Above the Law

Lame action consisting of Seagull as crazy Chicago cop in a mullet and oversized wifebeater mumbling "Nobody is above the law" while Sharon Stone cries the whole time as he busts heads of CIA drug runners. I hate it when stupid... Full review

Well first of all seagal is great in this movie.Is acting debut is very good, the story is great and of course is 6th degree black belt in Aikido helps the movie.Over all it's a movie worth watching because it's simply... Full review

Get this people: my daddy was father Tomasino! Henry Godinez is my daddy! I love him! He's awesome. He reads to me @ night. I am 11. This movie sucked, BUT GO DADDY! D-A-D-D-Y! DADDY!... Full review

When drug raid suspects are let out of jail a Chicago cop named Nico Toscani (Steven Seagal) decides to take action. He has family in the mafia and a 6th-Degree black belt in aikido. Seagal's debut film in 1988 delivers well,... Full review

Steven Seagal starts his movie career with this martial arts action flick about a rebel cop who stumbles on an international conspiracy. Seagal is at his push/smack/hit best in this (and his next) film, ably supported by Pam Grier and Sharon... Full review

A Chicago cop named Nico Toscani (Steven Seagal) vows to track down a drug cartel with his martial-arts tactics. He's a cohert agent trained in Vietnam, he has family in the Mafia, he has a master 6th degree black belt and... Full review

This is my favorite Steven Segal movie. Some of the attributes portrayed are not that far from the truth with this guy. In a fight, I'd like to have him on my side, most definitely. As a martial artist myself,... Full review

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... Full review

I'm a huge fan of Seagal's earlier movies, and this is one of the best. The fight scenes were kick-ass, the plot was great, and pretty much every action scene had me on the edge of my seat, especially when Seagal... Full review

I could watch it over and over! Steven Siegal has a style of acting that I really enjoy. Siegal, Van Dame, and Chuck Norris shows the differents in their training and styles. I hope they all continue to make good movies... Full review

Watching the film may be a guilty pleasure for fans of crime thrillers....In any case, he's a fine actor.... ... Full Review

it's good enough that it should make fans of the film pretty happy Final Thoughts: A fast paced and very well choreographed action film, Above The Law holds up well even now twenty years after it was made. What Above The Law lacks in depth ... Full Review

Above the Law," which offers Steven Seagal to the world as a new urban action hero, is woefully short on originality, intelligibility and anything resembling taste. ... Full Review

Fact is, this movie is so bad it's fun. I bet I could make it up as I went along and STILL come up with a better movie. This movie is crap, make no mistake, but it's a lot easier to watch. I forgot another ridiculous moment. ... Full Review

I guess the studio liked the actor so much, they gave him the latitude to do pretty much whatever he wanted in his first film.....Mainly, one hears an annoyingly jazzy background score, a little dialogue, and the sounds of gunshots and fists on flesh..... ... Full Review

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