Almost A Review

A while ago, as you'll recall, I bought up a bunch of old VHS movies. I've been trying to work down the backlog of unwatched films so that I won't feel bad about buying more when I inevitably buy more at the earliest opportunity. Luckily, I like watching them, and don't have to work too hard at finding the motivation. The last one was not the film promised, although that was perhaps a good thing. This most recent one was the film promised.

Entitled "Ballistic", this 1995 (incredibly enough) film tells the story of Jesse, a tough and competent (but naturally gorgeous) cop who pursues the villainous Braden while trying to clear her wrongly-imprisoned father. The film is peppered with a fair number of sexually explicit sequences, and so it's evident just what was the main driving force behind the film's production. That, however, would be to ignore the film's star power.

While there are plenty of unknowns in the cast, there were some notables to be found. "Shaft" star Richard Roundtree plays the father, veteran actor Charles Napier turns in a tolerable performance as Jesse's superior, and "Black Dynamite" star Michael Jai White appears for some reason. Appearing as the main villain is Sam Jones, perhaps best known as Flash Gordon in the 80s cult classic of the same name.

I felt amply rewarded for taking a chance on this film. There was just something about this plucky lady cop going up against a drug and weapons dealer (who mainly spends his time watching no-holds-barred fights held in his warehouse for his personal amusement). If you can get a hold of this smoldering thriller, then I highly recommend you pop it in the VCR (right after you buy that as well). You surely won't be sorry.