Excessive Force (film)

Excessive Force
VHS cover
Directed byJon Hess
Written byThomas Ian Griffith
Produced byOscar L. Costo
Thomas Ian Griffith
Erwin Stoff
Starring
CinematographyDonald M. Morgan
Edited byAlan Baumgarten
Music byCharles Bernstein
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • May 14, 1993 (1993-05-14)
(United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million
Box office$1,152,117 (USA)

Excessive Force is a 1992 American action film. It was directed by Jon Hess, written, co-produced and starred by Thomas Ian Griffith and released by New Line Cinema. Despite being panned by critics and becoming a box office bomb, the film had a direct-to-video sequel, called Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995), that bears no relation to this film and does not follow its storyline.

Shot on location in Chicago between March and April 1992, Excessive Force was released in May 1993.