John Ryan, reformed youth offender turned lawyer, gives a lot of his time to pro bono cases, which has caused his finances to dwindle and led him to contract a debt with Larry, a loan shark.

Calderone roughs up Larry to force him to sell Ryan's debt, forges the lawyer's credit rating and fabricates connections to several homicides, getting him disbarred and making him homeless.

Law of the Jungle was the second of a series of four Wincott vehicles produced and directed by Damian Lee, shortly after The Donor and before No Exit and When the Bullet Hits the Bone.

[1] First Ontario Film Distributors, a side company created by Cinépix executive Jeff Sackman to specialize in commercially oriented Ontario-filmed projects, was also involved in the production.

[9] In the U.S., it debuted through Triboro Entertainment on July 25, 1995, and its title was changed to Street Law, possibly to avoid confusion with another actioner distributed by the company that summer, Jungleground.

Writing in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Robert Philpot wasn't convinced by the central premise, calling it "totally preposterous", and compared Wincott's new streetwise look to "a cross between Mickey Rourke and Pauly Shore".

[13] In his book A Century of Canadian Cinema, Gerard Fratley was more dismissive, writing that a martial arts-trained lawyer dealing with a loan shark "is one cause that should never have come to court".

[16] The film features three songs by Big Faith, a group produced by and consisting of former Red Rider guitarist Ken Greer and former Chalk Circle singer Chris Tait, backed by the longtime rhythm section for Bruce Cockburn, bassist Fergus Marsh and drummer Michael Sloski.