Above the Law (aka Nico) (1988)
More meme now than man, all twisted and bloated, it is seemingly forgotten there was a time when Steven Seagal was a genuine action star. Sure, not on the level of a Stallone or Schwarzenegger, but together with Van Damme (and possibly Carl Weathers) he occupied a more underground niche yet was one of those names you could rely on for gritty action flicks. Seagal never had massive range, but his earlier work was always entertaining and this one absolutely is one of his best. Seagal plays Nico Toscani, a former CIA operative, aikido expert and nowadays police officer in Chicago, being a loyal family man, a guy from the street and a tough cop. You know: all the clichés in one basket. He does his thing, cracking down on druglords and little thugs left and right. Things take a turn for the worse when his local priest is killed in a bombing and Nico discovers that some shady CIA members are involved. It has something to do with drug trafficking, human trafficking (lots of trafficking ...
