Martial arts hero Steven Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, choreographed, and debuted in this thrill ride -- a cop film with more attitude, and more plot, than its star had duties on the set. Seagal is Nico Toscani, 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. When the FBI orders his squad to ignore the mysterious shipment of military explosives they seized from a notorious narcotics dealer, Nico defiantly pursues his own investigation. With the help of his partner Jax (Pam Grier), he sifts through a tangled web of Catholic priests, illegal immigrants, and trained assassins to uncover a drug cartel run directly out of the CIA by an official named Zagon Henry Silva. Nico remembers the man from his CIA days in Vietnam, when Zagon used the agency (and the war) as a front for smuggling opium. At the time, Nico was too outranked to thwart him, but he will no longer let Zagon abuse his position to remain immune from prosecution -- especially now that the official has plans to murder a U.S. senator. Zagon may be above the law of most men, but he is certainly not above Nico's. Aubry Anne D'Arminio, Rovi
- Genre: Suspense & Thriller
- Category Police Detective Film, Action Thriller
- Theme: Drug Trade, Rogue Cops
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 01 hr 39 min
- Language: French, German, Spanish, English, Italian
- Subtitle Language: Italian, English, German, Spanish, French
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: April 7, 2009
- Lead Actor: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo
- Supporting Actor: Chantara Nop, Cheryl Hamada, Christopher Peditto, Alex Ross, Danny Goldring, Juan Ramirez, Lee de Broux, Mike James, Mike Nakayama, Patrick Gorman, Tom Muzila, Nydia Rodriguez Terracina, Thalmus Rasulala, Chelcie Ross, Joe V. Greco, Nick Kusenko, Sharon Stone, Dennis Phun, Zaid Farid, Ralph Foody, Terry Stewart, Sandy Holt, Ronnie Barron, Michael Rooker, Mario Nieves, Joseph Kosala, Gene Barge, India Cooper, Gene Hartline, Craig Dunn, Chris Karchmar, Al Rasho, Henry Godinez, Le Tuan, Lisa Tejero, Rafael Gonzalez, Rom Milanovich, Mike Coglianese, Miguel Nino, Metta Davis, John Drummond, Jack Wallace, Joe D. Lauck, Gregory Alan Williams, Clare Peck, Gary Goldman, April Tran, Anthony Cannata, Toni Fleming
- Director: Andrew Davis
