This marks the beginning of my 2013 journey to see all Seagal films in chronogical order. This one was decent.

God help me with the rest of this journey. I hear I'll be okay until Fire Down Below.

'If I find out you're lying, I'll come back and kill you in your own kitchen.'

Richard Trapp gave me Above The Law for my birthday and it's about damn time I watched it.

Sure enough, I deeply enjoyed Seagal's Above The Law, almost every minute of it. It's got great story, great action, a funny yet intense chase, some layer and some surprisingly great acting from Seagal himself.

The only problem I have with the film is a little lady named Sharon Stone, who doesn't have any chemistry with Steven and only appears every 20 minutes...I honestly kept forgetting he was married...

Other than that...Damn good movie...

Not up there with Out for Justice or Marked for Death, but it''s still a good slice of 80's Seagal. Pretty naff plot about an assassination attempt, but some decent violence. A shame that Henry Silva doesn't have a greater share of the film, now there is a REAL badass (anyone notice that Seagal runs a bit like a girl?).

Typical Seagal movie.

Dictionary definition action thriller, cars driving through piles of boxes in derelict industrial areas and everything. Seagal isn't quite bigheaded and stupid enough yet to laugh at much in this, his first outing, but there are hints of the wonders to come.

Saw this today on the big screen! A 35mm print! insane that any exist haha I am sure Seagal believes this to be a true story but it's pure nonsense. Still fun, full of action but Pam Grier needed to slap him round those silly jowls, the way he talks to her in the film is condescending and almost as outrageous as the way he runs, which is like a special child.

This marks the beginning of my 2013 journey to see all Seagal films in chronogical order. This one was decent.

God help me with the rest of this journey. I hear I'll be okay until Fire Down Below.

An extremely lame, 1980s Seagal action flick that did not age well. Why did we ever think Seagal was worth going to see – totally un-redeemable as a hero.

'If I find out you're lying, I'll come back and kill you in your own kitchen.'

Richard Trapp gave me Above The Law for my birthday and it's about damn time I watched it.

Sure enough, I deeply enjoyed Seagal's Above The Law, almost every minute of it. It's got great story, great action, a funny yet intense chase, some layer and some surprisingly great acting from Seagal himself.

The only problem I have with the film is a little lady named Sharon Stone, who doesn't have any chemistry with Steven and only appears every 20 minutes...I honestly kept forgetting he was married...

Other than that...Damn good movie...

Film A Day #22 (22/12/12)

This is Steven Seagal's first film as an actor, and also one of my personal favourites. Seagal delivers a solid performance as Nico Toscani, and it's nice to see his raging persona before he became to comfortable playing stoic, wooden authority types. There is also a lot of story and character development present here, a lot more than usual action fare and Andrew Davis' direction is, as always, completely competent and well paced.

Can someone explain Steven Seagal to me? How did this man become a star? He's not attractive, nor particularly imposing, nor a good actor. I understand that he actually does know martial arts, but in this movie he spends his time shooting guns at people, so if those skills were what got him his shot at stardom, why didn't this movie utilize them?

More interesting may be that Sharon Stone costars in this movie. She looks surprisingly awful, which I didn't even think was possible, and her role is that of a weak, whiny wife, which is not at all what I think of when I think of Sharon Stone. Sad to see her in this film, playing such a thankless role. She deserves better.

Not up there with Out for Justice or Marked for Death, but it''s still a good slice of 80's Seagal. Pretty naff plot about an assassination attempt, but some decent violence. A shame that Henry Silva doesn't have a greater share of the film, now there is a REAL badass (anyone notice that Seagal runs a bit like a girl?).

Typical Seagal movie.