Friday, June 26, 2020

Pressure Point (1997)

A hilariously strange action film. Sebastian Dellacourt (Don Mogavero) is a government assassin, though doesn't really look much like a CIA killing machine. With his middle age spread and bald spot, he looks like a systems analyst working in local government. 

His mission to kill an ambassador in Chile doesn't go down too well and he ends up in prison after a rather inept snow speeder chase. But he is contacted by his ex-boss Neil Kennedy (Larry Linville) and given a new mission, he just has to escape gaol first. Luckily he seems to be in the easiest "maximum security" prison to escape from in the world.

His new mission is to infiltrate the militia of Arno Taylor (Steve Railsback) who seeks to overthrown the US government by blowing it up...

So this is a fairly low budget action film, the story line is pretty silly and much of the action is fairly generic (not all bad but the dynamite in the microwave is just ridiculous). The nonsense and strangeness makes the film watchable. Not great by any means but enjoyable.