Martial Law is a television series that ran from 1998 to 2000. It was created by Carlton Cuse.
The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.
The cast endured turnover from the beginning. Detective Dana Dickson (played by Tammy Lauren) exited the show after Episode 06: "Extreme Measures" as she moved away to live wit...
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Martial Law is a television series that ran from 1998 to 2000. It was created by Carlton Cuse.
The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.
The cast endured turnover from the beginning. Detective Dana Dickson (played by Tammy Lauren) exited the show after Episode 06: "Extreme Measures" as she moved away to live with "her parents" as noted on the following episode, Episode 07: "Trackdown". Then on Episode 09: "How Sammo Got His Groove Back", Arsenio Hall joined the cast as Terrell Parker, a wisecracking former LAPD press liaison who began helping out Sammo and the gang on cases. The pairing of Hung and Hall as partners was similar to, albeit a bit less overtly comedic than, the partnership between Sammo's friend, Jackie Chan, and Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour feature films. At the end of the Episode 05: "Cop Out", when Sammo Law is driving through Los...
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