Ballistic

With a box cover right at home from the 90's, 'Ballistic' was everything I thought it would be. A fairly formula b-movie flick with some over the top acting, decent action. It's not the kind of thing that will knock your socks off. Don't come for butt kicking females alone, but if you have a fondness for low budget fisticuffs it'll satisfy.

Jesse Gavin (Marjean Holden) the daughter of a framed cop (Richard Roundtree) is a detective herself. Equally juggling try to free her dad and being taken seriously puts her in the sights of "businessman" Nick Braden (Sam Jones). Told to stay away by Cpt. Underwood (Charles Napier) but knows he's at the center of everything. Question is can he be brought down without falling into a trap.

Familiar faces Napier, Roundtree & Jones put in good supporting work. The latter of which chews scenery like no other. Joel Beeson makes for a martial arts bf, but catch Michael Jai White kicking butt in an earlier role and no stranger to dtv pics James Lew, Vincent Klyn. Holden as a hero comes off likable and puts in two classy semi-nude scenes. Plus Corinna Everson who stood out in 'Double Impact' as a female baddie dishes it out more here as one too.

As I recap my review it dawns on me how much the cast helped. Holden is solid, but all the known faces do wonders. 'Ballistic' is generic in most regards. Underground fight tourney, corruption, family ties & revenge, but fun fights, gunplay make it alright if this material is up your alley.

Apart from Richard Roundtree playing around, Marjean is all that recommends this waste of film. Marjean is a taller, slimmer, less chunky Marjean than we saw in the '99 Nikita episode. There are a couple scenes where we see her sprint like the track star she was...great form! She's pretty quick and snappy with the martial arts moves, but not enough to stay in the business as an action actress

This is a typical 90s movie!

The low budget is obvious.

The main characters in this are female! A cop who is trying to free her father,whilst be set up by crooked cops... The most interesting part of this movie is when Marjean,is undercover as a prostitute to lure drug dealers. She gets to do a deal,and has it wired,but the bust goes wrong,and the dealer makes a run for it! This is when we see 6ft Marjean chase him and end up in a dead end alleyway! He knows he's collared, so decides to resist. That's a big mistake as Marjean in a mini skirt a low top,and knee high boots,dishes out a beating to him,rather easily. And to compound the emasculation she restrains him with his tie.... It's a decent female lead watch... I'll give it 8/10.

BALLISTIC is a typical B-movie action flick of the mid 1990s starring Marjean Holden as a tough cop on the trail of a drug kingpin played by ol' FLASH GORDON himself, Sam Jones. It starts out as a routine cop investigation movie before seguing into a fight flick halfway through. The cast is pretty decent here, with old-timers Richard Roundtree and Charles Napier popping up, and both a young Michael Jai White and Cory Everson (from DOUBLE IMPACT) impress in the fighting stakes. The action's fun at least and you could do worse.

This would be an instantly forgettable action film, were it not for a sexy standout performance by Everson. Her vicious villain steals the show every time she is on screen, right up to her brutal fight to the death with the films heroine.

Watch it for the wonderful Cory Everson, skip the rest!