Damn is this movie boring
A Seagal movie should be nothing but him beating people up, not try to be a serious crime
Drama
I agree with a critic who said it's overly complicated for an action movie. A CIA conspiracy movie is a lot to chomp at for Seagal and his target audience.
Still, the action scenes are very well done and all the boring bits in between make them seem more realistic somehow.
Remember it's his first film as a leading action star, they were trying to go for something a bit more thriller then just outright action. I think the film that got it right was Out for Justice which I think along with Under Seige is his best film. You mixed the thriller with action well. Helps that William Forsythe is a excellent villain in it and the action scenes are a lot more brutal.
I like Above the Law (I always remember it as Nico, as that's what it was called in Ireland). I'd have the film just behind Under Seige, Out for Justice and Marked for Death from his peak era.