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Martial Law is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 16 may 1991 with Chad McQueen

Martial Law (1990)

Martial Law
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Released in USA 16 may 1991
Length 1h29
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Martial arts,    Action,    Crime,    Martial arts
Rating49% 2.4532752.4532752.4532752.4532752.453275

Martial Law is a 1989 action/martial arts film written by Richard Brandes, produced by Kurt Anderson, directed by Steve Cohen and stars Chad McQueen, Cynthia Rothrock and David Carradine.

Synopsis

Two cops - Sean (Chad McQueen) and his partner Billie (Cynthia Rothrock) are on the front line in the city's never ending war on crime. In addition to the routine small-time robberies they're dealing with on a daily basis, they must face a very dangerous and powerful man called Dalton Rhodes (David Carradine), who's not only a smuggler of guns and stolen luxury cars, but also a master of martial arts. Police are finding one body after another 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 troubled younger 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 extremely dangerous and sometimes lethal.

Actors

Chad McQueen

(Sean Thompson)
Cynthia Rothrock

(Billie Blake)
David Carradine

(Dalton Rhodes)
Tony Longo

(Booker)
John Fujioka

(Chang)
James Lew

(Tong Member)
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