What starts off as a very promising action flick, soon becomes muddled and disorientated. I'm not sure of the background to this film, was there three different directors? Was there a screenplay change halfway through? Was there a director change? Was the editor a madman? As what begins very positive soon becomes a confusing mash up of cheese, camp and serious drama switching from scene to scene.
We are thrown straight into a real gem of a fight scene, full of cheese but great action, as Kristine McKay played by the talented and beautiful Cynthia Rothrock along with her partner get in between the middle of a gang war that is like a royal rumble the WWF (WWE to our younger generation) would be proud of. The action keeps on coming over the next few scenes, as McKay's relationship with her partner is built up until her partner's demise. After a very brief interrogation from McKay of the cop killer, we are forever to forget about her partner.
Next up is partner number 2 to help her solve the fraudulent cash ring and he is her future husband. Without much of an effort put in to build up Nick Taylor (Marshall R. Teague), we are left reeling over McKay's first partner and can't really buy into McKay and her loss of her 2nd partner and fiancé. (I was still grief stricken over partner number 1).
McKay unhappy with the police force quits and becomes a private bodyguard, probably for the best as she wasn't a very good cop, caused the shoot-out in the first scene and interrogated her partners killer for 5 seconds, then let him go. She is hired by the wealthy womaniser Hobbs (Daniel McVicar) and soon we learn that she is protecting him from the same woman Nina (Lydie Denier), that killed her fiancé. While Hobbs tries on the charm will McKay be able to protect him from the criminal underworld led by Nina.
The action is solid and starts off with a bang, the acting is decent, but the film does get a little drawn out and the pacing becomes slow in the 2nd half. The mish mash of camp to drama to action to cheese is confusing, without taking too much away from it though as the film is still an entertaining watch. Cynthia Rothrock is herself, not the greatest of actors but she can kick ass, nowhere near her best film but if you're a fan of her or just 80's/90's action, then give this a gander.
For the cheesemeisters when McKay comes off a horse, tears will flow from your eyes at the body being dragged around and parts coming off.
