Extreme Justice (1993) on Netflix
After an incident on the job, Jeff Powers is placed on probation. A friend from the force invites him into the Special Investigation Section, a secret LAPD unit targeting high-profile criminals.
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Plot summary
The Special Investigation Section is an elite and highly secretive division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Its assignment is to track high-profile criminals and shut them down. Jeff Powers is a detective placed on probation after an incident in which he used questionable police tactics. A friend from the force invites him to join the unit. The section is meant to survey a criminal and arrest him in the act of a crime, and it is granted wide latitude in dealing with the people it pursues.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Extreme Justice (1993)
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- Trimark Pictures canceled Extreme Justice's planned April 1993 theatrical release because of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and shifted the film to HBO, where it aired on June 26, 1993.
- Director Mark L. Lester said the film was based on real police practice, in which officers waited until after a crime had been committed to make arrests; he cited a scene where officers wait in a car until a rape is over before moving in.
