Writers: ANdrew Davis, Steven Seagal, Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett
Composer: David Michael Frank
Starring: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Feraldo, Sharon Stone, Miguel Nino, Nicholas Kusenko, Joe Greco, Thalmus Rasulala, Michael Rooker, Chelcie Ross
More info: IMDb
Tagline: He was a covert agent trained in Vietnam. He has a master 6th degree black belt in Aikido... and family in the Mafia. He's a cop with an attitude.
Plot: A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
It's weird because I though I saw this when it hit VHS nearly 30 years ago but watching it again, I don't recognize any of it. Anyway, it's a better than average action crime movie but it's got issues. For a first movie, Seagal does pretty good. Some of the action scenes are fun but there should've been more. The problem I have with the flick is that it drags in a few places making the hour and forty minutes feel longer. There are a number of actors in the film that I dig and that helps but it's not enough. I just noticed on Seagal's IMDb page that a sequel is in the works. Well, I guess when the creative juices start to run dry you go for the easy cash grab and try to recapture what made you famous. Speaking of which, it's really wild seeing him looking so thin in '88. I've seen clips of his later work and he looks faaaaaaaat. The Warner Bros. DVD set of 4 Film Favorites Steven Seagal Collection offers up the film in anamorphic widescreen with the only extras being trailers for this and six other Seagal pictures.
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