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Death Warrant (1990)

Death Warrant (1990)

R 89 minutes EN Action , Crime , Thriller , Mystery
He loves a good fight.
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.
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Cynthia Gibb
Amanda Beckett
Patrick Kilpatrick
Christian 'The Sandman' Naylor
Art LaFleur
Sergeant DeGraf
George Dickerson
Tom Vogler
Joshua John Miller
Douglas Tisdale
Hank Stone
Romaker
Conrad Dunn
Konefke
Jack Bannon
Ben Keane
Armin Shimerman
Dr. Gottesman

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Production companies: Pathé Pictures International, The Cannon Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production countries: Canada, United States of America
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $16,853,487

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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