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- CallumOctober 28, 2025⭐⭐⭐⭐½ (out of 5) Martial Law – When East Meets West and Everything Breaks a Table Before buddy-cop comedies were self-aware parodies of themselves, Martial Law crashed onto the scene with fists flying and Sammo Hung spinning through cultural and literal barriers alike. It’s the ultimate late-’90s East-meets-West action comedy — part kung-fu showcase, part procedural chaos, and entirely fun. Hung’s charm lies in his contrast: a disciplined Hong Kong martial artist navigating the neon sprawl of Los Angeles police work. The show paired him with a revolving cast of cops and crooks, all orbiting his seemingly unflappable calm (until someone gets thrown through a window). It handled topics like racism and trafficking with surprising lightness — never trivialising them, but wrapping the punches in a grin. Where Blue Lights lives in grim realism and Death in Paradise basks in tropical sugar, Martial Law is pure comic-book pulp brought to life: bright, quick, and unapologetically physical. Two seasons felt both too short and just right — long enough to leave its mark, short enough not to wear out its gi. Pairing: A sweet-and-spicy cocktail — maybe a lychee margarita with a chili-salt rim — balancing East and West, calm and chaos, just like Sammo himself.
Martial Law Trivia
Martial Law has 2 seasons.
Martial Law has 44 episodes.
The key characters in Martial Law are Sammo Law (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo), Chen Pei Pei (Kelly Hu), Terrell Parker (Arsenio Hall).
Martial Law was directed by Oley Sassone, Whitney Ransick, Bruce Seth Green, Max Tash, Chuck Bowman, Deran Sarafian, Michael Lange, Greg Beeman, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Kevin Murphy, Greg Yaitanes, Terrence O'Hara, Joe Napolitano, John Patterson, John T. Kretchmer, Rick Wallace, David Carson, D.J. Caruso, Larry Shaw.
Martial Law was produced by Carlton Cuse, Oley Sassone, Whitney Ransick, Deran Sarafian, Greg Beeman, Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai, Bruce Seth Green.
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.
Martial Law is rated TV-PG.
Martial Law is a Comedy, Crime, Drama show.
Martial Law has an audience rating of 6.9 out of 10.
Martial Law episodes are 43m long.
No, this show was canceled after 2 seasons.