The story follows Louis Burke, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer (undercover as a detective) who is sent into a maximum-security prison to investigate a string of inmate murders. While inside, he discovers a conspiracy involving the illegal harvesting of organs from healthy inmates. The film's primary antagonist is "The Sandman" (played with chilling intensity by Patrick Kilpatrick), a psychotic serial killer Burke had previously arrested who reappears in the prison to seek revenge. Production Background
This was the first professional writing credit for David S. Goyer , who wrote the script while still a student at USC. Goyer would later become famous for penning The Dark Knight trilogy and the Blade films. Death Warrant
The film was originally titled Dusted while being filmed by Cannon Films. After Cannon went bankrupt, MGM took over and renamed the project Death Warrant . The story follows Louis Burke, a Royal Canadian
The 1990 film is a cornerstone of Jean-Claude Van Damme's early career, blending the high-stakes tension of a prison thriller with the stylized martial arts action for which "The Muscles from Brussels" is known. Plot and Characters The film was originally titled Dusted while being
Along with Van Damme, the film features strong supporting performances from Robert Guillaume and Cynthia Gibb . Critical Reception and Legacy