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Steele Justice

  • 19871987
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Martin Kove in 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.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
742
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Robert Boris
  • Writer
    • Robert Boris
  • Stars
    • Martin Kove
    • Sela Ward
    • Ronny Cox
  • Director
    • Robert Boris
  • Writer
    • Robert Boris
  • Stars
    • Martin Kove
    • Sela Ward
    • Ronny Cox
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 20User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Martin Kove
    Martin Kove
    • John Steele
    Sela Ward
    Sela Ward
    • Tracy
    Ronny Cox
    Ronny Cox
    • Bennett
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • Det. Tom Reese
    Joseph Campanella
    Joseph Campanella
    • Harry
    Soon-Tek Oh
    Soon-Tek Oh
    • Gen. Bon Soong Kwan
    • (as Soon-Teck Oh)
    Jan Gan Boyd
    Jan Gan Boyd
    • Cami
    David Froman
    David Froman
    • Kelso
    Sarah Douglas
    Sarah Douglas
    • Kay
    Kimiko Hiroshige
    Kimiko Hiroshige
    • Grandmother
    Sheila Gale Kandlbinder
    • Anchorwoman
    Robert Kim
    • Det. Lee Van Minh
    Peter Kwong
    Peter Kwong
    • Pham Van Kwan
    Eric Lee
    Eric Lee
    • New Thug
    Al Leong
    Al Leong
    • Long Hair
    Shannon Tweed
    Shannon Tweed
    • Angela Spinelli
    Irene Tsu
    Irene Tsu
    • Xua Chan
    David L. Lander
    David L. Lander
    • Army Guard
    • (as David Lander)
    • Director
      • Robert Boris
    • Writer
      • Robert Boris
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Before Martin Kove crashes his truck into the QUA Trang social club you can see a drive-in billboard showing 'The Karate Kid II', also starring Martin Kove.
    • 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.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Riot on 42nd St. (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Reunited
      Performed by The Desert Rose Band

      Written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill

      Produced by Paul Worley

    User reviews20

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    6/10
    Say cheese!
    Beefcake actor Martin Kove joined the ranks of action genre stars with this routinely plotted but fairly amusing vehicle. Kove plays genial Vietnam veteran John Steele, who goes into action when his wartime comrade Lee Van Minh (Robert Kim), now a police detective, is assassinated along with most of his family. Helped and hindered by former colleagues like Bennett (Ronny Cox) and Tom Reese (Bernie Casey), John goes up against a wartime associate named Bon Soong Kwan (Soon-Tek Oh), who's now a drug lord in America masquerading as a crusading businessman.

    I'm going to give the filmmakers (led by writer & director Robert Boris) the benefit of the doubt here, and say that the amount of laughs to be had from watching this are intentional. If one does see it as tongue in cheek, it may yield greater entertainment than if they take it seriously. "Steele Justice" does have its moments. For one thing, it stops cold for a rock video that is eventually interrupted by the ongoing battles between Steele and Kwans' minions. But the unqualified highlight occurs when Steele is shot with a poison dart, and almost nonchalantly, he removes the offending dart, sucks up and spits out the poison, and does a fine job of improvising when it comes to cauterizing the wound. The action sequences are all reasonably well done.

    Kove is engaging as our sardonic hero, often to be seen with a smile on his face. Oh is an enjoyably hammy villain in the action movie tradition. Sela Ward is a lovely woman, but as the heros' ex-wife, she offers a pretty insipid performance. Ditto for Jan Gan Boyd (the young lady who was hot for Bronson in the movie "Assassination"), cast as Van Minhs' supposedly teen aged daughter. Watch this and you'll see why she never had much of a career. There's a pleasingly large amount of familiar faces in the supporting cast, although some of them have no more than cameos or walk ons: Joseph Campanella, Sarah Douglas, Peter Kwong, Al Leong, Shannon Tweed, Irene Tsu, David L. Lander, Asher Brauner, Phil Fondacaro, Kevin Gage.

    Any completist of 1980s action movies should have a pretty good time with this.

    Six out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • July 9, 1987 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stahl-Justiz
    • Production company
      • Atlantic Entertainment Group
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,327,740
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,327,740
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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