Editing Out for Justice (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Out for Justice'' debuted at number one for the U.S. box office,<ref>{{cite news|title=Weekend Box Office: Steven Seagal Scores Another Hit|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 16, 1991|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-16-ca-266-story.html|access-date=July 27, 2021|first=David J.|last=Fox}}</ref> the third straight Seagal movie to do so. It eventually grossed $40 million, about a third less than his prior movie, ''[[Marked for Death]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Review/Film; Out of a Coma, Still Dapper and Disarming|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 28, 1991|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/10/movies/review-film-out-of-a-coma-still-dapper-and-disarming.html|access-date=July 27, 2021|first=Janet|last=Maslin|authorlink=Janet Maslin}}</ref>

===Critical response===
The movie received generally negative reviews.<ref name=metacritic/><ref>{{cite news|title=Review/Film; Spotlight on Lowlife, Then ZAP!|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1991-04-13|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/13/movies/review-film-spotlight-on-lowlife-then-zap.html|access-date=July 27, 2021|first=Janet|last=Maslin}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 23% based on reviews from 22 critics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Out for Justice (1991)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/out_for_justice/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=July 27, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 38 out of 100 based on reviews from 12 critics.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|title=Out for Justice|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/out-for-justice|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=July 27, 2021}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|title=Cinemascore|url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

=== Censorship ===
Additional cuts for violence were made for the film's release overseas. In the United Kingdom in particular, several of the gruesome action scenes were trimmed for the video release, cutting the duration by 54 seconds. It was later released uncut for DVD.