Chicago Month Continues with Steven Seagal in Above the Law (Language)
Filmed in 1988, Seagal plays Nico, a Chicago Detective who was a former Special Forces Operative in Vietnam. During his time in Vietnam, he encountered a CIA interrogator named Zagon, played by Henry Silva. Zagon is a very bad guy who prefers to torture his subjects with chemical substances.
Not only is Nico a Chicago Cop, but he also has a brother in the Mob.
Nico gets caught in a mob war where some of the players have the backing of the Federal Gov’t. Nico takes it upon mislef to dismantle the organization piece by piece.
Filmed in Chicago with great fight scenes, shootouts and car chases. Above the Law is one of our features for Chicago Movie Month.