Above the Law (1988)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.4/10   

Director:

Andrew Davis

Escritores:

Andrew Davis (story) &
Steven Seagal (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 abril 1988 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

He was a covert agent trained in Vietnam. He has a master 6th degree black belt in Aikido... and family in the Mafia. He's a cop with an attitude.

Plot:

Nico Toscani is a martial arts expert who was recruited by the CIA when he was in Japan, he would be sent to Vietnam...

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Drugs | Martial Arts | Vietnam | Explosive

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Seagal Unfairly Criticized As Actor

Reparto

Steven Seagal	...	Nico Toscani
Pam Grier	...	Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Henry Silva	...	Kurt Zagon
Ron Dean	...	Detective Lukich
Daniel Faraldo	...	Tony Salvano
Sharon Stone	...	Sara Toscani
Miguel Nino	...	Chi Chi Ramon
Nicholas Kusenko	...	FBI Agent Neeley
Joe Greco	...	Father Joseph Gennaro (as Joe V. Greco)
Chelcie Ross	...	Nelson Fox
Gregory Alan Williams	...	FBI Agent Halloran (as Gregory Alan-Williams)
Jack Wallace	...	Uncle Branca
Metta Davis	...	Rosa Toscani
Joseph F. Kosala	...	Lieutenant Strozah (as Joseph Kosala)
Ronnie Barron	...	CIA Bartender

También conocida como:

Nico (UK) (cable TV title)
Nico: Above the Law (Australia)
Por encima de la ley (Spain) [es]

Duración:

99 min | Germany:93 min

País:

USA | Hong Kong

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

West Germany:16 (cut) | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1989) | Netherlands:16 | USA:R (Certificate #29113) | Argentina:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | New Zealand:M | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Buck Town, Lincoln Square, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

Steven Seagal's film debut. He also co-wrote and co-produced.

Errores:

Continuidad: During the shootout in the parking garage, Fox shoots at Salvano, however, just prior to the shooting, Salvano can be seen with blood already on his left palm.

Citas:

Nico Toscani: What's happening brother?
black man on street: What it be like, homey?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Step Brothers (2008)

Seagal Unfairly Criticized As Actor

This was Steven Seagal's first movie and pretty much summed up the way his films were going to go: marital arts-crime stories with overly despicable villains and our hero saving the women by out-fighting everyone. Jean Van Damme and others followed with the same recipe which, by and large, has been pretty successful.

Before I saw this, I had read national critics blasting Seagal's acting talents but that was unfair; he's not a bad actor. It was also a surprise to see Sharon Stone playing a nice role and without makeup! That certainly changed quickly with her Basic Instinct-type persona.

It was fun to see Henry Silva again. As a kid growing up in the '50s and '60s, I used to see Silva on television a lot. He always played a bad guy, and played the part well....as he still does.

Overall, a decent action flick but not one of Segal's more memorable films. He make a big upgrade with his next film, "Hard To Kill."