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Two cops who are martial arts experts team up to stop a criminal organization headed by a ruthless boss who's also a martial artist.Two cops who are martial arts experts team up to stop a criminal organization headed by a ruthless boss who's also a martial artist.Two cops who are martial arts experts team up to stop a criminal organization headed by a ruthless boss who's also a martial artist.
Vincent Craig Dupree
- Faster Brown
- (as V.C. Dupree)
Patricia Wilson
- Grace
- (as Patricia J. Wilson)
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- TriviaCynthia Rothrock accidentally struck a performer in the groin with a baseball bat during the filming of a fight scene. The man in question had opted to be in the scene despite not being a professional stuntman and the injury occurred when he failed to roll in the right direction, necessitating a hospital visit.
- GoofsWhen the coroner pulls the cover down on the body of Jimmy Kong to show the cops the mark on his chest, you can see the supposedly dead Kong breathing.
- Alternate versionsThe 1990 UK video was cut by 1 min 9 secs to heavily remove all footage of nunchakus and throwing stars. The 2002 Delta DVD release is fully uncut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in RiffTrax: Martial Law (2019)
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Cheap DVD + Cynthia Rothrock + David Carradine + Chad McQueen as a butt-kicking cop whose nickname is Martial Law = Instant winner.
Chad McQueen stars as Sean Thompson, a cop whose martial-arts skills are so good that even his brother Michael calls him Martial Law more often then Sean. Sean teams up with another cop, Billie Blake (Cynthia Rothrock) to beat bad-guys up and stop a gang of car-smugglers and drug-runners under the command of Dalton Rhodes (David Carradine). Sean and Billie are going to need all of their skills to take on Dalton, as he has a nasty habit of killing nearly everyone he meets.
Plot? What plot? Just remember the term 'Dim Mak', and you'll know how Rhodes goes about killing people. There are some points where McQueen and Rothrock seem to forget that they are in an action B-movie, as McQueen's character laments that he abandoned his brother to go to Hong Hong, and has nothing to show for it apart from martial-arts championship trophies. Awesome.
'Martial Law' has some nice fight scenes, although none stand out as being anything special. It is entertaining, and all that really matters is we get to see Cynthia Rothrock and Chad McQueen in plenty of butt-kicking action.
As far as action B-movies go, 'Martial Law' is nothing special, but is fun to watch - 6/10
Chad McQueen stars as Sean Thompson, a cop whose martial-arts skills are so good that even his brother Michael calls him Martial Law more often then Sean. Sean teams up with another cop, Billie Blake (Cynthia Rothrock) to beat bad-guys up and stop a gang of car-smugglers and drug-runners under the command of Dalton Rhodes (David Carradine). Sean and Billie are going to need all of their skills to take on Dalton, as he has a nasty habit of killing nearly everyone he meets.
Plot? What plot? Just remember the term 'Dim Mak', and you'll know how Rhodes goes about killing people. There are some points where McQueen and Rothrock seem to forget that they are in an action B-movie, as McQueen's character laments that he abandoned his brother to go to Hong Hong, and has nothing to show for it apart from martial-arts championship trophies. Awesome.
'Martial Law' has some nice fight scenes, although none stand out as being anything special. It is entertaining, and all that really matters is we get to see Cynthia Rothrock and Chad McQueen in plenty of butt-kicking action.
As far as action B-movies go, 'Martial Law' is nothing special, but is fun to watch - 6/10
- AwesomeWolf
- Feb 25, 2005
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