Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Mike The first question is: how many talentless idiots it takes to screw a movie up? Answer: one is more than enough, if he writes the screenplay and directs it. The second question is: did anyone teach the actors to handle guns properly? Answer: hell no. I wonder if Kristy Swanson got hit across the face with hot brass - because it damn seemed so! The third question is: how many times we did the "super secret government agency conspiracy gets uncovered from inside" plot? Answer: a good couple too many! The fourth question is: are Michael Madsen and Ron Perlman overrated? Answer: in this movie, sadly, yes. The fifth question is: can a pair of boobs save this movie? Answer: even three (Kristy Swanson's pair and the director/writer) didn't.God... If I see the (most probably) assassin getting her guns ready for a hit, and then the morons from prop department give her a completely different set the first bloody thing in the goddamn movie, the "suck" meter hits the peak. Time from beginning of the movie to me switching the TV off: fifteen minutes. Just a little bit more than it took me in case of "Alone in the Dark".

Kurt Stallings An excellent job by the four principal actors and an understated steady style from the director result in a B++ sort of B movie. This is without question a straight to DVD type flick; however, everyone does such a terrific job it overcomes the formulaic sensibilities to achieve that wonderful "gee-I'll-watch-again" status.If you're an insomniac like me, you treasure that sort of thing. There are only so many "Three Days of the Condors" out there; you have to start digging into B movie territory if you are up worrying about work and you want to feed the Jones at 2 a.m.This is a great snack.Kudos to Swanson (the shooter), Madsen (the controller), Dukes (the patsy), and Faison (the fix-it man). Every one of the actors rises above his/her set role (thanks in part to an intelligent script), or more specifically finds the nuances within it that make each one human.Lesser actors would have turned each one of these characters into a stereotype. By walking the tightrope, each of these pros keep the movie tense and compelling. Madsen is properly amoral with a sense of comic distraction captured by the director with Madsen's Hawaiian shirts. Faison side-steps the script's only flaw -- a bit too stereotypical on the "seduce a brother" stuff -- with a smart, sharp persona that is readily believable as the wizard of electronic spy-craft (and street gun supplier).Swanson and Dukes are most impressive as the two critical characters. Both put remarkable nuances, bound by restraint, in their characterizations of the high level, straight military by-the-books black-ops sniper (Swanson) and the nationally famous newscaster (Dukes) that she refuses to kill when she sees his little girl watching. Dukes plays his character's self-righteousness and naiveté just right while maintaining a definite sense of humanity and genuine interest in what's simply right. (The script helps with the inclusion of danger to his daughter as a motivator). His heroic actions in the end are remarkably believable with no separation from his already established TV newsreader persona.Swanson is outstanding. Period. She renders a very believable soldier-turned-anti-terrorist assassin. Her take on this character is cold, tough, but still human. She is committed to simple justice: bad guys should die, good guys, not. And she displays the hard internal struggle of such an agent who confronts -- with fury -- the fact that her own people have her killing the good guys instead of the bad. She doesn't make more of it; she doesn't make less of it. And to the director's credit, there's only enough exploitation of her good looks to state the very simple obvious.Finally, kudos to the script-writer and director on the story itself. Notice that Swanson's character's fall into conscience is not sudden -- it's clear that she's not only responding to the fact that this is a national figure, and a man standing in front of his child, but also that she's already ragged from the previous job of killing an American military officer in front of his wife. She has already started to "question orders." The trained killer who wouldn't necessarily have held up shooting on senseless command once may do it twice - and that's how the film opens.How it proceeds from there is a pleasure to watch.

Tressa Breen A government assassin (Kirsty Swanson), disturbed by the demoralization within her operation, refuses to kill a reporter (David Dukes) and instead teams up with him to break his story of corruption in her agency, all while being hunted by her ex-trainer (Michael Madsen) and ex-boss (Ron Perlman), and protected by her good natured "gadget man" (Donald Faison).  This is an above average TV movie that's fun to watch. A decent plot that you actually do have to give some attention to. Enjoyable performances. Not to mention that it was interesting to see half the cast of the comedy "Tinseltown" (Dukes, Perlman, Swanson) reunited in something completely different.Worth a rent/buy used.

moviedude1 When Kristy Swanson gets an attack of the guilts about what she does, she wants out. Unfortunately, Madsen is her immediate superior in a company where "giving two weeks notice ain't an option."As a teen killing vampires, Kristy did a very good job. The valley girl image seemed to fit. But as an assassin on the run...well, keep running Kristy. Run, run far away! This film is not a concept that hasn't been done before, but it HAS been done better!I didn't want to watch the rest of this film, but I felt I should if I wanted to give a review of this movie. I've always liked Madsen, and his character was a bit predictable, but this movie was definitely a waste of time both to watch and make...no wonder it never got released theatrically!