Extreme Justice (1993)

Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term ... See full summary »

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writers:

Frank Sacks, Robert Boris

Stars:

Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Jeff Powers
Scott Glenn	...	Dan Vaughn
Chelsea Field	...	Kelly Daniels
Yaphet Kotto	...	Larson
Andrew Divoff	...	Angel
Richard Grove	...	Mike Lloyd
William Lucking	...	Cusack
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Lieutenant Devlin
Larry Holt	...	Reese
Daniel Quinn	...	Bobby Lewis
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Chavez (as Tom Rosales)
Ed Frias	...	Luis Herrera
Jay Arlen Jones	...	Nash
Adam G.	...	Speer (as G. Adam Gifford)
Jophery C. Brown	...	Vince

Storyline

Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the job done, even if it means murder.

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Plot Keywords:

police brutality | police | murder | held at gunpoint | racial slur | 

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Taglines:

They're an elite task force. They target high-profile criminals, learn how they work...and shut them down.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

NC-17

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 1994 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

S.I.S. - Extreme Justice

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arica Productions, Trimark Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to an article of the LA Times in 1992, the producers of EXTREME JUSTICE were the subject of intense surveillance by the Special Investigation Section during the making of the film.

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Goofs

In the beginning, there is a party where the crew of cops target shoot some beer bottles. One cop lines up 5 empty bottles, but the other cops shoot 12 bottles half-filled with beer.

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Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006)

User Reviews

Like a TV cop show with a little more violence; routine script, solid cast.

In a plot strikingly similar to that of Eastwood's "Magnum Force", "Extreme Justice" deals with cops that take the law into their own hands and execute criminals in cold blood. The blurring of the line between law and justice, and between vigilantism and paranoia, is done here more efficiently than it was in "Magnum Force", so the movie holds your interest, despite the routine on all other accounts script and Mark Lester's unimaginative direction. The entire male cast is solid, but Chelsea Field is unconvincing as the hotshot reporter. (**)