Martial Law (1991 film)
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Martial Law is a 1991 action/martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

 film written by Richard Brandes, produced by Kurt Anderson, directed by Steve Cohen and stars Chad McQueen
Chad McQueen
Chadwick S. "Chad" McQueen is an American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver. He was born in Los Angeles, California to actor Steve McQueen and Filipino-born actress Neile Adams.-Personal life:...

, Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. -Martial arts achievements:Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985...

 and David Carradine
David Carradine
David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...

.

Plot

Two cops - Sean (Chad McQueen
Chad McQueen
Chadwick S. "Chad" McQueen is an American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver. He was born in Los Angeles, California to actor Steve McQueen and Filipino-born actress Neile Adams.-Personal life:...

) and his partner Billie (Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. -Martial arts achievements:Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985...

) are at front line in city's never ending war with crime. Apart from the routine small-time robberies with which they're dealling at daily basis, this time they must face very dangerous and powerful man called Dalton Rhodes (David Carradine
David Carradine
David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...

), who's not only a smuggler of guns and stolen luxury cars, but also a master of martial arts. Police is finding one after another body of mafia related people (all killed with bare hands). Sean and Billie have only vague clues in this case and no idea who's actually behind those murders. An aid in solving the riddle is to come from Sean's younger and troubled brother Michael, who's found himself working for the mob boss Rhodes, soon he'll learn that an easy way to get rich is also an extremely dangerous and sometimes lethal way for earning money.

Cast

  • Chad McQueen
    Chad McQueen
    Chadwick S. "Chad" McQueen is an American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver. He was born in Los Angeles, California to actor Steve McQueen and Filipino-born actress Neile Adams.-Personal life:...

     as Sean Thompson
  • Cynthia Rothrock
    Cynthia Rothrock
    Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. -Martial arts achievements:Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985...

     as Billie Blake
  • David Carradine
    David Carradine
    David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...

     as Dalton Rhodes
  • Andy McCutcheon as Michael Thompson
  • Philip Tan (actor) as Wu Han
  • Tony Longo
    Tony Longo
    Tony Longo is an American actor who has appeared in many well-known television series such as Laverne & Shirley, Simon & Simon, Alice, Perfect Strangers, Sydney and Monk...

     as Booker
  • Vincent Craig Dupree as Faster Brown
  • Jim Malinda as Captain Sykes
  • Rick Walters (actor) as Col. Cramer
  • Patricia Wilson as Grace
  • Lars Lundgren as Ruppin
  • Professor Toru Tanaka as Jimmy Kong

Release

The film was released directly to videocassette in 1991 by Media Home Entertainment and CBS/FOX. The film has been released on dvd in Europe, by Bellevue entertainment. It's part of movie package (contains four movies on two dvd's), along with Savate, Martial law 2 and Mission of Justice. The film has yet to arrive onto DVD in the United States.
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