unlike what one reviewer say this be not a ripoff of magnum force . in that one lieutenant hal holbrook put together his own little squad from academy rookie to dispatch repeat offender . in extreme justice this operation have the sanction from the high ups of the lapd . just how far they sanction the exact method use be open to question . this special investigation squad seem to be quite the haven for the misfit of the lapd and those that have forget their first duty be protection and service . which be why scott glenn think lou diamond phillips and a detective with more than his share of beef with internal affair for excessive use of force and be perfect for the squad . what should have send him run from phillips be the fact he get a nice live in relationship with a reporter and chelsea field . that one certainly throw me in this film and you would think that lou would be the last guy he would try to recruit for his team . and what his team be and be a death squad . they target perpetrator follow them and wait to catch them in the act . then it open season . extreme justice go very overboard in try to make a point . there sure would have be no harm in wait for a gang of bank robber to finish the robbery and take them down outside . no civilian get hurt when the citizen of coffeyville do that to the dalton . or wait until three rapist finish the job before move in . that what be ask to believe here . and frankly i couldn not buy it . a lot of good player get really waste in this one .