Above the Law

"He's a cop who believes no one is above the law."

Apr 22 1988 R 1h 39m
Action, Crime, Drama

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.

Plot

Nico learned martial arts in Japan, and was in Vietnam for the CIA, and now is a cop in the vice squad of Chicago. A junkie tells him about a big drug deal; However it turns out that the deal was about C4 explosives and that one of the parties was the CIA. Nico gets ordered to keep out of it, but can't imagine why the CIA would sell C4, so he investigates further. While risking his and his young family's life, he discovers that the CIA tries to cover it's connections to drug dealers in Middle America and wouldn't even stop from murder.

Written by

Andrew Davis, Steven Seagal, Steven Pressfield

Directed by

Andrew Davis

Cast

Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Hong Kong

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

Español, English

Awards

1 nomination

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Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
45
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