Above the Law aka Nico (1988)

"He was a covert agent trained in Vietnam. He has a master 6th degree black belt in Aikido... and family in the Mafia. He's a cop with an attitude."

Nico Toscani is a martial arts expert who was recruited by the CIA when he was in Japan, he would be sent to Vietnam. While there he witness the sadistic treatment of prisoners by Zagon, an interrogator, when he clashes with him, Nelson Fox, his friend tells him to get away. Nico goes home to Chicago and becomes a cop. 15 years later, when he busts a drug dealer, he tells Nico of a major deal going down, when he busts them, he discovers a cache of plastic explosives. And before he knows it everyone he arrested is released and when Nico tries to find out what's going on, a brick wall thrown in front of him. But Nico isn't about to let that stop him. And before long Fox calls Nico to warn him to back off and it's not long after that that he is arrested and suspended from the force. And when a bomb is set at his church, which kills the parish priest, Nico wages an all-out war on whoever's doing this.

Directed by:Andrew Davis
Produced by:Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal
Written by:Andrew Davis, Steven Pressfield and Steven Seagal
Starring:Steven Seagal,Pam Grier, Sharon Stone, Daniel Faraldo and Henry Silva

Music byDavid M. Frank
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date(s)April 8, 1988
Running time99 min.
LanguageEnglish

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Above
• Aikido
• Aikikai
• Law
• Nico
• Seagal
• Sensei
• Steven
• the
• 合気道

[AikikaiAikido]

@WTFisGIMM

He is also in Machete 2010 ;)

[jujutsu987]

@AikikoDo I Hear ya but In Seagal's defense..He's not using all Aikido in the movie. Some Karate techs mixed in as well. But it's just entertainment and not meant to degrade the Art. Also let's face it...Seagal did for Aikido what Bruce Lee did for Kung-Fu by bringing it into the public eye through the media and attracting hundreds of thousands of students to the Art in the process. He gave Aikido schools across the country a LOT of business, thus spreading the Art.

[ShootMcKay]

I wish I had a martial arts school where I could kick the shit out of my pupils...

[ComoAumentarBusto]

what a good childhood

[xxxXXXFASTXXXxxx]

6 People think Justin Bieber is a martial artist! Kids...

[Lousypenguin]

The speed of the guy!!!

[TaiChiAlex11]

HAHAHAHA,stop the fuking car at 6:32.

[MaddDogg81]

fuck there really are stupid young hot girls like this

[elpolacomiguel]

this is great man the best of nico, only one suggestion and is alright anyway, when the ¨fat buddy¨ gets his punch the guitar line that sounds there is very important ( at least to me anyways) but this video is rockin man love it.

[Azard3]

Love this intro. Fucking epic. Better then the shit we get nower days.

[MrDontstareitsrude]

@AikikaiAikido

I didn't like machete