Against the Law (1997 film)

Against the Law
Promotional movie poster
Directed by	Jim Wynorski
Produced by	Benjamin R. Reder Betsy Chasse
Written by	Steve Mitchell Bob Sheridan
Starring	Richard Grieco Nancy Allen Nick Mancuso Jaime Pressly Gary Sandy Thomas Mikal Ford Heather Thomas
Music by	Kevin Kiner
Cinematography	Andrea V. Rossotto
Edited by	Richard Gentner
Production company	Sunset Films International
Release date	September 16, 1997
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Against the Law is a 1997 American action crime drama directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Nick Mancuso, Nancy Allen and Richard Grieco.

Plot

Headed towards Hollywood, Rex (Richard Grieco) is a mentally ill drifter with a penchant for balls-to-the-wall gunplay. Trapped in a delusion that he is a modern 'Old West' gunslinger, Rex begins a murder spree that leaves police and law enforcement dead in his path. Meanwhile, hard-drinking cop John Shepard (Nick Mancuso) is suddenly thrust into the spotlight by newsanchor Maggie Hewitt (Nancy Allen) after killing one of L.A.'s most notorious drug dealers in a skilled shoot out. When Rex learns of this heroic deed, he becomes fixated on both Hewitt, who he begins to stalk and terrorize, and Shepard, who he vows to shoot and kill. As a tense high noon battle looms on the horizon, John and Maggie scramble to outwit and outshoot this delusional maniac.^[1]

Cast

(in credits order...)

Nancy Allen as Maggie Hewitt
Richard Grieco as Rex
Nick Mancuso as Det. John Shepard
Steven Ford as Lt. Bill Carpenter
Thomas Mikal Ford as Det. Siegel
Gary Sandy as Chief Leitner
Leslie Bega as Lucia
James Stephens as Det. Ben Hamada
Herb Mitchell as Carl Stensgard
Heather Thomas as Felicity
Jaime Pressly as Sally
B.K. Byron as Lars Reder
Tim Colceri as Officer I.Q.
Randy Crowder as Lt. Fuller
Billy Gallo as DJ
Randy Hall as Security Guard
Frank Lloyd as Officer Caultman

Production

The film was written by Steve Mitchell with Bob Sheridan. Mitchell hoped to direct and wrote it with John Terleskey in mind for the lead. Jim Wynorski bought the script for Sunset Films, a company he was operating with Andrew Stevens for Cinetel Films. Mitchell said he thought the film "ultimately turned out to be one of Jim’s best movies, but there are a lot of things I’m not happy with. The casting was a lot of it."^[2]

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
↑ "Bring on the Killbots: An Interview with Steve Mitchell". Mondo Digital.

External links

Against the Law on IMDb
Against the Law at Rotten Tomatoes

Films directed by Jim Wynorski

The Lost Empire (1984)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Deathstalker II (1987)
Big Bad Mama II (1987)
Not of This Earth (1988)
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
Transylvania Twist (1989)
The Haunting of Morella (1990)
Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
Hard to Die (1990)
976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor (1991)
Munchie (1992)
Munchie Strikes Back (1992)
Sins of Desire (1993)
Little Miss Millions (1993)
Dinosaur Island (1994)
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994)
Ghoulies IV (1994)
Sorceress (1995)
Victim of Desire (1995)
Body Chemistry 4 (1995)
Virtual Desire (1995)
The Wasp Woman (1995)
Demolition High (1996)
Fugitive Rage (1996)
Vampirella (1996)
Against the Law (1997)
The Pandora Project (1998)
Desert Thunder (1999)
Stealth Fighter (1999)
Final Voyage (1999)
Militia (2000)
The Bare Wench Project (2000)
Extreme Limits (2000)
Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001)
Raptor (2001)
The Blare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless (2001)
Bare Wench Project 3: Nymphs of Misty Mountain (2002)
Project Viper (2002)
Gale Force (2002)
Bad Bizness (2003)
Treasure Hunt (2003)
Cheerleader Massacre (2003)
Bare Wench Project: Uncensored (2003)
Curse of the Komodo (2004)
Gargoyle (2004)
The Thing Below (2004)
Lust Connection (2005)
Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade (2005)
Bare Wench Project: The Final Chapter (2005)
Crash Landing (2005)
Busty Cops (2005)
Sub Zero (2005)
The Witches of Breastwick (2005)
Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
The Witches of Breastwick 2 (2005)
Cry of the Winged Serpent (2007)
Bone Eater (2008)
The Devil Wears Nada (2009)
Busty Cops Go Hawaiian (2009)
Cleavagefield (2009)
Para-Knockers Activity (2009)
Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)
Busty Cops and the Jewel of Denial (2010)
Monster Cruise (2010)
Camel Spiders (2011)
Piranhaconda (2012)
Gila! (2012)
Pleasure Spa (2013)
Hypnotika (2013)
Sexually Bugged! (2014)
Water Wars (2014)
Shark Babes (2015)
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)
Scared Topless (2015)
CobraGator (2016)
Nessie & Me (2016)
A Doggone Christmas (2016)
Legend of the Naked Ghost (2017)
A Doggone Hollywood (2017)

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