Seagal introduced the world to Aikido , bringing a unique, bone-crushing efficiency to the screen that we hadn’t seen before.

Headline: The Movie That Launched a Legend 🥋💥 Before he was a global action icon, he was Nico Toscani .

This was Steven Seagal's first movie and was directed by Andrew Davis (who later directed The Fugitive ).

Released in 1988, Above the Law (often simply called Nico internationally) wasn’t just Steven Seagal’s film debut—it was a game-changer for martial arts in Hollywood.