Out for Justice (1991) on Netflix
Richie Madano shoots police officer Bobby Lupo in front of Lupo's wife and children. Detective Gino Felino, who grew up with both men, asks his captain to let him hunt Richie alone.
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Plot summary
Gino Felino is a New York City police detective from Dyker Heights in Brooklyn who knows his neighborhood well. His partner, Bobby Lupo, is shot by Richie Madano in front of Lupo's wife and children. Gino, Bobby, and Richie grew up together. Richie, an enforcer for a local mafia family, is a drug addict on a killing spree. Gino seeks clearance from Captain Ronnie Donziger to hunt Richie, and it is granted. Gino tells mob figures Frankie and Don Vittorio that he intends to block their move against Richie.
Cast
- Joe Spataroas Det. Bobby Lupo
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Out for Justice (1991)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Steven Seagal reportedly claimed his aikido training made him immune to being choked unconscious, so stunt coordinator Gene LeBell put the claim to the test and choked him out, causing him to urinate and defecate.
- The film was Julianna Margulies's screen debut, and in her 2021 memoir Sunshine Girl she wrote that Steven Seagal sexually harassed her during the shoot, describing him as a sexual predator.
- The plot was inspired by the real manhunt for Costabile "Gus" Farace, a Bonanno crime family associate hunted by both police and his own mob associates after he killed an undercover DEA agent, before being killed by a mob assassin in November 1989.
- Star Steven Seagal reportedly had some of co-star William Forsythe's scenes cut from the finished film because he felt Forsythe was upstaging him.
- Extra violent footage was trimmed for the film's release overseas; in the United Kingdom several of the gruesome action scenes were cut from the video release, shortening it by 54 seconds, before an uncut version later appeared on DVD.
