Synopsis
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
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Cast
- Steven SeagalNico Toscani
- Pam GrierDelores 'Jacks' Jackson
- Henry SilvaKurt Zagon
- Sharon StoneSara Toscani
- Ron DeanDetective Lukich
- Daniel FaraldoTony Salvano
- Joe GrecoFather Joseph Gennaro
- Vince ViveritoGiuseppe
- Chelcie RossNelson Fox
- Jack WallaceUncle Branca
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
As in his previous film, Davis gets mileage out of supporting players who do not look or sound like professional actors and so add a level of realism to the action. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The movie has the same problem as Davis' Chuck Norris vehicle, Code of Silence. Starting in the semi-realistic framework of the '70s cop movies, it veers off into '80s action movie cloud-cuckoo land: the paranoid one-against-a-hundred cliches of the average Schwarzenegger-Stallone heavy-pectoral snow job. [08 Apr 1988, p.14] - 50
Washington Post
He's the anticop, one blood-soaked, quasi-psychotic symptom of Hollywood's desire to outgun, outkill and out-carchase itself. - 50
Time Out
Davis' direction is Miami Vice-tight, though with frequent attempts at humour: this, together with the caricature psycho-baddie (Silva), and the mixture of spectacular, bone-crunchingly realistic violence with a stab at topical socio-political commentary, makes for a very uncertain tone. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
A slam-bang action film with some stunning scenes of mayhem and violence. - 50
Variety
With a couple dozen stunt persons and an earthy, warm and supportive partner (Pam Grier), Seagal kicks, kills and crushes with his skillful hands one handful after another of street hoods who try and thwart his mission. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The action sequences are sleek and strong enough, but the story that chains them together is too ambitious for its own good - 50
Miami Herald
Interesting. Not worth the trouble, but interesting. [22 Apr 1988, p.C5]
