Steven Seagal: Awesome

here's why steven seagal is the most bad ass mutha cop evah:
- 6th degree black belt
- former CIA operative, cambodia
- gun expert
- speaks italian
- speaks japanese
- speaks spanish
- tapered jeans
- greasy mullet
- strong, yet gentle
- paisan
- faithful to lord and wife
- frequently raises one eyebrow in skeptical disbelief
- immune to truth serum injections
- easy on the eyes
- and the number one reason steven seagal leaves all other cops in the dust is that he's
ABOVE THE LAW

--which, incidentally, is also the title of his debut film, a fantastic feat of moviemaking magic. i never imagined it would come to this, but above the law is better than any action cop suspense movie i've seen maybe ever -- a not insignificant aspect of which is the awesome cars everyone drives in 1988 chicago. so many layers of perfidious mischief, and steven seagal must launch out, on his own, maverick-like, over the helmets of all the other law enforcement to get to the bottom of a massive CIA weapons-drug dealing scandal. check out this writing, the last lines of the movie:

"Gentlemen, whenever you have a group of individuals...
... who are beyond any investigation...
... who can manipulate the press, judges, members of our Congress...
... you'll have within our government those who are above the law."

one thing though: remember this guy as he once was and stay away from all recent seagal related media.