Killer Instinct

Though it comes in the guise of a Roger Corman thriller, this movie gets very interesting in the second half as we start to find out what kind of man our hero is. There are some well-directed sequences that one usually doesn't find in this kind of flick. The female lead, Vanessa Angel, went on to star in Kingpin, Sleep With Me, the Weird Science TV series, and she certainly bares her all in this.

The cinematographer, Jennifer Stoltz, is actually a nom de plume for Janusz Kaminsky, who now shoots most of Spielberg's films. Scott Valentine is pretty weak in the main role, but this is an intriguingly written and directed movie.

This film has a very hard edge to it that I found got a little tiresome after awhile. It's a story about 1920s gangster "Dutch" Schultz and his cronies. It features no- name actors who aren't bad but are a notch above top quality in their profession.

The actors may not be top-grade and well-known, but the cinematography is Grade A all he way. It's beautifully filmed and very stylish in parts. I saw this on tape but would prefer to see it on a widescreen DVD version but that hasn't been issued yet as of July, 2006. The visuals are among the best I've seen for a crime film - at least up to the mid '90s, and the main reason I still gave it '7' stars. I see another reviewer has revealed why this is so-well filmed: the photographer is Janusz Kaminsky, one of Steven Spielberg's men.

The bad part of this movie is too much yelling back-and-forth between low-life characters. This may be a treat for the eyes, but not the ears.

Flimsy plot interspersed with a few sex scenes for the first half of the film - which could have done with some improvement!Then turned a bit more horrific but ultimately nothing really great.

Vanessa Angel naked!!! this has to be good,right?...wrongs its barely average. This movie would make Vanessa Angel fans happy as it does contain a lot of her on screen clothes shedding, but other than that, it kinda sucks! It was made before her breakthrough in Kingpin, the story through the movie is kinda pointless. i think it was just the directors idea to hire a hot stunning looking semi star and have her get naked in a few scenes in hoping that it would succeed(many movies have copied this idea snapdragon, cool surface etc). it is a good film for Vanessa Angel fans and teenagers but once you've saw her naked then thats it, back to the bargain bin with this movie. I read that Vanessa Angel used a body double for some scenes like Carmen Electra did for that Raven movie she did (no that isn't Carmen pouring milk over her chest). but i think it really is Vanessa Angel as you do see her face when she is exposed, i guess you can judge for yourselves. Scott Valentine does do an OK job as the male lead but he is let down by his wooden acting.

I have heard this movie is ultra rare on VHS and has never been released on DVD so that might attract you to it making a profit from it rather than good old Vanessa's shapely curves and impressive jubbles.