Above the Law (1988)
R 22 Apr 1988 • Action, Crime, Drama • 1h 39m
Nico learned martial arts in Japan, and was in Vietnam for the CIA, and now is a cop in the vice squad of Chicago. A junkie tells him about a big drug deal; However it turns out that the deal was about C4 explosives and that one of the parties was the CIA. Nico gets ordered to keep out of it, but can't imagine why the CIA would sell C4, so he investigates further. While risking his and his young family's life, he discovers that the CIA tries to cover it's connections to drug dealers in Middle America and wouldn't even stop from murder.
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Language:
English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Awards:
1 nomination
Country:
United States, Hong Kong
Metacritic Score:
45
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Box Office Total:
$18,869,631