Supreme Sanction

April. 09,1999      
Rating:
4.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

An elite assassin for a covert Government agency is marked for death after aborting an assignment to take out a journalist who could expose the corruption of the very institution that trained her as their weapon of choice.

Michael Madsen as  Dalton
Kristy Swanson as  Jenna
David Dukes as  Jordan McNamara
Ron Perlman as  The Director
Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr. as  Lester
Al Sapienza as  Holman
Donald Faison as  Marcus

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Reviews

Maidexpl
1999/04/09

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Dirtylogy
1999/04/10

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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Zlatica
1999/04/11

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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Logan
1999/04/12

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Tonci Pivac
1999/04/13

Very interesting action flick. An elite assassin(Kristy Swanson) for a covert U.S. agency decides not to pull the trigger on her latest assignment. She spots her target who is a well known TV reporter(David Dukes) playing with his child and decides to not take his life. Now she and her target are hunted down by her employers. Michael Madsen and Ron Perlman are determined to catch the savvy and sexy sharpshooter.The main highlight for me in this film was of course Michael Madsen, Anything he does is gold, I don't care what anyone else says about him, he is not overrated, if anything he's underrated and deserves more respect, Great film, and a fantastic job done by Madsen in this role.

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Anton Ertl
1999/04/14

I found this film quite enjoyable. You might like this if you like Alias (2001) or The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), although I found the latter a little better because Samantha Caine/Charly Baltimore is a more complex character.Mild spoilers ahead. I liked the ruthlessness and efficiency of Jenna in disposing of her former colleagues and would-be-killers; since she is doing this with guns, this is not as unbelievable as Sidney Bristow beating up men twice as big as her. Also, Kristy Swanson looks great as always.Unlike other films of this kind, the agonizing by the protagonist over her past evil deeds is refreshingly short. Also, I found the plot pretty believable (by Hollywood standards). In the beginning, I wondered a little about the quick side-switching of Jenna, but as the film proceeds, we see that this was not on-the-spot, but she actually has been thinking about and working for this for some time. The plot then proceeds pretty straightforwardly, and I have not noticed any unbelievable (and few other) twists.Detailed spoilers of irrelevant stuff ahead: There are two scenes that could have used better editing (or better something): First, near McNamara's house, Jenna sends McNamara ahead for no obvious reason, then does some other things for no obvious reason, before following him (without any significant change in the situation). Second, near the end of the film, Jenna has a firefight with Dalton, runs out of clips, and gets a clip from some dead body; this goes on for much too long.

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pooh-24
1999/04/15

Kristy Swanson plays an elite hitwoman who is supposed to have knocked off a TV reporter for a group of bad guys,but once she sees this poor fellow at home playing with his kids she decides to junk the whole project and the TV reporter's life is spared.The hitwoman's life is up for grabs as the people who wanted this reporter killed now want her dead for not following through with her assignment.Such is the basis for a movie called Supreme Sanction.Supreme waste of time is more like it.We see Swanson's character beat up,pummel and kill men far bigger than her.And she always one two fifty steps ahead of the group of murders who can't,for some reason,do away with this super hitwoman.Having one woman do away and beat all these men,makes the movie seem so gay.It is too predictable once you figure Swanson's character is going to win out anyway,thus making the film boring and inept.Kristy Swanson is decent actress,who in her younger days was always sexy and easy on the eyes.Supreme Sanction is not one of her better efforts however.

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millennia-2
1999/04/16

See! Kristy Swanson's career go down the drain right before your very eyes.Witness! Michael Madsen look tough and say tough things.Watch! A movie eerily reminiscent of every other direct-to-video release in the last decade.Behold! The horrible travesty that is 'Supreme Sanction'.Give this one a pass, there's nothing of any interest here.2/10

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