Maximum Force

An elite group of three unconventional police officers is assembled to infiltrate and dismantle a powerful criminal organization. Led by Captain Fuller, the team targets a crime boss who rose from a petty criminal to the head of a major corporation. As they work to bring the organization down, the officers find themselves fighting against both a professional hitman and a corrupt chief of police.

This action film was directed by Joseph Merhi, appearing first in a chronological list of his directed works before The Sweeper. It was produced by Joseph Merhi and Richard Pepin through PM Entertainment Group. The cast features John Saxon as Captain Fuller, Mickey Rooney as the Chief of Police, and Richard Lynch as Max Tanabe, alongside Sam J. Jones, Sherrie Rose, and Jason Lively. The screenplay was written by John Weidner and Ken Lamplugh.

Audience reception for the film was generally low. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 4.5/10 based on 434 votes, while on TMDB it has a slightly higher score of 4.8/10 from 18 votes.