Tuesday, March 16, 2021

'Power Cop' aka 'Irresistible Force' (1993) - Kevin Hooks.

Pairing charismatic acting deity, Stacy Keach and ferociously fleet-footed action goddess, Cynthia Rothrock in this hard-hitting, punch-packed, female fronted fight flick proved to be an explosive combination! Talented filmmaker Hooks is plainly aware of the demographic he is 'shooting' for, swiftly laying on the bellicose action, the world-weary cop, Harris Stone (Stacy Keach) looks on bemusedly as his new, uncommonly feisty, high-kicking partner Charlotte 'Charlie' Heller (Cynthia Rothrock) audaciously Kung Fu's herself into a terse car showroom robbery, wherein the courageous, if not a little cavalier 'Charlie' continues to power her demonstrative presence inside, and with consummate acrobatic agility takes out the skeevey, gun-toting trash lickety split! Not long after Rothrock's bravura display of martial arts, both Harris & Heller rather brusquely find themselves on suspension, after being vociferously admonished by, Commander Toole, engagingly portrayed by the exceptionally fine character actor, Paul Winfield.

Following that deliciously adrenalized appetizer the chop-socking gets super-gnarly as our two amiably mismatched movie cops end up at a rather lavish, decidedly 'la-di-da'-looking Mall opening ceremony, and, fortuitously, before you can yell 'Yippie-Ki-Yay Mother Trucker!' they are both earlobes deep in explosive Die Hard/Under Siege territory, with the altogether awesome 'Power Cop' Charlie 'wrong placing and wrong timing' her martially majestic way through the grisly-looking gaggle of arch bad guy, James Barron's (Christopher Neame) gun-happy goons with her signature skell slaying agility!

In the appropriately named B-actioner 'Irresistible Force' the perfectly formed, panther-swift siren of skull-rocking savagery, Cynthia Rothrock once again excitingly proves herself to be a feline force to be reckoned with, displaying grace, and tremendous agility as she terminally terrorizes the terrorists as her hardline partner, Harris adds his not inconsiderable head-butting belligerence to the pugilistic proceedings! We've manifestly seen all this Gun-happy gubbinz many times before, but all too rarely is it this irresistible! The Stoic, Keach & preternaturally perky, Rothrock have a compelling onscreen chemistry, and it's long overdue that the snarky naysayers show, Cynthia Rothrock the actor some well-earned respect, while long admired as a dynamic, supremely talented martial artist, Rothrock's also a likeable, entirely credible Thespian.

 



 



 


 






 



 


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