Marked for Death VHS
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"Marked for Death" on VHS, released by 20th Century Fox in 1990. Steven Seagal's third feature as a lead, and the one where the studio leaned fully into the threat: no buddy comedy buffer, no cop-drama wrapper, just a retired DEA agent going scorched-earth on a Jamaican drug operation that made the mistake of following him home. The red-and-black cover design makes no apologies. Seagal's silhouette, gun drawn, against a high-contrast background that reads from across a rental shelf.
1990 was the year Seagal hit the ceiling of his first run. "Above the Law" (1988) built the audience. "Hard to Kill" (1990) doubled it. By the time "Marked for Death" hit rental shelves in the fall, video stores were stocking multiple copies just to keep up with Friday-night demand. Fox was distributing a wave of hard-R action product in this period, and Seagal fit the catalog perfectly: a real martial arts background, a low-enough budget to keep the math clean, a box-office ceiling that made home video the real payoff. Basil Wallace's performance as Screwface gave the film a villain with actual menace, which separated it from the pack. Keith David in a supporting role added another layer of legitimacy. The film went hard on Jamaican organized crime in a way that was commercially blunt by any measure, which is exactly why rental clerks knew exactly where to file it.
The red sleeve reads from across a room, a promise of blunt force.
This copy comes in the standard Fox clamshell case. The cover art is intact: that red-on-black Seagal silhouette, clean enough that it would have pulled eyes in a rental row without any help. Condition on pre-owned VHS from this period varies tape to tape, so this one warrants a close look before you commit it to a display shelf or a working deck. The tape window is the first thing to check: ribbon should sit flat with no slack and no visible oxide buildup on the inner shell.
OWNER VERIFY: Confirm the Fox release year reads 1990 on the tape label or the clamshell spine, not a reissue print date.
The red sleeve reads from across a room, a promise of blunt force.
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This marked for death vhs originates from the 90s era[01], represents 20th Century Fox[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.
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