Above the Law1988
Above the Law (1988)
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Cast
as Nico Toscani
as Zagon
as Delores Jackson
as Sara Toscani
as Lukich
as Salvano
as Chi Chi
as Agent Neeley
as Nelson Fox
as Agent Halloran
as Deputy Superintendent Crowder
as Uncle Branca
as Lt. Strozah
as TV Reporter
as CIA Bartender
as Rosa Toscani
as Detective Henderson
as Zagon's Aide
as Officer O'Hara
as Sanctuary Nun
as Father Tomasino
as Senator Harrison
as Lucy
as Pimp
as Abandano
as Bomb Woman
as Watanabe
as Federal Clerk
as Giuseppe
as Luigi
as Man in Bar
as Grandma Zingaro
as Interpreter
as Cambodian Irregular
as Grocery Owner
as Branca's Bodyguard
as Hostess
as NEC Show Rep
as Street Dude
as Machete Man
as Man with Gun
as Machete Man's Buddy
as Refugee Woman
as Refugee Man
as Judge Alspaugh
as Asian Prisoner
as Asian Prisoner
as CIA Interrogator
as Wiseguy Hitman
as CIA Interrogator
as CIA Interrogator
as Man in Bar
as Man in Bar
as Man in Bar
as Aikido Fighter
as Aikido Fighter
as Man in Bar
as Father Joseph Gennaro
as FBI Agent Neeley
Critic Reviews for Above the Law
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (8) | DVD (3)
Woefully short on originality, intelligibility and anything resembling taste.
It contains 50 percent more plot than it needs, but that allows it room to grow in areas not ordinarily covered in action thrillers.
Above the Law has enough off-beat updates on the cops-and-robbers theme to at least make the film visually interesting most of the time.
...the overstuffed narrative contributes heavily to the movie's eventual downfall...
A jejune actioner that has pretensions of making a political statement about such things as drugs, smuggling and illegals.
...old-fashioned, nonstop violence from beginning to end, with subtlety out the window.
Audience Reviews for Above the Law
sets the stage for what every other seagal film would be for me - entertaining and fun to watch, a guilty pleasure, although the same as every other film he has ever made in most regards. overall, i love this movie.
Super Reviewer
After watching it again, I realised that there was more to this film than a typical Seagal flick. For starters, its his first major hit and it also set the standard for the 90's cop thriller drama. Dont expect this to be an action movie, its a cold hard thriller with Seagal for the first time showing his red hot temper and devestating his opponents as he battles a shadowy CIA group dealing drugs and weapons from South America and into the US. Framed, harrassed and finally marked for assassination, Seagal plays Nico, a diamond hard cop and special ops veteran who crosses the path of his old enemies from Vietnam and the black group who believe themselves to be untouchable. With a good cast and helmed by Andrew Davis (Under Seige and The Fugitive) it is a plot worth thinking about as you dont know how the pieces fit together until the latter part of the movie, so its not a typical dmub story, its got meaning and a moral, which is expressed through Seagal's script and narrative. Very modern and slicker than your average movie, this one is worth watching, dont dismiss it as a cheap Seagal flick, its probably one of his best.
Super Reviewer
Seagal's first starring role with a very impressive cast led by Blaxploitation-veteran Pam Grier as his long-suffering partner, Sharon Stone as his wife and Rat Pack hangaround Henry de Silva as the bad guy. A good movie and a sign of things to come for Aikido-legend Seagal - at least until he did Under Seige 2.
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