Above the Law
He's a cop who believes no one is above the law.
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.
- Director
- Andrew Davis
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $19M
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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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Above the Law returned 2.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Apr 8, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Hong Kong, United States of America
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