Above the Law
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UPC: 085391-178620 (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 1
Production Year: 1988
Rating: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 99 min.
DVD Release: 1/27/1998
Case Type: Snapper
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Disc Formats: Dual Sided, Single Layered
SRP: $24.98
Chicago cop Nico Toscani (Steven Seagal) is on to something big. Suspects collared in a drug raid are allowed to walk. And Nico himself is asked to turn in his badge. He may be off the force-but not out of the action. Steven Seagal makes his sensational screen debut as Nico in Above The Law, smashing his way into the top ranks of action stars as he tracks ex-CIA operatives trafficking drugs...and plotting a political assassination. Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) unleashes the fury all over the Windy City as Nico and partner Jax (Pam Grier) close in on a psychotic crimelord (Henry Silva). Seagal is "a one-man lethal weapon" (Pat Collins WWOR-TV).

Genres
Action
Adventure
Suspense/Thriller

Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
Media Companies: Warner Home Video
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
Subtitles
English
French
Spanish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono
Cast
Steven Seagal as Nico Toscani
Pam Grier as Delores Jackson
Henry Silva as Zagon
Ron Dean as Lukich
Daniel Faraldo as Salvano
Sharon Stone as Sara Toscani
Miguel Nino as Chi Chi
Nicholas Kusenko as Agent Neeley
Joe Greco as Father Gennaro
Chelcie Ross as Nelson Fox
Gregory Alan Williams as Agent Halloran
Jack Wallace as Uncle Branca
Metta Davis as Rosa Toscani
Joseph Kosala as Lt. Strozah
Ronnie Barron as CIA Bartender
Joe D. Lauck as Senator Harrison
Henry Godinez as Father Tomasino
Danny Goldring as Zagon's Aide
Thalmus Rasulala as Deputy Supt. Crowder
Gene Barge as Detective Henderson
Mike James as Officer O'Hara
India Cooper as Sanctuary Nun
Michelle Hoard as Lucy
Christopher Peditto as Pimp
Rafael González as Abandano
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina as Bomb Woman
Cheryl Hamada as Watanabe
Ralph Foody as Federal Clerk
Vince Viverito as Giuseppe
Alex Ross as Luigi
Toni Fleming as Grandma Zingaro

Men in Bar
Gene Hartline
Tom Milanovich
Dan Janecek
Michael Rooker



CIA Interrogators
Lee de Broux
Patrick Gorman
Gary Goldman


Le Tuan as Interpreter

Asian Prisoners
Dennis Phun
April Tran


Chantara Nop as Cambodian Irregular
Al Rasho as Grocery Owner
Mike Coglianese as Branca's Bodyguard
Sandy Holt as Hostess
Mike Nakayama as NEC Show Rep
Zaid Farid as Street Dude
Juan Ramírez as Machete Man
Mario Nieves as Man with Gun
Terry Stewart as Machete Man's Buddy
Anthony Cannata as Wiseguy Hitman
Lisa Tejero as Refugee Woman
Chris Karchmar as Refugee Man
John Drummond as TV Reporter
Clare Peck as Judge Alspaugh

Aikido Fights
Tom Muzila
Craig Dunn
Marc Katz
Haruo Matsuoka
Crew
Direction:
Andrew Davis: Director
Writing:
Andrew Davis: Story By
Steven Seagal: Story By
Steven Pressfield: Screenwriter
Ronald Shusett: Screenwriter
Andrew Davis: Screenwriter
Production:
Robert Solo: Executive Producer
Steven Seagal: Producer
Andrew Davis: Producer
Cinematography:
Robert Steadman: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Michael Brown: Film Editor
Music:
David M. Frank: Composer
Sound:
Alan Murray: Supervising Sound Editor
Robert G. Henderson: Supervising Sound Editor
Joseph A. Ippolito: Sound Editor
Teri E. Dorman: Sound Editor
Marshall Winn: Sound Editor
Scott Smith: Production Sound Mixer
Les Fresholtz: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vern Poore: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dick Alexander: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Maher Ahmad: Production Designer
Art Brewer: Visual Effects
Leo Solis: Visual Effects
Rodger Jacobs: Make-up Artist
Carolyn Schraut Barczak: Costume Designer