Phillip Troy Movies
In this martial arts actioner, a hot-tempered kickboxer finds his position on the US team endangered when he becomes obsessed with a young woman and finds himself victimized by a blackmailer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Worth
This erotic psychological thriller marks the feature film debut of popular actress Pamela Anderson in a leading role. After two johns were murdered while having sex with a prostitute, Sergeant Peg Peckham (Chelsea Field) is transferred from the vice squad to homicide and assigned to investigate. Peg's determined to catch the killer, who could be a female serial killer, and asks her police psychologist boyfriend David Stratton (Steven Bauer) for a profile. In the meantime, David has become attracted to a new patient, Felicity (Anderson), an amnesia sufferer who is having violent recurring dreams in which she murders her lovers. Although the connection to Peg's case seems obvious, Felicity doesn't fit the psychological profile, and her bombshell beauty is having an intoxicating effect on David. Snapdragon (1993) was co-written by actress Terri Treas of the Alien Nation TV series and telefilms. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Don't worry: former porn queen Traci Lords was "of age" when she starred in Ice. Lords and Phillip Troy play a husband-and-wife team of thieves who steal a fortune in diamonds. Problem is, they've stolen it from a mob kingpin. Before the film's halfway point, Lords is going it alone, running helter-skelter across the country from the mob boss' gunmen with the "ice" in tow. Inasmuch as this is a chase film, it's altogether appropriate that the screenwriter of Ice is one Sean Dash. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1990
In the conclusion of Hunter's two-part Season Seven opener, Hunter (Fred Dryer) is unable to prevent a murder at the hands of international assassin and professional torturer Kudriescu (Andreas Katsulas), who has exacted vengeance for the deaths of two Romanian immigrants. The criminal Pinder family blames the police for the killings, and unless Hunter can track down the perpetrator, he will escape the country scot-free. With this episode, Darlanne Fluegelbecomes a regular as Metro Division officer Joanne Molenski. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Nicolas Cage stars in the below-par action film Firebirds -- a dying ember from Reagan-era nationalistic jingoism. In this Top Gun retread, Cage plays Jake Preston, a hotshot Army helicopter pilot who is being trained to use the U.S. Army's Apache aircraft to destroy the drug fields of a South American drug cartel. It up to his taskmaster instructor Brad Little (Tommy Lee Jones) to teach Jake humble lessons before he can be trusted to launch into the skies against the drug dealers. While Jake is trying to tame his egoism, he engages in a torrid love affair with flying ace Billie Lee Guthrie (Sean Young). The film was originally titled Wings of the Apache for the U.S. Army Apache assault helicopters that are prominently displayed in the film. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, (more)
- 1990
Ginny Bertolian (Rebecca Stanley), a worker in the DA's office, makes what appears to be a simple computer error, and as a result several criminals who'd been hauled the night before are suddenly released. Turns out, however, that the "glitch" was no accident: Ginny wants to hire one of the freed criminals to murder her husband. Of course, it takes most of the episode for Hunter (Fred Dryer) to put the pieces together and figure out what Ginny is up to--but once he does, look out! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1990
Acting upon information supplied by a grieving mother (Katherine Cannon), Hunter (Fred Dryer) investigates the reported murder of the woman's child. What makes this case particularly perplexing is the fact that the youngster's death occurred 17 years ago. Meanwhile, Molenski (Darlanne Fluegel) champions the cause of a beleaguered police informer (Seth Isler) whose last few tips have turned out to be bogus. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
