Death Warrant

(1990)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 652 votes

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Year: 1990

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Deran Sarafian

Cast: Жан-Клод Ван Дамм, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, Патрик Килпатрик, Art LaFleur, George Dickerson, Джошуа Джон Миллер, Hank Stone, Conrad Dunn, Jack Bannon

Plot

Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in this violent world.

Detective Louis Burke (Jean-Claude Van Damme) enters Harrison State Prison under an assumed identity to uncover an organ-harvesting ring targeting young inmates. He finds allies among the prisoners, including the enigmatic Hawkins (Robert Guillaume), but his investigation is compromised when the Sandman (Patrick Kilpatrick), a lethal serial killer Burke previously fought, arrives as a new transfer. The Sandman exposes Burke's true profession to the prison population, triggering a violent facility-wide riot. While Burke's external contact Amanda Beckett (Cynthia Gibb) uncovers evidence of state-level corruption, Burke is forced into a final, lethal confrontation with the Sandman within the prison boiler room to secure his survival and escape the collapsing institution.