Product Details

• Actors: Martin Kove, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey, Joseph Campanella
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Multi Label
• VHS Release Date: August 23, 1989
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301254880
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,883 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars URBAN RAMBO, September 28, 2004

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This review is from: Steele Justice [VHS] (VHS Tape)

STEELE JUSTICE is definitely a movie from the 80s; from its "hip" score to its post-Vietnam stigma, this action movie serves up a Death Wish type of vigilantism.
Martin Kove (Cagney and Lacey, Karate Kid, Barbarian) plays the studly hero, John Steele, who still fights the Vietnam war in his post-military life. A disgraced cop, he now works as a horsecar driver, until a shadowy figure from his past (played with devilish abandon by Soon Tek Oh) shows up. Enter (again), Steele's luscious ex-wife (a pre-SISTERS Sela Ward), and the daughter of his best friend, whose family was killed (a whiny Jan Gan Boyd), and you have all the standard ingredients in place.
Kove does well with his macho role, and there are decent action scenes and an appropriate ending, so action fans won't be too disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but typical vigilante thriller., March 24, 2011

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This review is from: Steele Justice (VHS Tape)

Martin Kove (The Karate Kid) stars as ex-Vietnam military man John Steele, who sets out on a mission of vengeance when his best friend and his family are massacred by the sadistic Vietnamese mafia.

Other than a couple minor quirks here and there (ie the hero has a pet snake, the movie has a notable cast, etc), this is a pretty typical vigilante action movie. Having said that though, it's still not a bad way to kill an hour and a half. Kove plays a likable but flawed good guy, there's lots of explosions and gunfire, and a number of goofy cliches including a training montage (!). Worthwhile, but only for really avid action film buffs.