Michael Upchurch

Then it raids "GoodFellas" and "The Godfather" for most of its material, before winding up as the same old ultraviolent schlock. [13 Apr 1991, p.C5]

Owen Gleiberman

What’s numbing about this sub-Eastwood potboiler isn’t just the grisliness of the violence but the absence of any possibility that Seagal will stumble, or show doubt or pain, or have to challenge himself in order to defeat his enemies. Read full review

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Steven1981

Mar 22, 2020

Out for Justice is a 1991 action crime drama thriller but more of an action movie and typical kill all the badguys movie for me with one man out to prove he's a tough guy lol... Steven Seagal plays some guy named Gino and he basically goes round beating people up, shooting people withOut for Justice is a 1991 action crime drama thriller but more of an action movie and typical kill all the badguys movie for me with one man out to prove he's a tough guy lol... Steven Seagal plays some guy named Gino and he basically goes round beating people up, shooting people with shotguns or killing people with other firearms. Out for Justice has a love and lust for violence and it's displayed on the screen and the story is somewhat lost in all the violence and parts are a bit tedious to say the least. I can't watch this film now but 15+ years ago I loved it but these days it would bore the crap out of me because Seagal is horrible to view and experience and rather uninteresting at times. There's this badguy in Out for Justice called Richie played by William Forsythe who's simply annoying, stupid, terrible actor and laughable as a villain.. This movie has many stupid characters and badguys and Steven Seagal's crap fighting nonsense that gets old very quickly to the point of extinct boredom of uninterest. We see actress Gina Gershon make an appearance and to be honest I can't remember if the story was good or if there was any but certainly this film is horribly made and directed with no redeeming features at all to save it. It's just a horrible mess and grotesque and over the top violence and blood and shootouts and fighting. Usually I love violent movies but this seems and feels very uninteresting and Steven Seagal is just plain awful and even the huge amount of violence doesn't make it enjoyable either and all the characters in the movie are horrible and unlikeable except for maybe, maybe the actress named Gina Gershon. Horrible movie.… Expand

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