Excessive Force
Directed by Jon Hess, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Thomas Ian Griffith, Charlotte Lewis, James Earl Jones, Lance Henriksen.

Thomas Ian Griffith wrote and stars in this martial arts, police actioner about corrupt Chicago cops. Guess they waited for the Rodney King trial to be over before releasing this no doubt thoughtful meditation on police brutality.

This article appears in June 4 • 1993 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.