Above the Law
A martial-arts expert and former CIA agent, Nico Toscani is working as a Chicago cop when a relatively routine drug-trafficking investigation leads to an international conspiracy. But the FBI tells him to forget the bust-on direct orders from the CIA...
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
20 December 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 June 1953, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 September 1928, Brooklyn, New York, USA
April 26, 2004
Seagal's best.
July 29, 2002
above-average, and much better than Seagal's later efforts
October 09, 2016
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.
April 09, 2015
A jejune actioner that has pretensions of making a political statement about such things as drugs, smuggling and illegals.
January 01, 2000
It contains 50 percent more plot than it needs, but that allows it room to grow in areas not ordinarily covered in action thrillers.
April 29, 2009
...old-fashioned, nonstop violence from beginning to end, with subtlety out the window.
January 20, 2016
...the overstuffed narrative contributes heavily to the movie's eventual downfall...
October 03, 2002
An artifact from way back when Steven Seagal was novel and therefore sort of cool.
January 01, 2000
Woefully short on originality, intelligibility and anything resembling taste.
January 01, 2000
It might be arguable whether it is the best Seagal film or not, but Nico still has all important Seagal trademarks.
