Out for Justice (1991)

1991 film directed by John Flynn

Released

1991

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

John Flynn

Producer

Steven Seagal, Arnold Kopelson

Music

David Michael Frank

Cinematography

Ric Waite

Editing

Don Brochu

Starring

Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach, Dominic Chianese, Jo Champa, Gina Gershon, Robert LaSardo, Dan Inosanto

Running time

91 minutes

Production company

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Distributor

InterCom, Netflix

Budget

$14 million

Set in

New York City, Brooklyn

Out for Justice is a 1991 American crime action film directed by John Flynn, from a screenplay by R. Lance Hill, starring and co-produced by Steven Seagal. Seagal plays Gino Felino, a veteran New York City police detective who sets out to avenge his partner murder by killing the trigger-happy, drug-addicted mafioso culprit (played by William Forsythe). The cast also features Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Gina Gershon, Dominic Chianese and Julianna Margulies in her film debut.

The film was released theatrically by Warner Bros. on April 12, 1991. Out for Justice received mixed-to-negative reviews, but was a commercial success.

Cast

• Steven Seagal
• William Forsythe
• Jerry Orbach
• Dominic Chianese
• Jo Champa
• Gina Gershon
• Robert LaSardo
• Dan Inosanto
• Gianni Russo
• Jay Acovone
• Julianna Margulies
• Anthony DeSando

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q517652 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.