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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 21104
Released: January 31, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
His smash-'n'-bash screen debut! Steven Seagal shows he's an action hero to reckon with in Above the Law. He plays Nico Toscani, a tough-as-nails Chicago cop who, bounced from the force, dares to fight drug-runners and other lowlifes on their own lethal terms. Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) directs. Hard to Kill, the second film of Seagal's career, is hard to beat, a volatile tale of a gunned-down L.A. detective Mason Storm, who awakens from a coma determined to find his would-be killers. As Storm, Seagal unleashes a fury of revenge - and combines cutting down bad guys with cuttingly funny one-liners!
Above the Law/Hard to Kill Reviews:
Great movie - fast shipment... 
2009-11-19 - Movie arrive in time and in perfect condition as discribe by the seller. Will order again from this seller.
Above the Law/Hard to kill
2009-10-26 - In both movies, Steven Seagal, was at his slimmest and best. One of my students who was Martial Arts enthusiast told me that he went to Japan years ago to enter a Martial Arts world championship and a very young Seagal rolled through the competition without anyone ever landing a blow. He said, "so quick was Seagal that no one wanted to go up against him, his hands and feet were a blur of action as one opponent after another fell without so much as minimal competition."
ABOVE THE LAW and HARD TO KILL were Seagal's first FILMS. Seagal wrote ABOVE THE LAW, in which he is a former C.I.A. operative, now a Chicago police officer, He plays Nico Toscani. (He is part Italian American) who is beset by old enemies from his CIA days and the action is brisk, violent and decisive. His wife in this movie, in a walk-on, off role is Sharon Stone. Toscani battles with thugs, corrupt cops, CIA agents gone bad and protecting his wife and child. One of his best.
In Hard to Kill, Seagal's second film he-Mason Storm, is a detective which has been shot several times and left to die, falling into a seven year coma. When he is revived there is hell to pay for those who set up the ambush to knock-off the man who is HARD TO KILL. detective , who awakens from a coma determined to find his would-be killers. Throughout the action, Seagal wisecracks with ironic, bitingly funny one-liners Kelly Lebrock, his nurse, helps rescue him from a hit man once his assailants know he is alive and well at a city hospital. Seagal sets his goals on outing the politician who set him up for assassination.
Steven Seagal's movies and DTV DVD's have grossed over $850 million dollars worldwide. He has also created a few albums of his own music and is a hero of environmental and animal protectionists. As an action hero he has been the best draw over his so far 25 year career. I gave the films a 4.5 star rating for this genre.
Segal has five homes scattered around the nation and a ranch out northwest, he cooks, writes songs serves many charitable organizations, mostly Progressive/Liberal causes, and turns out DTV's each year. The above were among his eight best films. In all he made about 37 movies.
Good movies 
2008-01-25 - This was given as a gift but good concept to put two movies on one DVD. I collect movies and I'm running out of room.
Seagal's first 2
2007-06-12 - ABOVE THE LAW and HARD TO KILL were Steven Seagal's first two movies. After being discovered by a Hollywood director teaching martial arts in California, Seagal wrote and starred the leading role in ABOVE THE LAW. He plays a cop in Chicago who used to be a C.I.A. operative. While making a routine bust he stumbles upon an elaborate, sinister plot that is driven by some old enemies he made while he was a "company" man.
HARD TO KILL details the story of a cop who is thought to have died after being gunned down by a bunch of hoodlums. In reality, he is in a coma for several years. He is lucky enough to have Kelly Lebrock (sigh) as his nurse.
The cop has a secret that he takes with him to his coma. When he comes out of it, he threatens the career and liberty of the politician who sent the hoodlums after him. He invokes acupuncture on his "get well soon" plan as he doesn't have time to be laid up!
Both of these films are quite good. The 3rd Seagal feature, MARKED FOR DEATH was a good action flick as well. After that, his movies were hit & miss (his most big-budget & best movie being UNDER SIEGE). Sadly, he mostly makes just "B" movies these days. In any case, these two films launched a successful career of one of the bigger action stars of the past 30 years.
