French label Opening Distribution has revealed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of director Deran Sarafian's
Death Warrant (1990), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume and Cynthia Gibb. The preliminary release date set by the label is June 19th.
Note: In the U.S.,
Death Warrant is currently available on DVD, courtesy of MGM Home Entertainment.
Van Damme is officer Louis Burke, a roguish police detective who goes undercover to investigate a series of inmate murders at Harrison Penitentiary. Posing as a prisoner, Burke encounters brutal inmates, corrupt guards, death and betrayal at every turn. But when he unearths the shocking secret behind the penitentiary's inner workings, Burke must attempt a daring escape that pits him against not only hundreds of murderous inmates...but also a deadly enemy from his own past.