Information about Out For Justice

Out for Justice
Out for Justice movie poster
Directed by	John Flynn
Produced by	Arnold Kopelson Steven Seagal Julius R. Nasso
Written by	David Lee Henry
Starring	Steven Seagal William Forsythe Jerry Orbach Ed Deacy
Music by	David Michael Frank
Cinematography	Ric Waite
Editing by	Don Brochu Robert A. Ferretti
Distributed by	Warner Brothers Pictures
Release date(s)	April 12, 1991
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14,000,000
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Out for Justice is a 1991 action film directed by John Flynn, starring Steven Seagal.

Plot

Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is a Brooklyn detective who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. He grew up in the neighborhood as a poor kid surrounded by wiseguys and made men but decided to become a cop. Gino has ties to everyone in the neighborhood, including the mob, and he has an understanding with them that neither will harm the other.

In the opening scene of the movie, Gino and his partner Bobby are waiting to bust up a multi-million dollar drug deal. Gino sees a pimp beating up a woman and decides to intervene. Gino tells the pimp to beat up on him instead of women and when he tries, Gino promptly disposes of him. When he throws the pimp through the windshield of his car, we see red pimp shoes sticking out and then the iconic shot from the point of view of inside the car of Seagal scowling.

Shortly afterwards, we see the film's main villain, Richie Madano (William Forsythe), murdering Gino's parter Bobby Lupo on 18th Avenue in broad daylight in front of his wife and his two kids. Everyone knows that the killer is Richie, a crack addict who has been Gino's and Bobby's enemy since childhood. Gino knows Richie is not going to leave the neighborhood and he tells his Captain (Jerry Orbach) that all he needs is a unmarked police car and a 12-gauge shotgun. Gino visits his mob connection Frankie and his boss Don Vittorio to tell them that he is going to find Richie, while they want their own revenge on him for killing a cop on their streets. Gino starts the hunt for Richie at a bar run by Richie's brother Vinnie Madano. Vinnie and his friends all refuse to provide information, so Gino beats them all up until every one of them (including the local legend known as "Sticks") is a bloody heap on the floor. He still doesn't know where Richie is, but their attitude problem has been taken care of.

After visiting a number of local hangouts and establishments trying to find information, Gino eventually discovers that the reason why Richie killed Bobby is because Bobby was having an affair with two women - Richie's girlfriend Roxanne Ford (Julie Strain), and a waitress named Terry Malloy (Shannon Whirry). When Gino goes to Roxanne's home, he finds Roxanne dead. Gino believes that Richie killed Roxanne before killing Bobby. Gino goes to Laurie's house and tells her what's going on. In Laurie's purse, Gino finds the picture that Richie dropped on Bobby's body after killing Bobby. It turns out that Bobby was a corrupt cop who had wanted a money-making lifestyle like Richie's, and Laurie knew Bobby was corrupt. Laurie had found a picture of Bobby and Roxanne naked, and Laurie had given Richie the picture out of jealousy, never expecting Richie to kill Bobby for sleeping with Roxanne. Laurie took the picture away from where Richie dropped it on Bobby because she wanted to protect Bobby.

Gino attempts to get Richie out of hiding by arresting his sister Pattie (Gina Gershon) and by visiting his elderly parents. But because Richie is in a drug-fueled rage and basically intent on going down in a blaze of glory, there is little Gino can do except confront him. Thanks to a tip from his local snitch Picolino, Gino eventually finds Richie in a house in the old neighborhood having a party with his goons. Gino kills all of Richie's men (while suffering a gunshot wound in the process) and has a bloody showdown with Richie. Gino beats Richie senseless and then finally kills him by stabbing him in the forehead with a corkscrew.

Main cast

• Steven Seagal....Detective Gino Felino
• William Forsythe....Richie Madano
• Anthony DeSando....Vinnie Madano
• Jerry Orbach....Captain Ronnie Donziger
• Jo Champa....Vicky Felino
• Shareen Mitchell....Laurie Lupo
• Ronald Maccone....Don Vittorio
• Sal Richards....Frankie
• Gina Gershon....Pattie Madano
• Jay Acovone....Bobby Arms
• Nick Corello....Joey Dogs
• Robert Lasardo....Bochi
• John Toles-Bey....King
• Joe Spataro....Bobby Lupo
• Dominic Chianese....Mr. Madano
• Vera Lockwood....Mrs. Madano
• Ed Deacy....Detective Deacy

Directed by John Flynn

Trivia

• Originally titled The Price of Our Blood, a line spoken in the film.
• John Leguizamo has a very brief appearance in the movie. He is credited as 'Boy in Alley'.
• Several cuts were made for the film's release overseas. In the United Kingdom in particular, several of the gruesome action scenes were trimmed, cutting the duration by 54 seconds, it has later been releashed uncut for DVD.
• This was the third straight Seagal movie to make number 1 at the U.S. box office on its opening weekend. In the United States the film grossed $40 million, falling short of the box office receipts of his last release, Marked for Death.
• Out for Justice featured one original song, Don't Stand in My Way, performed by Greg Allman. It was written by Steven Seagal and David Michael Frank.
• Athena Massey's and Julianna Margulies's on-screen debuts.
• Movie was originally rated NC-17 for its brutal and graphic violence.

External links

• Box Office Information

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Major films	Above the Law (1988) • Hard to Kill (1990) • Marked for Death (1990) • Out for Justice (1991) • Under Siege (1992) • On Deadly Ground (1994) • The Glimmer Man (1996) • Fire Down Below (1997) • Exit Wounds (2001)
Albums	Songs from the Crystal Cave (2005) • Mojo Priest (2006)
See also	Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt • Steven Seagal Enterprises