Above The Law (1988) - Steven Seagal - Redeye REDO!

Lets REDO this classic Redeye Episode! All new jokes, All new content, Double the Energy and Half the Chins!
Starring: Steven Seagal, Andrew Davis, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo, Sharon Stone, and more
Director: Andrew Davis
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[@basquat76]

"That mannequin was just two days away from retirement" Best joke ever!

[@johnmccarron7066]

This movie does have one of my all time favorite unironic Stephen Seagal tough guy lines. When that one guy (who he straight up murders at 11:00) says he can't shoot all of them, he says, "Maybe not, but I'll get an A for effort." I have no idea why, but I absolutely love that line.

[@AztecUnshaven]

Lol yup! Classic movie.

[@Deriv44]

Wow I almost forgot Sharon Stone was his wife in this movie well 2 years later she got an upgrade and became Arnold wife in Total Recall 😆 🤣

[@ninjanibba4259]

Better character too

[@sauter1]

Until Arnie told her "Consider it a diwworce!"

[@The_Kentuckian]

"He misunderstood 'desserting'" had me laughing out loud, at work. I just imagine Steven foraging through the jungle for a table of Little Debbie snacks.

[@MrNegativecreep07]

Is this the only Seagal movie where he actually takes a beating? You know, that narrative device used in all good action films because it exposes the protagonist's vulnerabilities and makes their eventual triumph more meaningful?

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

I can only imagine an alternate reality where Seagal was the star in Die Hard and his character only had a few bruises and minor cuts from falling and that's it.

[@20biomed08]

The movie he did with tyson he hets cracked good by mike.

[@sprouts5535]

China salesman he gets knocked out lmao

[@thomasb-o6j]

In Exit Wounds, DMX beats the hell out of him.

[@shiningaffluence7606]

No, he got his nose beaten until bleeding in the Glimmer Man (1996)...

[@oldcdog91]

“Anatomy of a Film featuring Steven Seagal and JCVD” should seriously be a course offered in community colleges 😂

[@Canoby]

It is fascinating how their early films had a similar aesthetic and ideology... though I like the fact that JCVD is willing to have his character beat up in his films- it makes the triumph all the more satisfying. Seagal playing someone who is nigh invincible in universe gets a bit boring after a while.

[@mattymaple1976]

U won the internets! Lol well done!

[@oldcdog91]

@@Canoby Exactly right! The movies tend to follow the same formula, but Van Damme loves the hero’s journey. Seagal thinks we all want Superman without the pesky Kryptonite.

[@Canoby]

@@oldcdog91 And no real emotional connections to anyone in his life, which is really what makes Superman interesting as a character, when written well. That's one of the reasons it's always so much cringe when a Seagal character "gets" the girl

[@mattymaple1976]

Having grown up in Milwaukee and Chicago, I can attest to some of the detectives accents. When he runs, it looks like his arms are tossing dice or setting up a close magic trick. "Mmmm, there is a quarter hiding... in... your... ear" (skinny seagal voice)

[@valkyrie9646]

Lol! I love how you described him running.

[@mattymaple1976]

@@valkyrie9646 Its like he is doing a reverse karate chop. Why swing downwards from the shoulder when u can fool your opponent by swinging up from the hip. That is why he is Sensei Seagal, he knows this sh#$ and we do not.

[@oldcdog91]

14:23 I’ve watched a lot of Seagal’s early films and I think this is the only time his character got hit and the vibe wasn’t, “I let him hit me so that I could shrug it off and show what a badass I am.” Makes we wonder if Seagal actually did get hit in this scene and it rocked his world so badly that he decided, “that’s it!! No one is ever allowed to hit me in one of my movies EVER again!”

[@furious3383]

And in Hard to Kill his Mason Storm character ended up shot and comatose for 7 years. His first two films were maybe the only two where he actually took some significant damage. Agreed.

[@AztecUnshaven]

You forgetting marked for death? He got hit several times there, and got captured twice. He also got hit a few times in Glimmer Man by the russian mobsters and then by the Hitman at the end.

[@furious3383]

@@AztecUnshaven Lol. That’s right! Smh

[@aikidoboynj]

Henry Silva (Zagon) accidentally broke Steven's nose in that scene. He had to ice it all night to stop the bruising.

[@galil_6863]

That punch looked very realistic and I don't think Seagal has enough acting talent to make ANYTHING look real. He definitely got hit there 😂

[@djcease1996]

Going back to where it all started is great. Where Seagal was young and fresh, and introduced Aikido to the entire world.

[@LordDeBahs]

you mean bullshito

[@melvert33]

The clerk guy behind the grid at 11.50 is Johnny the gangster from the Home Alone films!

[@dochocson]

I recall that some of the cops in the movie were played by real-life Chicago PD officers. You'll see a lot of them in Chuck Norris' "Code of Silence" (which incidentally also co-starred Henry Silva).

[@mattiasjohansson1913]

And both movies were directed by Andrew Davis.

[@j.tgrooms]

Henry Silva plays a great bad guy. Just don't give him plain coffee. It drives him crazy

[@troycannon100]

He really knows how to help folks leave the bronx

[@Derekconlon]

“Because I’m dope and I do dope shit” broke me.

[@BatCaveOz]

"Even skinny Steven kissed weird". 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thegreatergood8081]

My main problem with this movie? I wanted Seagal to break more of Henry Silva's bones. "Ahhh! AAAAUUUGGH...."

[@frankthespank]

This movie kinda had some all-stars! Pam Grier, Sharon Stone, Henry Silva….. Seagal…🫤

[@docsnake]

And Michael Rooker (though his part was small).

[@StevanSeagal]

I am here for this.

[@MoviesNeverSayDie]

A great 80's flick! Seagal started out of the gate in the genre stronger than Stallone, Arnold and Van Damme with Above the Law, Marked for Death Out for Justice and Under Siege. All headlining actioners, without needing any smaller roles in other gigs. Sad he just didn't have that longevity of the others and tapered to the straight-to-video section so quickly.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Seagull doesn't taper, he plumpens!🤣🤣🤣

[@jonsnipe5484]

I'm 39 I was a seagal fan until I paid to go see half past dead🤣🤣

[@MoviesNeverSayDie]

@@megatronjenkins2473 🤣🤣

[@11bravo1789]

@@jonsnipe5484 we will always have Above the Law - Under Siege 2. Thats my limit. I can watch the Glimmer Man also. But anything passed that I refuse. But his early string is unmatched I dgaf what anybody says

[@Sillysoft]

@@jonsnipe5484 I loved half past dead. It was so bad, it was good.

[@parisgreen4600]

OMG, Baby Michael Rooker in that bar scene! His voice is so distinctive, couldn't be anybody else. This has got to be one of his very first roles. If Seagal wasn't such an all-purpose tool, his run would be kind of endearing. He's like an eggbeater with legs! 10:50 - Wait, did that portly guy just call Seagal "Fatass"? Maybe he had a time machine? Pam Grier is awesome in any decade - I remember she was on "Knots Landing" (cheesy '80s nighttime soap) - still awesome.

[@robd1329]

...Yondu!!!

[@alexpowers5117]

I liked her in Jackie brown

[@mattpatt199]

HEY IT'S SIDEBURNS STEVE! Another funny AF review and love that you are re-doing some of the older one's! Thanks as always for all the laughs RedEye 👏

[@JoeR203]

Now watch the Chuck Norris movie "Code Of Silence" and count how many of the supporting actors were also in that.

[@whozyourdaddy]

The good part about reviewing Seagal films is that in the time that it takes you to make one review, Steven has made three more films.

[@docwho2828]

Steven Seagull has 20 years of experience in weird foreshadowing!

[@jamesanthonygreen8233]

I loved watching both this movie and this hilarious review. I also loved watching Code of Silence and greatly enjoyed watching The Package which were all directed by Andrew Davis and reunited numerous actors.

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

11:50 Hey, isn't that the "Merry Christmas, you filthy animal" guy? lol. Thank you Redeye for this amazing video, I burst out laughing several times. I feel much better now, take care!

[@BruceLeroyUK]

Good spot!!!

[@GummoNZ]

16:23 "Don't walk far" "Oh, don't worry in a few years he won't be able to" LOL!!

[@robwalsh9843]

It has be said. We can fill a pre-internet phonebook with jokes about Steven Seagal, but he was a huge breath of fresh air when he first entered the action scene. The only other martial arts movie actor i can think of who was known for horribly maiming and killing his opponents was Sonny Chiba.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

True, but the downside was that many of Sonny's fight scenes were goofy and were almost on the line of parodying the martial arts genre.

[@ronincomix]

I like how you've evolved your commentary to be more dynamic over the course of your channel. NOT that your older videos aren't great! But these recent videos have such a great format and structure! Kiyai it up! LETS GOO!

[@11bravo1789]

Ive said it many times. Above the Law - Under Siege is the best string of action films from any one of that era’s action stars. The arm snapping, pony tail swinging, crown vic driving, hitting Richie with a pan goodness is just too awesome. That being said, I approve your message.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

This. Seagal had a lot of carthatic storytelling/action sequencing in his films during those string of films, especially Out for Justice. There was never a bad guy you wanted to see get the sort of comeuppance that Richie got than in that film.

[@11bravo1789]

@@Billy-bc8pk yea its a shame Seagal didnt just bow out gracefully when everything started to go south. His first five films were awesome and I dgaf what anybody says

[@nerfherder3553]

A little side note whenever they use Chicago PD in movies from this era if you notice it's the same actors go back and watch The fugitive pretty sure they're using the same cops it's not just these two movies. Random I know. Love that your revisiting good old segal

[@MrPolicekarim]

The actor Dennis Farina was 1 of those guys. He became a full-time actor, after appearing in Thief, and he appeared in Code of Silence, with Chuck Norris.

[@MrGuitarforyou]

I fucking love all these Seagal era movies I rewatch them regularly.. to bad he couldn’t make as strong of movies later on.

[@MarioLamRedRebel]

One of the best martial arts movies ever made. From one of the greatest martial artist on this planet.🥋 OSU 🥋

[@capedhamster]

Dude this was a staple of my movie watching in the 80's and 90's. You gotta do " hard to kill next" pretty please

[@profesorgonzalezpontiles9070]

that make a wish pun got me! hahahahah

[@dang9059]

Really love these video reviews

[@larshansson1953]

Ah. Back when Steven was actually in the movies he headlined for more than 15 minutes. He even moves.

[@valkyrie9646]

He wears shirts tucked into pants and belts!

[@Humongous420]

YEEES!!! As I sit here working on MY NINJA 🤣🤣 this pops up...Oh Redeye you are the man! I couldn't be more excited for this review. Thank you for all you do and thank you for taking time to be part of my passion project My Ninja and voicing none other than the sexual assault expert Steven Seagull 😎

[@danielfernandez2513]

Crazy watching the first review and it was like it was a whole different voice lol. You have come along way RedEye!

[@Canoby]

LOL Steven Seagal starring in a movie where Sharon Stone appears as his wife and she barely gets second billing... wow 1988 was a completely different world than 2022

[@bigwendigo2253]

Redo was 9/10!

[@WeldinMike27]

I watched all the SS movies when I was younger. He was a total bad ass back then.

[@nc32203]

Another Entertaining Red Eye Review 🤣

[@real100talk5]

This movie is badass start to finish as is all his movies from that period.

[@davidfausel9029]

Loved the redo!! This still was a pretty solid action movie. After all this time, it's so odd to actually see Seagal trying. Smiling, actually expressing some kind of emotion etc And I have to be the biggest fan of your Cartman/Seagal voice..... But I'll say, your skinny Seagal is actually not that bad. I think you need to redo hard to kill so we can hear it again lol

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Yup, from Above the Law up to Under Siege all of those films are really well done, greatly paced, and have awesome action scenes that still hold up to this day. Seagal also really bit hard into the ultra-violence era of Hollywood, being one of the few "good guys" who oftentimes dished it out harder than the villains.

[@drzhivago2228]

I really wish someone could create a meme of the Jason Bourne scene of “JC it’s…” and then someone saying Steven seagal and then a nice montage of his wonderful aikido skills

[@BrandonHobson-hr9zk]

I've been with you since literally your first few videos. Had to make a new YT account but I'm happy to see how much your channel has grown your dope bro thank you for all the laughs

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much! It is crazy to see how far we've come :) I really appreciate your support

[@Ironheart73]

Trivia: The man responsible for Seagal's big break was agent and businessman Michael Ovitz who was his Aikido student. Ovitz was well-connected and got Seagal gigs like making television appearances, providing martial arts training for movie stars, then eventually this starring role. Ovitz also knew ex-special forces and CIA guys, which during film production Seagal was able to hangout with. So when Seagal did interviews to promote this movie, he took the stories of these special forces guy and passed it at his own. He even overly exaggerated them. One of his claims is that before being involved in movies, he was actually part of the team that extracted the Shah of Iran and his family to London and Paris. It was all over the papers. Fortunately for Seagal, the internet practically did not exist yet at the time. Seagal would have a falling out with Ovitz, and he would sell his ass out later on

[@Billy-bc8pk]

That makes sense why Seagal had a short stint as a leading man and then fell off the radar into DTV territory.

[@headdeath5975]

Please don't remove your old videos. They have charme about them.

[@oliverkloshophdndrecords50]

Awesome af as always!!!

[@samholdsworth420]

Very nice, I was watching a few of your older videos last and it seem like you're anemic in them. 😂 Appreciate your work!

[@RobinJohnstonphotography]

There was such a franchise here waiting to happen. Above The Law, Below The Law, Around The Law, Beside The Law. Franchise. Think big, Steve!

[@popo-yq5je]

"you wanna get hiiigh...." In agony way... Hahahha

[@zali13]

When we could actually see O-Sensei running like a girl instead of waddling about like the tub of lard he's become. Good times

[@AztecUnshaven]

Seagal ain't "O'Sensei", that was the founder of Aikido's nickname, Morihei Ueshiba. Seagal was "Take Shigemichi" in Japan.

[@allenlindsey1175]

most unintentionally funny man ever

[@AztecUnshaven]

@@allenlindsey1175 until he catches up to you and snaps your arms in half lol.

[@allenlindsey1175]

@@AztecUnshaven lolz..True I Personally have seen at the DVD/ VHS store a life sized cardboard cut out of S.S. doing that exact thing. I have never been so scared in public before.

[@AztecUnshaven]

@@allenlindsey1175 lol

[@jamstonjulian6947]

Glad you recapped this cause I forgot everything that happened in this movie. Marked For Death and Out For Justice were more memorable.

[@Blutteufel]

_"Well, that is because any book that we would give YOU has a lot of colouring involved."_ You just won the Internet.

[@JacobDean88]

There is nothing wrong with re-do's... As long as it's not to often or to soon.... I mean, in all honesty the library for movies to review is endless.... Rocking video! As always 🔥

[@shadowwarrior7218]

Definitely a big yes for the Re-do's

[@JohnAnthonyChihakSoltero]

Even in the 80s, what cop didn't have multiple guns in the personal arsenal?

[@adamdarmstaedter1256]

Seriously though, this is probably one of the best Steven Seagal movies. The only ones I have on DVD are this one, Marked for Death, and Under Siege.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Hard to Kill and Out for Justice were awesome, too.

[@elguido]

14:51 they ask Seagal to NOT get up and to remain sitted. Wow, it really was another era.

[@leomunroe9348]

I need to watch this again: I forgot Henry Silva was in this and he makes anything he's in 40-65% better

[@TroubleToby3040]

40-65%? I feel like you did some real research and calculations to come up with this. A lesser man would have gone 50-75%, but you saw that that just didn't add up. Good job. Also, who's Henry Silva?

[@leomunroe9348]

He's only a classic 'Hey It's that guy!" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Silva

[@boogerman908]

Above the law?! I AM THE LAW!

[@valkyrie9646]

John Leguizano!! Seagal is such a tw-t.

[@requiemagent3014]

I was hoping you could do a re do of "face off". It's one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies and I would love to if you could do a second take on it.

[@valkyrie9646]

Agree completely. Travolta is a walking joke but he was actually decent in that film.

[@oliverkloshophdndrecords50]

Lmmfao @ "because I'm dope and I do dope shit"

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Andrew Davis also directed the Chuck Norris movie Code of Silence, a movie you should definitely do someday.

[@Rotionu]

"First time when I got blown up by C 4 happened 54 years ago. I know what I am doing" Nico Toscani.

[@MartinRodriguez-oi5qq]

This was delicious! Another one! *smashes mug*

[@zachariahscott6648]

The funniest line from this movie (which I did not take note of from the last couple of times that I ever watched it) was when Seagal's character, Nico, says, "That was C4! I know what C4 smells like! I know what C4 - blows - like!" 🤣

[@alexquintana1031]

YES! This is my favorite movie🙌🏾 I love Salvano and had a buddy with that same greasy Latino 80’s perm🤣🙌🏾

[@jimmyhass4900]

That was fun. I'd watch more of those. It made me and my son laugh pretty hard a at a couple points. I don't know about redoing every movie of his you already did cuz Holy hell that was a lot. Lol

[@Tapp.dergon]

"Haven't been down here since I was a kid" that didn't age well what so ever

[@PublicEnemyNo19]

well, I just finished watching all 83 videos from your Seagal playlist. I loved every one of them do us all a big favor do a redo on all the ones you did before your new format you make me laugh, especially when you imitate his voice or his mumbling’s, keep up the great job. I’ll be watching.

[@bakedspade]

You're class Redeye, love your reviews. Even this second take works real well cause of the space of time between the first and how you've improved.

[@unclerickstv9458]

I actually looked for a new video today and I believe he's on vacation... Which he deserves. So I came here and can't believe I missed this one. Kinda glad I did, get to watch the great at work like it's new. Sweet. Thanks.

[@rodluv21]

"you know better to use a name on an open line Nico. don't use my name nico. yeah, nico. anyways nico. i hope you're having a good time nico..."

[@TheCrector]

Very much enjoyed the redo!

[@ZXChrisR14]

Totally worth it.

[@YorkieKDS]

5,6,7,8, Steven's Egos Will Inflate! -- lol

[@zman92412]

Do these re dos this was awesome...man do a third one too a trilogy ..this is great stuff..keep it up

[@Mkpryor12]

Lol the Cena comment had me rolling cause I just saw he did the 650th MaW.

[@MarioSratss]

Great Redo. The movie is really good. I never noticed Michael Rooker 😮 Your review is awesome 👍😉

[@TimeForDunston]

You should call it, “red eye re-do’s”

[@kitbradley2689]

For me, the weird thing is seeing a Seagal movie and it has actors and actresses I can recognize. I mean, he worked with Sharon Stone and Pam Grier?! I had forgotten! And there was a time when he wasn't... I mean, inflated? Yeah. Let's go with inflated.

[@TheBrewjo]

Going AWOL during a war has the same outcome as sleeping with Seagal- Dishonorable Discharge!

[@82Stro]

Love this

[@mroctober3657]

And so a thousand Aikido dojos were born.

[@puertoricanboy100]

Never thought I'd hear Kanye getting quoted for a Steven Seagal film essay.

[@sscarter74]

Definitely worth it!

[@jacobsaccount9353]

9:04. This is so unintentionally funny 😅🥴🤣

[@Nave4x4]

Amazing

[@backforblood3421]

Yes, I've seen that video. I first saw it in the form of the VideOndA upload or something like that which plays the video in sync with the audio from the Opie And Anthony Show of them watching and commenting on it.

[@marcuswalters8093]

Worth it.

[@goodboy6947]

12:02 I wished you would react to that. "If you don't hurry, I'm gonna empty this gun in your butt"

[@audreysinclair8862]

I always love 💕💕 all of steven segal movies I'm a fan of his movies so I would like to see all of them again especially the jamaican ones them thanks in advance for bringing them back to my memory

[@pablosilva6988]

Hey, the guy from Baywatch. Cool to see where a lot of actors in early roles.

[@darrenclements6028]

Before he became a Glazed ham with painted on hair and goatee Who uses body doubles and voice Dubbing ever because he whispers and he is lazy Before he pooped his pants by gene lebell Steven Seagal is PURE DYNAMITE legendary action movie star of all time

[@megatronjenkins2473]

More RedEye Redos!!!

[@codiak2680]

The skinny Seagal voice was great so don't worry about it.

[@batman.darthmaul]

Then a few years later, the director, Andrew Davis, reworked the script a little, brought back a lot of the same actors, used the same music, hired Chuck Norris, and made a movie called Code of Silence.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Code of Silence was decent, but it didn't hit nearly as hard as Above The Law. Chuck -- in my opinion -- does better with more black-and-white hero/villain roles, as a clean-cut hero taking on clear-cut bad guys. Firewalker is still one of my all-time favourite adventure films because Chuck was made for stuff like that... oh, and Invasion USA, which is still my opinion his best film, along with Delta Force 2.

[@batman.darthmaul]

@@Billy-bc8pk My favorites from Chuck are The Octagon, A Force of One, and Lone Wolf McQuade. I'd throw Code of Silence in there as well. I haven't seen Delta Force 2 since it first came to home video. If I remember correctly it was the 90s and there was also a laserdisc release of the movie along with VHS.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@batman.darthmaul I don't think I've actually seen A Force Of One? I will need to check that out. You're right that The OCtagon and Lone Wolf McQuade are definitely two awesome films. And yeah, Delta Force 2 was a favourite of mine on VHS, used to rewatch it a lot back in the day. Well paced, awesome fight scenes, and great action framing, especially the third act.

[@batman.darthmaul]

@@Billy-bc8pk Back in the day when The Octagon was in theaters, A Force of One usually played before it. I actually saw it at a drive-in.

[@batman.darthmaul]

@@Billy-bc8pk Oh, and don't expect A Force of One to be as good as Lone Wolf or Octagon. It's not, but I still really like it. I think it's the movie he did after Good Guys Wear Black.

[@garethmoores4168]

He's got more hair now(if you can call that stuff on his head, hair..)than he did when he made this movie 😂😊