A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Director:
Andrew Davis
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| Steven Seagal | ... | Nico Toscani | |
| Pam Grier | ... | Delores 'Jacks' Jackson | |
| Henry Silva | ... | Kurt Zagon | |
| Ron Dean | ... | Detective Lukich | |
| Daniel Faraldo | ... | Tony Salvano | |
| Sharon Stone | ... | Sara Toscani | |
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Miguel Nino | ... | Chi Chi Ramon |
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Nicholas Kusenko | ... | FBI Agent Neeley |
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Joe Greco | ... | Father Joseph Gennaro (as Joe V. Greco) |
| Chelcie Ross | ... | Nelson Fox | |
| Gregory Alan Williams | ... | FBI Agent Halloran (as Gregory Alan-Williams) | |
| Jack Wallace | ... | Uncle Branca | |
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Metta Davis | ... | Rosa Toscani |
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Joseph F. Kosala | ... | Lieutenant Strozah (as Joseph Kosala) |
| Ronnie Barron | ... | CIA Bartender | |
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In Japan, the Sicilian martial arts expert Nicolo "Nico" Toscani is recruited by the CIA Special Agent Nelson Fox to join the Special Operations Forces in the border of the Vietnam and Cambodia. In 1973, Nico witnesses the torturer Kurt Zagon interrogating prisoners of war and he is disgusted and quits the CIA, returning to Chicago. Fifteen years later, Nico is married with a baby with his wife Sarah and they live in the same house of his mother. Nico is a tough and incorruptible narcotics detective of the Chicago Police Department very close to his partner and friend Delores 'Jacks' Jackson and his friend Detective Lukich. When Nico and Jacks investigate a drug traffic operation, they arrest the gang of the drug dealer Tony Salvano but they find that they are smuggling the plastic explosive C4 instead. However there is an interference of the FBI and Salvano and his partner are released by FBI Agent Neeley (Nicholas Kusenko) and the detectives are forbidden of proceed with the ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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He was a covert agent trained in Vietnam. He has a master 6th degree black belt in Aikido... and family in the Mafia. He's a cop with an attitude. See more »Parents Guide:
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USARelease Date:
22 April 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Nico See more »Filming Locations:
Backlot, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$7,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,037,938, 10 April 1988, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$18,869,631Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Joseph F. Kosala is a real Chicago ex-cop. He has been in seven of Andrew Davis' movies. He was a technical advisor on this film. See more »Goofs
During the shootout at outside market, Nico shoots Salvano's thug with sunglasses. Blood is on the left side of the thug's belly before Nico shoots him. See more »Alternate Versions
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