Above the Law
Above the Law (also known as Nico: Above the Law, or simply Nico) is a 1988 American action thriller film co-written, produced and directed by Andrew Davis. It marked the film debut of Steven Seagal, who also produced the film and co-authored the story alongside Davis, and stars Seagal alongside Pam Grier, Sharon Stone, Ron Dean and Henry Silva. Seagal plays Nico Toscani, an ex-CIA agent, an Aikido specialist and a Chicago policeman who discovers a conspiracy upon investigating a mysterious shipment of military explosives seized from a narcotics dealer.
Plot
Nicolo “Nico” Toscani is an expert martial artist, who is recruited by the CIA during the Vietnam War. While serving in covert operations on the Vietnamese-Cambodian border, he became disgusted with agent Kurt Zagon, who tortures prisoners. A stand-off occurred when Toscani tries to stop him, and he leaves the CIA.
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author | Andrew Davis Ronald Shusett Steven Pressfield Steven Seagal |
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contentLocation | Chicago |
director | Andrew Davis |
editor | Michael Brown |
events | Chicago Police Department Vietnam War |
genre | action crime thriller |
keywords | arrest c-4 capture central america central intelligence agency cia covert operation drug ring drug trafficking gun battle human rights kill married martial artist mass plan police department shelter torture traffic vice squad wound |
musicBy | David Michael Frank |
producer | Andrew Davis Steven Seagal |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | Chicago Hawaii |
theme | martial arts war |