Not to be confused with the Steven Seagal movie of the same name, Above The Law is better known to Hong Kong movie fans as Righting Wrongs. Directed by Cory Yuen way back in 1986, it's not the most cerebral of action films but if you want to see some serious ass kicking, it definitely fits the bill.

Yuen Baio plays a lawyer named Hsai who becomes fed up with the system when a crime boss responsible for the death of an innocent family is let loose. To make a difference, he decides to become a vigilante and he starts hunting down criminals and making them pay. Before you know it, Hong Kong police woman Cindy Si (Cynthia Rothrock) is hot on Baio's tale, determined to put a stop to his vigilante tactics but soon events will transpire that will show them that they're not so different from one another after all and that sometimes it's better to work as a team.

What Above The Law lacks in depth, it more than makes up for with fantastic fight scenes and truly impressive stunt work. Yuen Baio gives 110% throughout the picture, fighting with a truly ferocious intensity that a lot of the better known Hong Kong male leads such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li seem to have forgotten about. He's small in stature but he more than makes up for it with fast and brutal fighting that fits the movie very, very well. Cynthia Rothrock holds her own alongside Yuen Baio and while she's isn't quite as intense as he is she is equally impressive during her scenes and the scenes they share together. The two make for a good team, and director Cory Yuen was wise to exploit their chemistry in this picture.

The story line lacks any originality in how it unfolds or as far as twists and turns are concerned. We've seen 'common man turns vigilante' stories time and time again and Above The Law brings nothing new to the genre in terms of branching out from what is a very simple formula. What it does do differently is put Yuen Baio front and center and allow him to really show off what he can do. It's almost as if Cory Yuen knew that the only way to make this movie stand out from the pack was to really amp up the action set pieces to the point where they're almost delirious - thankfully, it works. Don't go into this one expecting anything deep, because you're not going to find it but if you dig on fast paced whupping and crazy, over the top stunt work done without the aid of computer animation, Above The Law will leave you more than happy.