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26 September 1998 (USA) more
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A Shanghai cop who is a master of martial arts fights crime in the Los Angeles Police Dept. full summary
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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Worth watching for Sammo's martial arts; good comedy as well as drama. more (26 total)

Cast

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Sammo Hung Kam-Bo ... Sammo Law (44 episodes, 1998-2000)

Kelly Hu ... Chen Pei Pei (44 episodes, 1998-2000)

Arsenio Hall ... Terrell Parker (36 episodes, 1998-2000)

Louis Mandylor ... Det. Louis Malone (22 episodes, 1998-1999)

Gretchen Egolf ... Amy Dylan (22 episodes, 1999-2000)

Tom Wright ... Capt. Benjamin Winship (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
Melissa Weing ... Det (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
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45 min (44 episodes)
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Jackie Chan, a long time friend of the show's star 'Sammo Hung', appears briefly as a background extra in an early episode. more
Quotes:
[Terrell's car has been stolen]
Terrell Parker: When we find the guys who did this, I'm gonna open a big can of whoop-ass on them!
Sammo Law: Whoop-ass?
Terrell Parker: Yeah... Whoop-ass... is my kind of karate.
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Worth watching for Sammo's martial arts; good comedy as well as drama., 29 December 1998
Author: David Masters from Wilton, NH

"Martial Law" is your standard cop show in one way - the actual "cop stuff" is the usual nonsense you can see anywhere on TV, the "same old same old" which makes real cops wince. What makes this show worth watching is the incredible martial arts prowess of the cast - especially Sammo Hung. Just like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat, Sammo trained at the Peking Opera School, which makes for a unique - and often funny - style of martial arts. The entire cast works well together, and they can all actually *act* - unlike a certain 'Texas Ranger' who comes on after this show. Lots of comedy in this show - they don't (usually) go for the cheap "Chinaman in America" jokes, and they actually seem to remember what they've done from one show to the next. All of the martial arts used on the set are real - Sammo, obviously, is an expert, and Louis Mandylor ("Louis") is trained in "muy thai" (Thai kickboxing), while Tammy Lauren ("Dana") is a black belt in Karate [I haven't heard a real reason for her departure], and Kellu Hu ("Grace / Pei Pei") is a brown belt in Karate. Tom Wright ("Lt. Winship") is a former stuntman, and does his own stunts in the show as well. And, just as with Jackie Chan's movies, at the end of every episode they have a brief "outtakes" section, showing some of the goofs that occured during the filming of the episode.

Good acting, decent plots, and plenty of kick-butt action, as well as many comedic moments (Sammo playing "Smoke On The Water" on the guitar...) make this a show to watch.

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