Martial Law

Oct 1, 1990

1h 29m

★ 6.2

Brothers... Cops. One enforces the law, the other breaks it.

Overview

An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Westwind Productions Inc.

Image Organization

Lance Entertainment

Pierre David Entertainment

Martial Law Trailers

Cast

Sean Thompson

Chad McQueen

Billie Blake

Cynthia Rothrock

Dalton Rhodes

David Carradine

Michael Thompson

Andy McCutcheon

Wu Han

Philip Tan

Booker

Tony Longo

Faster Brown

Vincent Craig Dupree

Captain Sykes

Jim Malinda

Col. Cramer

Rick Walters

Grace

Patricia Wilson

Ruppin

Lars Lundgren

Jimmy Kong

Professor Toru Tanaka

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