Review of Beyond the Law (1993) by D-Rock W — 08 Mar 2014
Definitely better than your average direct-to-video JCVD action flick, but it still seems fairly improbable at times, even if it's based on a true story of an ex-police officer (Charlie Sheen) recruited to go undercover into the biker crime organization.
Michael Madsen plays the bike gang leader (one of his many villains during this period of his career) and Linda Fiorentino plays Sheen's love interest as a photographer documenting biker culture. Larry Ferguson, who's been a writer on some pretty smart actions films (xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote and directed this film, and you can definitely tell that he took more care in characterization than similar films of this ilk, but "Beyond the Law" still can't quite escape it's genre trappings.
Not bad and actually pretty good if you're simply expecting your average Segal or JCVD level of action flick.
This review of Beyond the Law (1993) was written by D-Rock W on 08 Mar 2014.
Beyond the Law has generally received positive reviews.
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