Silk

1986
R
1h 24m

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Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

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3.9/10

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Trivia
First movie ever abandoned on the RedLetterMedia show Night of the Lepus, Zombie 3, and Silk (2018).

Goofs
In the end credits, the role of "judge" is misspelled: "jugde"

Quotes
Austin: You know I don't know why they call you Silk?
Jenny Sleighton: Because I'm so fucking smooth.

Alternate versions
US VHS and Code Red DVDs are the edited R-rated versions which trims a few violent scenes- the guy getting stabbed in bed(and the scene where his dead body is discovered) the guy getting killed in the restroom was cut to remove his head being bashed against the toilet along with a close up of his dead body, a shot of one of the killers in a pool of blood and a slight edit to Silk shooting the other killer in the shoulder. Code Red Blu-Ray and the German DVD are both completely uncut.

Connections
Edited into Blackbelt II (1989)

Soundtracks
Silk
(uncredited)
Performed by Marissa Buñag
Composed by Willie (Willy) Cruz
[title song]

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Hawaii 5-O, Filipino style

My review was written in December 1986 after watching the movie on MGM/UA video cassette.

"Silk" is a 1985 Filipino action pic set in Honolulu, which recently bypassed theatrical release to debut as a video cassette as part of Concorde Pictures' deal with MGM/UA Home Video.

Tough bab Cec Verrell, previously seen as a cop in "Hollywood Vice Squad", title roles as a one-woman SWAT team for the Honolulu police. Episodic screenplay, resembling a tv episode of a cops show, has the police investigating a series of murders, ultimately resolved as drug-related. A corrupt cop teammate of Silk's is involved and the key element is a racke whereby the identities (papers, etc.) of dead people are sold to gangsters for reuse.

Action helmer Cirio H. Santiago does an okay job of staging stunts and shootouts, featuring a combination of American and familiar Filipino thesps. English-language dialog, much of it recorded in direct sound format, is effectively done.

Verrell sports an unusual hairdo: greased-back short haircut which is not punk nor butch. Fortunately, for social occasions her character goes glamorous with curls and dresses instead of the otherwise unbecoming macho look.