Martial Law (1998)

Action · Comedy · Crime

Sammo Law spins, kicks, and chops his way through crime as a one-man police force in Los Angeles. He's a tough law enforcer who comes to the U.S. in search of a former friend and protegée — and gets drafted as part of the LAPD.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (3,540 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 ↑ +0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.65 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.0

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shanghai Express	8.0	113
2	Diamond Fever	7.8	82
3	Dead Ringers	7.8	89
4	Funny Money	7.6	80
5	Cop Out	7.8	76
6	Extreme Measures	7.4	70
7	Trackdown	8.1	71
8	Takeout	7.7	69
9	How Sammo Got His Groove Back	6.8	71
10	Bad Seed	7.5	60
11	Lock-Up	8.0	62
12	Painted Faces	7.6	64
13	Substitutes	7.0	60
14	Wild Life	7.3	64
15	Breakout	7.8	62
16	Captive Hearts	7.2	61
17	Trifecta	7.5	59
18	Big Trouble	7.5	61
19	Nitro Man	8.2	64
20	Red Storm	8.0	60
21	Requiem	7.7	61
22	End Game	8.0	69

Season 2 (1999)

7.64 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 43 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sammo Blammo	7.6	63
2	Thieves Among Thieves	7.3	58
3	This Shogun for Hire	7.7	57
4	24 Hours	8.1	63
5	Ninety Million Reasons to Die	8.0	64
6	My Man Sammo	8.1	55
7	Friendly Skies	7.6	58
8	Call of the Wild	7.2	56
9	Blue Flu	7.7	57
10	Sammo Claus	7.4	51
11	No Quarter	7.3	57
12	Scorpio Rising	8.1	54
13	No Fare	7.6	51
14	Dog Day Afternoon	7.5	55
15	Deathfist Five: MCU	7.9	51
16	Honor Among Strangers	8.4	89
17	Freefall	7.6	50
18	The Thrill Is Gone	7.5	56
19	Heartless	7.4	58
20	In the Dark	7.1	55
21	Final Conflict: Part 1	7.5	59
22	Final Conflict: Part 2	7.5	64

Martial Law (1998)

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