Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 04/08/1988(USA)
Release Date: 01/27/1998
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD1
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Martial arts hero
Steven Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, choreographed, and debuted in this thrill ride -- a cop film with more attitude, and more plot, than its star had duties on the set.
Seagal is
Nico Toscani, 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. When the FBI orders his squad to ignore the mysterious shipment of military explosives they seized from a notorious narcotics dealer,
Nico defiantly pursues his own investigation. With the help of his partner
Jax (
Pam Grier), he sifts through a tangled web of Catholic priests, illegal immigrants, and trained assassins to uncover a drug cartel run directly out of the CIA by an official named
Zagon Henry Silva.
Nico remembers the man from his CIA days in Vietnam, when
Zagon used the agency (and the war) as a front for smuggling opium. At the time,
Nico was too outranked to thwart him, but he will no longer let
Zagon abuse his position to remain immune from prosecution -- especially now that the official has plans to murder a U.S. senator.
Zagon may be above the law of most men, but he is certainly not above
Nico's.
~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, All Movie Guide
