Pressure Point (1997)

Pressure Point (1997). 1h 37m

“PRESSURE POINT was a decently-shot and directed, but badly-acted run-of-the-mill action/spy drama. This film was not ultra-low-budget, since there was some actual expensive-looking location shooting in Chile and other locales. It was merely low budget. The action scenes are fairly well-staged and nicely edited. They also made good use of library music to make the movie seem more expensive than it is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSteve Railsback made a quite good villain. Iu0026#39;ve always thought that he was a compelling presence in most of the productions he has appeared in. Larry Linville from MASH was definitely phoning it in, in what appeared to be an attempt to channel G. Gordon Liddy. An impossible feat, since Liddy isnu0026#39;t dead yet. Sorry, Larry.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn spite of its decent production values and competent shooting style, make no mistake, this is merely a vanity production written by its utterly obscure u0026quot;staru0026quot;, the balding and affectless Don Mogavero, a charisma sponge if there ever was one. Not only does he have no charisma of his own, but he sucks any out of anyone appearing in a scene with him. Makes Steven Seagal seem like Bruce Lee. According to the IMDb, he had one other film, Jeckyll Island. I must now pick that up to see how he would handle a movie (which, like this one, he also wrote himself) that has him as a master thief. Holy moly.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLet me specify that I paid $1 for this DVD, and it was well worth a buck for mindless entertainment value. I give it a FOUR, for its decent action-film directing and staging. Fans of low-budget action flicks might find this an interesting diversion for a couple hours. If you like Andy Sedaris films, youu0026#39;ll be in familiar territory here. More demanding moviegoers should stay away. And paying substantially more than a buck is not recommended.”