Comeuppance Reviews Kevin White (Wincott) is a DEA agent who travels from Washington DC to California, hot on the trail of evil Russians that are ex-KGB agents who are now drug runners. While there, he ends up teaming up with his brother Jack White (Hudson, not the ghoul-like guitar player/singer from the White Stripes). Thankfully for us, both brothers are "karate cops" who can put baddies in their place with their feet and fists. Jack is more of a bull in a china shop (almost literally, going by his introduction in the film). Unfortunately, Jack is also dirty, and he's double dealing - helping the baddies and his brother. All this causes their father, known only to us as Mr. White (Jaeckel) to crawl into a bottle of generic whisky. Will these blood brothers spill blood while proving that blood is thicker than water? Find out today! Martial Outlaw (you gotta love that title) makes a great companion piece with Mission of Justice (1992). Both are done by the same people, they have a similar look and feel, and both, of course, star Jeff Wincott. They even have a similar strategy for their placement of fight scenes - in Mission, the big blowout fight was in the garage, and here it's in the restaurant. They both have a scene in a gym where Wincott beats up a lot of people. We would certainly recommend the two for a double bill of VHS action brilliance.Outlaw reinforces our love for Wincott - he has a power-packed fighting style which is infectious for the audience, and he can do it while wearing a turtleneck and sportcoat. It's all complemented by his cool 90's hair, and his stylish sweaters he wears to the gun range are the icing on the cake. His line of casual gun-range wear would singe the retinas of Bill Cosby. But what else would you expect one to wear when in a state of deep concentration? But he's also likable, which is more important than a thousand sweaters (which are the exact words we're all taught in school).Funnily enough, Wincott, or should we say Kevin White, can always find a way to have two Arnis fighting sticks in any situation, no matter how dangerous. Two legs will break off a chair and fall into his hands, or bigger sticks will break in two. You can almost set your watch by the regularity with which Kevin White pummels opponents with two hand-held sticks.Physically, Gary Hudson and Wincott are perfectly cast as brothers, and their psychological tension as siblings is believable and even compelling. And Richard Jaeckel was a nice choice as dad. The baddie even has a goon which closely resembles Martin Kove. Adding further interest are the fax machines, pagers, and classic computers which are all hallmarks of a certain place and time we just can't seem to get enough of seeing on screen.Martial Outlaw delivers what fans of 90's DTV action want, and it is indeed a satisfying experience. We recommend it.

S_Craig_Zahler (...though yes, Wincott is Canadian).Martial Outlaw, a title which has no real bearing on the movie, is more psychologically compelling than most direct to video fare and more morally complex. But really, a martial arts movie is mainly about the fights and it is rare to see an American movie with fights and stunts that are as well staged and fluid as those in Hong Kong movies.And any movie that has this much fighting and isn't a tournament movie is extra appreciated!Overall, Martial Outlaw (amazingly) compares to things like Donnie Yen's Flashpoint & Jackie Chan's Police Story II & Yuen Biao's Righting Wrongs. And unlike most American movies that attempt this level of choreography, the fights are not sped up cartoons like in Isaac Florentine's movies (Undisputed II & III & Ninja & Special Forces) or Drive (with Dacascos) or Cynthia Rothrock. Sorry IMDb "martial arts" fans, Martial Outlaw kicks (and backhands) the crap out of that sped up nonsense.As a fighter, Wincott is great and believable. Compares to brutal but elegant badass Richard Norton and is far above guys like Don "the slow and wooden" Dragon (despite his real life awards).Overall, Martial Outlaw delivers a lot great and aggressive fights and some solid stunts, and the script has some actual depth. Let it be said that nobody delivers a closed-fist backhand like Mr. Wincott. Bravo!

homecoming8 Jeff Wincott (from 80's TV-series Night Heat) had potential to become the next Van Damme or Seagal. But he only made a couple of really good movies, after "Mission Of Justice" he returned with the same production crew for "Martial Outlaw". The story is, considering it's a martial arts movie, really good with an interesting premises: Kevin (Jeff Wincott) and Jack White (Gary Hudson) are brothers and both cops in different cities. A drug case brings them together, but Jack crosses the line and Kevin is the one who has to stop him. The acting is good, besides the action there is some good drama between Jack, his wife and his father. Kevin is mixed up in all this. The fighting scenes are excellent, Wincott is in top form: The scene is the restaurant is filled with action and great fights and the "Russian Circle" scene is already a classic. It reminds you of great martial arts films like "Kiss of The Dragon" and "Lionheart".The rest of the cast is also good, look out for Stefanos Miltsakakis as cool bad-ass Sergei. He was also in other genre movies like "Cyborg" and "Maximum Risk" (as Red Face).I already saw "Martial Outlaw" a dozen of times and it's still highly entertaining. After this, Wincott made 2 other excellent movies "Open Fire" and "Last Man Standing" (not the Bruce Willis movie). After that, his other movies were not that impressing. To bad because he certainly has charisma like Van Damme in the 80's en 90's. If you love movies like this and you've never seen this one, try to find it, it's certainly worth it.

alucifer now here is a movie martial arts fans will definitely enjoy.i wish all of jeff wincott's movies were as action packed as this one is.i don't think you will be surprised to find out that the plot is nothing you haven't seen before in other b movies.but who cares about the plot in a martial arts movie.all us fans want to see is nonstop martial arts fighting and that is what you get in this movie.jeff wincott is awesome in this movie showing off some good high kicks to peoples skulls.this movie and martial law 2 are the best movies that jeff wincott has starred in that i have seen.this movie isn't as action packed as martial outlaw 2 but any martial arts movie fans will still really like this movie