Above the Law Poster

Above the Law (1988)

R 04/08/1988 Action, Crime, Thriller 1h 39m
61%
User
Score
6.0/10
50%
45/100

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

Overview

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.

Andrew Davis

Screenplay

Steven Pressfield

Screenplay

Ronald Shusett

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal

Nico Toscani

Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

Henry Silva

Henry Silva

Kurt Zagon

Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone

Sara Toscani

Ron Dean

Ron Dean

Detective Lukich

Daniel Faraldo

Daniel Faraldo

Tony Salvano

Joe Greco

Joe Greco

Father Joseph Gennaro

Vince Viverito

Vince Viverito

Giuseppe

Chelcie Ross

Chelcie Ross

Nelson Fox

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on March 29, 2025

**_The next generation in Eastwood cop thrillers_**

An ex-CIA martial artist, is now a vice squad detective in Chicago (Steven Seagal) where he and his new partner (Pam Grier) investigate a drug ring, but are shocked when the drug lord (Tony Salvano) is let go by the Feds, which can be traced to his nemesis in the CIA (Henry Silva).

"Above the Law” (1988) was Seagal’s cinematic debut. He claimed he picked the movie from a pile of scripts that Warner Brothers had lying around for Clint Eastwood. I bring that up because the film is basically the next generation in Eastwood’s detective thrillers, just mixed with the martial arts and general plot of “Code of Silence” from three years earlier. That one had the same director, as well as the same actor in the villain role, Silva.
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