Death Warrant poster
Writer David S. Goyer
Director Deran Sarafian

Death Warrant

Tagline: He loves a good fight.

Release Date: 1990-09-14

Duration: 89 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Jean-Claude Van Damme
    Louis Burke
  • Larry Hankin
    Mayerson
  • Cynthia Gibb
    Amanda Beckett
  • Hank Stone
    Romaker
  • Thomas Rosales Jr.
    Punk
  • Paulo Tocha
    Perez
  • Patrick Kilpatrick
    Christian 'The Sandman' Naylor
  • Joshua John Miller
    Douglas Tisdale
  • Abdul Salaam El Razzac
    Priest
  • Robert Guillaume
    Hawkins