Steele Justice (1987)

Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

Director:

Robert Boris

Writer:

Robert Boris

Stars:

Martin Kove, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Kove	...	John Steele
Sela Ward	...	Tracy
Ronny Cox	...	Bennett
Bernie Casey	...	Det. Tom Reese
Joseph Campanella	...	Harry
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Gen. Bon Soong Kwan (as Soon-Teck Oh)
Jan Gan Boyd	...	Cami
David Froman	...	Kelso
Sarah Douglas	...	Kay
Kimiko Hiroshige	...	Grandmother
Sheila Gale Kandlbinder	...	Anchorwoman
Robert Kim	...	Det. Lee Van Minh
Peter Kwong	...	Pham Van Kwan
Eric Lee	...	New Thug
Al Leong	...	Long Hair

Storyline

John Steele is a Vietnam Vet who's had trouble adjusting to life after the war. He hasn't been able to hold on to a job which includes being a cop. When his best friend, Lee who also served with him in Vietnam, and who also became a cop was killed by some drug dealers he was investigating. Steele was able to save his daughter and saw one of the shooters. He later sees him and learns that he is the son of General Kwan, another person he served with in Vietnam who was running his own deals on the side, and who tried to kill Steele and Lee but Steele not only survived but thwarted his last plan. Steele suspects Kwan is involved with Lee's death but unfortunately Kwan's a respected member of the community. And Steele's former boss Bennett is not in a rush to find the killers cause investigation reveals that Lee may have been dirty which Steele knows is not true. Steele sets out to prove Lee's innocence and to get Kwan.

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Plot Keywords:

vietnam vet | vietnamese | brawl | police | hero | 

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Taglines:

You don't recruit John Steele. You unleash him.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 July 1987 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Stahl-Justiz

Box Office

Gross:

$1,327,740 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlantic Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 89 min (video: 84')

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (United)

Did You Know?

Goofs

After Harry shoots the truck with the bazooka, the shot from the front shows him with the protective face mask up, yet the following shot from the back shows him with the protective mask down and him raising it to the upwards position shown in the previous shot.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: The Big Box: Deep Throat (2010)

User Reviews

Decent vigilante film, nothing more nothing less

Well i'm surprised there aren't more comments for this film, seems that most people on here are bothered by the fact that's not particularly original, so what? Being unoriginal does not automatically make a film bad, and for the person who was bothered by the racist undertones, no offense pal but you're taking the film WAAAYYYY too seriously, this is the type of film were you don't think about logic and you just lay back and enjoy the mindless action. Kove is pretty bad ass in his role and i'm disappointed he didn't get the chance to star in more of these types of films then he did, though he did eventually end up in one of the Project:Shadowchaser films which i'll try and check out in the future, as it stands this film is pretty mindless and forgettable, but for people like me who couldn't care less about intelligence in films, that's hardly a bad thing.