Line #11 Trivia/AboveTheLaw1988


1	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The film's assertion that the CIA introduced crack into poor neighborhoods turned out to be dead on as in 1996 Gary Webb wrote a [[https://www.narconews.com/darkalliance/drugs/start.html series of articles]] exposing the connection between the CIA and the flood of Crack Cocaine into poor neighborhoods
2	* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/StevenSeagal personally selected every weapon seen in the film.
3	* CaliforniaDoubling: Due to film schedule constraints, the sequences at "Chicago Summer CES" (Consumer Electronic Show) were actually filmed at the November Comdex (Computer Dealer Expo) in Las Vegas. The film crew carried press credentials and pretended to be a news show filming about the products in the booth.
4	* CastTheExpert:
5	** Joseph F. Kosala (Lieutenant Strozah) is a real Chicago ex-cop. He's been in seven of Andrew Davis' movies. He was a technical advisor on this film.
6	** The sword-fighting sequence was staged using Creator/StevenSeagal's own martial arts students.
7	* ColbertBump: After the film opened, Akido experienced a boom worldwide. Creator/StevenSeagal's Los Angeles dojo was struggling before the movie. Afterward, it sold out all its classes.
8	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
9	** In Russia, the bootleg translation became ''Nico''. That's fine. But for some reason bootleggers titled the following Creator/StevenSeagal's films as sequels: ''Nico 2'', ''Nico 3'', ''Nico 4''...
10	** Greece: ''Chicago Hard''
11	** Portugal: ''Nico: On the Margins of the Law''
12	** Taiwan: ''Blood Master''
13	* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: In his film debut, Creator/StevenSeagal starred, co-wrote and co-produced.
14	* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/StevenSeagal said that among his first five film roles, Nico Toscani was his favorite character to play.
15	* DarkhorseCasting: There's a story that Creator/StevenSeagal was given the starring role due to a bet made by talent agent Michael Ovitz, who co-founded Creative Artists Agency, that he could make anyone a star and cast his aikido instructor.
16	* OnSetInjury: Creator/HenrySilva broke Creator/StevenSeagal's nose in the final fight scene. Seagal was rushed to the hospital. The next day Seagal was back at work. He stayed up all night icing it, so that he wouldn't get a black eye.
17	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: As of April 2022, Creator/JohnCReilly's IMDB page claims he was an uncredited thug. This is nothing more than IMDB vandalism; he was in college and wasn't even professionally acting in film when the movie was shot, and debunked the "fact" that he was in it during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW7I6gZIc8o an interview with Dan Patrick.]]
18	* ThoseTwoActors: Creator/JosephKosala and Creator/RonDean were in this and five other films together, and often in the same scene. Not by coincidence, all six movies were Creator/AndrewDavis films.
19	* StarMakingRole: Creator/StevenSeagal.
20	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
21	** Originally, the film was about corruption on the waterfront in San Francisco. When Andrew Davis and Creator/StevenSeagal changed the story, they moved the location to Chicago.
22	** Seagal chose the film from a pile of scripts Creator/WarnerBros had been saving for Creator/ClintEastwood. It was re-written to focus on Seagal's (alleged) real-life backstory. Many of his stories have never been confirmed, or are in dispute. Creator/ChuckNorris was also considered, but Creator/TheCannonGroup wouldn't release him.

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