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Above the Law: Directed by Andrew Davis. With Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean. A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
- (35K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Andrew Davis
- 1988-04-22
Above the Law, also known as Nico: Above the Law, [3] or simply Nico, [4] is a 1988 American crime action thriller film co-written, co-produced and directed by Andrew Davis. It marked the film debut of Steven Seagal, who also produced the film alongside Davis, and stars Seagal alongside Pam Grier, Sharon Stone, Ron Dean and Henry Silva.
Nico Toscani, a former CIA agent, Aikido expert, and hard-as-nails Chicago police sergeant, has sniffed out the nefarious activities of crooked FBI operatives while investigating an international drug ring.
Purchase Above the Law on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Steven Seagal stars in the bare-knuckled action film that made him a star. Trained in Aikido, Nico Toscani (Seagal) worked as a CIA operative and saw horrors that he can never forget.
“Above the Law” does not lack ambition. We get flashbacks to the hero’s service in the CIA in Vietnam, where he first stumbled across evidence that a CIA official ( Henry Silva , venomous and sleek) was using the agency as a cover for drug smuggling.
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.
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Steven Seagal stars in the bare-knuckled action film that made him a star. Trained in Aikido, Nico Toscani (Seagal) worked as a CIA operative and saw horrors that he can never forget. Now a Chicago policeman, Nico believes he has escaped his past.
