FORMAT: DVD
Master P directs and stars in this star-studded, late era, PM Entertainment action flick. Trying to keep track of the plot and characters is liable to give you vertigo. Master P is a street level arms dealer who has beef with an international arms dealer played by Gary Busey. Pam Grier is the Fed who wants to arrest Busey. Gary Daniels is a meek office worker who gets roped into some shady computer scheme with his sleazy co-worker (Jeff Fahey). Little does he know Daniels is working undercover. When Daniels winds up saving Busey’s life during a high-speed pursuit, he repays him by making him a part of his crew. Oh, and since Master P directed it, there’s a random rap sequence.
The opening is great. Master P busts up an arms deal by showing off the latest model of flamethrower/rocket launcher and blowing up and/or burning and/or blowing up AND burning dozens of henchmen. Now, I don’t know how PRACTICAL a combination flamethrower and rocket launcher is, but it certainly LOOKS cool. Sadly, this is the only time in the movie when someone uses the weapon.
The plot is messy (Master P’s scenes feel like they came out of an entirely different movie), and they do the PM trend of inserting action sequences from other movies and passing them off as their own. (Most notably, Air America). Some fun can be gleaned from watching the cast do their thing. (Although Grier is kind of wasted as she spends most of her screen time in a call center sitting at a desk and wearing a headset which makes her look like a Time-Life operator.) However, much of the film’s wind gets knocked out of its sails once Fahey exits the picture about halfway through. I don’t know. Maybe another couple dozen henchmen served up well done by Master P's flamethrower would’ve put this over the top to a *** rating. It certainly couldn’t have hurt.
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