
John Steele is a Vietnam Vet who's had trouble adjusting to life after the war. He hasn't been able to hold on to a job which includes being a cop. When his best friend, Lee who also served with him in Vietnam, and who also became a cop was killed by some drug dealers he was investigating. Steele was able to save his daughter and saw one of the shooters. He later sees him and learns that he is the son of General Kwan, another person he served with in Vietnam who was running h... (Full plot summary below)
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John Steele is a Vietnam Vet who's had trouble adjusting to life after the war. He hasn't been able to hold on to a job which includes being a cop. When his best friend, Lee who also served with him in Vietnam, and who also became a cop was killed by some drug dealers he was investigating. Steele was able to save his daughter and saw one of the shooters. He later sees him and learns that he is the son of General Kwan, another person he served with in Vietnam who was running his own deals on the side, and who tried to kill Steele and Lee but Steele not only survived but thwarted his last plan. Steele suspects Kwan is involved with Lee's death but unfortunately Kwan's a respected member of the community. And Steele's former boss Bennett is not in a rush to find the killers cause investigation reveals that Lee may have been dirty which Steele knows is not true. Steele sets out to prove Lee's innocence and to get Kwan.
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| User ReviewChristopher SYou don't recruit John Steele, you unleash him! A movie where Martin Kove gets shot by a poison dart only to suck the poison out himself deserves 5 stars automatically. There is also a graffiti penis towards the end, which is hilarious. |
| User ReviewMatthew Mpretty random alot of interesting things I noticed in this movie. one is the daughter looks so much older than she acts. The grandma was in blade runner as the person that inspects the snake scale. mark dacascos is credited with stunts. overall good movie if you like action cheese as much as me |
| User ReviewJeff AA thrilling vigilante tale of... aw hell, this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. But it did feature Martin Kove, the sensei from Karate Kid, an outstanding 80s Rocky-type montage and a bizarre scene where they film a dance video that nearly caused gray matter to start seeping out of my ears. It hurt. 5 stars on the preposterous meter, but only watch if you have the highest possible tolerance for filmed fecal matter. |
| User ReviewBrano HAbsolutely fantastic! I love this movie and have seen it maybe a dozen times. It's a perfect blend of 80s action and unintentional humour. And the best part about it (apart form Jan Gan Boyd, of course) is that everyone takes it so seriously. If you get a change to watch, don't hesitate! |
| User ReviewPrivate USensei Kreese! This movie had action AND Martin Kove, double score! |
| User ReviewSteve MSensei Kreese! This movie had action AND Martin Kove, double score! |
| User ReviewBrandon MI watched this on Netflix the other night. The main reason I decided to check this out was because it had John Kreese himself (Martin Kove) rockin' the good guy role, and after seeing his evil performances in The Karate Kid as well as Rambo I figured it'd be fun to check him out in a good guy role. What I found out is this movie has an all-star cast of bad guys from other movies. You've got the aforementioned Kove as down and out ex soldier John Steel, the dude that played Dick Jones on Robocop as the police chief, Bill and Ted's history teacher as a police officer, the chinese dude with the goattee who always plays bit bad guy roles (mostly in John Carpenter movies) in another bit part, and the evil Asian commander dude from Missing In Action 2 playing another evil Asian figurehead. So anyway, the movie....well it's pretty formulaic...and the action scenes are extra cheesy, and the montage scene was really lame (jogging on the beach worked for Rocky III but not here) but if you are the kind of guy that enjoyed TBS's Movies for Guys Who Like Movies then you'll like this one too. |
| User ReviewShawn WNormally a support player, Cove does just fine in the lead. He plays a Vietnam vet who confronts the Vietnamese mafia and old war adversaries in America. A surprisingly strong supporting cast here. I think Cove was underutilized in his career. |
| User ReviewFilmGrinder SThe kind of movie my thirteen year old self would have stayed up till the wee hours of the morning watching on the USA Network, Steele Justice is a low-budget 80s action flick worth a rental but not serious thought. Martin Kove of Cobra Kai fame sneers seriously while brandishing himself in various forms of inappropriate neck ware (snakes and pink sweaters) and somehow manages to maintain a relationship with music video choreographer Sela Ward while gunfights constantly interrupt her MTV world. Nice, but forgettable appearances from character actors Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey, and Shannon Tweed add to the ridiculous entertainment. VF. |
| User ReviewMichael WMartin "Sweep the leg" Kove is a Vietnam vet who begins wagon his own war on drug lord Soon-Tek Oh. This film is pure 80s cheese. The story may sound similar to Michael Cimino's underrated and Oliver Stone scripted film "Year of the Dragon," but this film is much closer to Chuck Norris-territory than anything else. Still the film has an enjoyable enough of b-action film actor list, including Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Shannon Tweed, Bernie Casey, and Al Leong as "Long Hair." I actually think my favorite part of the film was the synthesizer film score by Misha Segal, who brought us the soundtrack to "The Last Dragon" and "Ninja III: The Domination." Two stars for ironic entertainment value. 1/2 star for actual film quality. |