Blonde Rache (1996)

Blonde Rache: Directed by Paul Maslak. With Cynthia Rothrock, Tony Lo Bianco, Kurt McKinney, Brad Dourif. After attackers kill her sister and nephew, a female psychologist becomes a defense witness by day and an avenger by night.

“This is the third movie with Cynthia Rothrock movie Iu0026#39;ve seen after u0026quot;Guardian Angelu0026quot; and u0026quot;Redemptionu0026quot;. By popular opinion this is one of her best so if that is anything to go by, I will certainly not be actively seeking out anymore of her movies. While she demonstrates her martial arts skills to good effect in this, the plot is stupid, the production values are poor and above all, itu0026#39;s boring.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStarting with the positives, Iu0026#39;ll give Cynthia Rothrock credit in that she certainly knows what sheu0026#39;s doing when it comes to the fight scenes. The choreography is pretty good and one such scene where she fights off robbers with a roll of tape is fun to watch and just about the only nice touch here. The rest of the action scenes are passable, although thereu0026#39;s little that really stands out and they are far too few and far between. Much of the movie is mind numbingly boring and for much of the time I ended up turning towards my computer and doing other things, only glancing at it when something interesting happened rather than paying full attention to the movie. Half of the problem lies in Cynthia Rothrock herself. Iu0026#39;ll give her credit that it does seem sheu0026#39;s trying a bit harder than she did in u0026quot;Guardian Angelu0026quot;, as her character is a little more upbeat and displays more than one facial expression throughout the movie. She is still not good though, but part of the problem lies in the character she is given. Itu0026#39;s obvious they wanted the character to come off as sexy but it doesnu0026#39;t work. Dressing a short, muscular and dumpy looking 40 year old woman in short skirts and heels isnu0026#39;t fooling me. It also makes the character laughably unbelievable as a psychologist and even harder to like. Not only that, but this film has some of the least erotic sex scenes Iu0026#39;ve ever seen which I found myself skipping through.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe rest of the movie is so dull and forgettable that I can barely remember it despite only having watched it a couple of days ago. However, one part that had me roaring with laughter was towards the end when the lead villain shows Cynthia Rothrocku0026#39;s character the burnt corpse of his dead brother. Instead of using a dummy, they have applied makeup to the actor himself and you can even see him blink! How hard is it to cut that? Such bloopers shows that nobody really cares, and neither should you.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall I could never recommend this to anyone. Fans of Cynthia Rothrock (there appears to be such a thing) will watch it regardless but anyone expecting a good martial arts flick will be sorely disappointed. A poorly plotted, poorly acted, poorly paced flick with little action and no likable characters. Avoid.”