Despite limited screen time and very few lines of dialog, Steven Seagal (“Above The Law”, “Maximum Conviction”) gets top billing for “Code Of Honour”. This is a below average action flick with weak action scenes and some terrible special effects.

Colonel Robert Sikes (Seagal) is waging a crusade on the criminals of his city. Drug dealers, pimps and other outlaws are his targets. Only F.B.I. agent William Porter (Craig Sheffer “Bad Ass”) seems to have the expertise to stop Sikes. However, all is not what it seems as perhaps Porter has not been completely honest about everything. It all leads to a confusing finale that makes no real sense.

As I mentioned, Seagal gets top billing and he is on the poster yet we do not actually get to see a great deal of him. He does not even speak until almost half way through the film. Seagal is okay here but do not be fooled into thinking he is the star, he is just the most famous cast member. The F.B.I. agent Porter is really the main character and he is not very interesting. There are other characters in the movie but none of them are particularly interesting. We have some very lousy police officers and a stripper but they add little to the film.

“Code Of Honour” has a few slick moments but the action scenes are rather underwhelming. They are very generic and the special effects used during them are laughable. Fans of Seagal are likely to be disappointed by how little he appears in the film. The plot is also far from original so the filmmakers try to throw in some twists but it all gets needlessly confusing. “Code Of Honour” is not especially bad, it just never seems to rise above mediocrity. If you like these low-budget action flicks with action stars that have not had a big hit in decades, then maybe this is the movie for you.