Jean Levine Movies
- 1994
- R
Gritty male cop Sam Jones is teamed with drop-dead beautiful lady cop Shannon Tweed in Hard Vice. Jones and Tweed operate out of the vice squad in "sin city" Las Vegas. Right now, the dog-and-cat team is trying to solve a series of murders. The victims are all wealthy men who frequent the various houses of prostitution in the area. Suspicion falls upon a group of expensive call girls. Naturally, this requires the gorgeous Ms. Tweed to go under covers-er, undercover. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shannon Tweed, Sam Jones, (more)
In this police drama, a cop opens up a youth center and endeavors to teach kids the fine art of boxing to help get them off the street. Things work out well until a powerful local drug dealer tries to ruin things. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1992
- R
This crime thriller concerns three cops (Jason Carver, Sam J. Jones, Sherrie Rose) and their quest to stop a criminal kingpin (Richard Lynch) and the corrupt chief of police (Mickey Rooney). ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- 1992
- NC17
Traci Lords stars as Vicki Stewart, an undercover cop on the trail of drug kingpin Salvador (Angelo Tiffe). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- 1992
A couple of wealthy young California sisters decide to hit a few birds with one stone when they, with the help of some homeless folks, hold a talent show/bikini contest. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
In this thriller, a free-lance photographer is falsely convicted of possessing cocaine and is sentenced to jail time and 400 hours of community service. For the latter she must work with the LAPD and take favorable pictures of them doing their jobs for a public relations campaign. She willingly does this so she can regain custody of her young son. The trouble begins when she snaps a picture of Officer Eddie Martin, the cop who got her falsely arrested, killing a pimp. Unfortunately, the corrupt cop catches her catching him and now her life and the life of her son is in terrible danger. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
This direct-to-video martial arts actioner stars hunky Lorenzo Lamas as deposed world kickboxing champ Nick Taylor who begins training a promising but naive young fighter, Danny Davis, to beat his ruthless nemesis, Jake Gerard. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, (more)
When some land developers threaten to get their hands on the public California beach, a couple of dudes and a few scantily-clad babes hold a bikini contest in a scheme to foil the plans. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
Wings Hauser both stars in and directs The Art of Dying. Hauser plays Jack, a vice cop who tries to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders in which each of the corpses has been found with stage makeup on its face. Turns out that the killer is Roscoe (Gary Werntz), a demented movie-maker whose overwhelming desire for realism has resulted in a variety of horrible deaths for his unwary actors. Each victim is dispatched in a manner evoking a famous film: one is killed in the shower, another dies while playing Russian Roulette a la The Deer Hunter, and so forth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
During the late '80s, a terrible fad, wilding, came into vogue among troubled inner-city youth. Wilding involved nights of insane revelry, violence, and destruction of anything and anyone in the path of a youth gang. This made-for-TV drama is loosely adapted from the tale of a female victim who was beaten-up and gang raped in Central Park during a night of wilding. Afterward three suspects are arrested and a notorious defense attorney is assigned the case. Unfortunately he isn't sure he wants to handle them as they keep killing anyone who stands in the way of their acquittal including the prosecutor, the attorney's still loved ex-wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1987
This is a slasher movie with a supernatural twist. The horror begins when the outwardly proper owner of a posh honeymoon resort humiliates and murders a guest after discovering that one of the brides is actually another groom. Fifteen years later, the manager marries and on his wedding night, neighboring guests begin turning up violently murdered. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1987
Vic Vallaro plays a forty-ish shop owner who dreams of hitting it big in Hollywood. He puts in hour after of overtime, telling himself that he intends to finance a film with the extra money. After all, Hollywood's in trouble, and he's the one who can save it. Vallaro's dreams are tarnished when he's forced to go to desperate lengths to raise money. The story is a familiar one, but acted with conviction. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
