Review of L.A. Wars

L.A. Wars (1994)
5/10
Imagine THE BODYGUARD (1992) with the mob
10 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Ex-cop and current bouncer Jake Quinn (Vince Murdocco) saves the life of Carla Giovanni (Mary E. Zilba), a Mafia daughter unaware of the real business of her father Carlo (A.J. Stephans). Anyway, Quinn's ex-chief sees this as a perfect opportunity to get a guy undercover, even if it is one who -- wait for it -- won't play by the rules! Seems a all out drug war has broken out between Giovanni and new-to-the-scene Guzman (Rodrigo Obregón, star of many a Andy Sidaris feature) and the Chief needs Quinn on the inside. This production might be ground zero on when direct-to-video action flicks started dying out as an acting avenue for kickboxers. Murdocco was a Canadian kickboxing champ who made the switch to action vehicles by co-starring in some early Don "The Dragon" Wilson features made by PM Entertainment. The is standard stuff where you can probably guess the line coming out an actor's mouth before they say it. Murdocco handles himself well in the action department and the film moves fast enough. Producer and co-director Tony Kandah was a production manager for PM and would go on to make a few more of these pictures including the Lorenzo Lamas vehicle MASK OF DEATH (1996).
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