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    Nico: Above the Law (1988)

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    A slam-bang action film with 6′ 4″ martial arts hero Steven Seagal (in his film debut) as Nico Toscani – a karate-chopping cop out to mop up some Chicago drug dealers.

    Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, choreographed, and debuted in this cop film with more attitude, and more plot, than its star had duties on the set.

    Toscani is an Italian immigrant, Vietnam vet, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalised 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 a slimy 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 (and used heroin to torture people).

    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 Senator.

    Zagon may be above the law of most men, but he is certainly not above Nico’s.

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    Nico Toscani
    Steven Seagal
    Delores “Jax” Jackson

    Pam Grier
    Sara Toscani

    Sharon Stone
    Salvano

    Daniel Faraldo
    Zagon

    Henry Silva
    Lukich

    Ron Dean
    Agent Neeley

    Nick Kusenko
    Father Gennaro

    Joe V. Greco
    Nelson Fox

    Chelcie Ross
    Senator Harrison

    Joe D. Lauck
    Chi Chi

    Miguel Nino
    Luigi

    Alex Ross
    Uncle Branca

    Jack Wallace
    Rosa Toscani

    Metta Davis
    Detective Henderson

    Gene Barge
    Agent Halloran

    Gregory Alan Williams
    Lt. Strozah

    Joseph Kosala
    Grandma Zingaro

    Toni Fleming
    Father Tomasino

    Henry Godinez
    Abandano

    Rafael Gonzalez

    Director
    Andrew Davis

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