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Mario Van Peebles' considerable charisma carries the day in this competently constructed example of a modern B-movie, directed with zest and adrenaline by Avi Nesher. Strong, if pointless, gunfight scenes are dramatically staged, automobile mayhem is extravagantly choreographed, and characterizations are easily understood even when the plot is not -- which is often. Zach Galligan's character would seem to have an easy fit in the story, but at the midway point one wonders what he's doing there at all. Nicollette Sheridan, lovely as ever, gives her "woman in peril" part an honest effort, but Van Peebles' nuanced descent into psychosis is the only worthy surprise, and he does it well enough to give genre fans a reason to think there's more here than there is.