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Out for Justice

1991 film directed by John Flynn

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

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. The cast also features Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Gina Gershon, Dominic Chianese and Julianna Margulies in her film debut.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Out for Justice” as 1991 film directed by John Flynn. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Justice, film and directed can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1991 film directed by John Flynn. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1991.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Out for Justice” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.