Blood Money (1996) – John Shippard.

'A slinky DTV crime thriller with Traci Lords, Billy Drago, and James Brolin???? Dip my nuts in chocolate, and call me a cab, things are sure to get juicy real quick!!!'

As is so often the case, money is the root of all DTV evils in predictable, cookie cutter crime flex Blood Money. Bad guys squabble, cops quibble, and the blonde femme fatale got some righteous sizzle! Slicker than Pm Entertainment fare, with conspicuously superior performances, especially from veteran Brolin, and sultry blonde siren Traci lords. Due to the fact Drago is listed as 'With Billy Drago', he, unfortunately, isn't given all that much to do. Blood Money is mostly routine stuff, gussied up with bloody gun violence, fisticuffs, and a decent home invasion/torture sequence. While arguably a doable one-timer for true Traci Lords completists, I kinda zoned in and out of this one, and I couldn't help but feel that the stock plot development, and character's names fell out of the same cracker jack box.