Sue Hirko in Pray for Power (2001)

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Pray for Power (2000) is a stealth film, in that IMDb has never heard of it even though their parent company, Amazon sold it to me.

It is a "B" thriller staring Lisa Boyle, and is somewhat reminiscent of the "B" exploitation films of the late 70's, in that it has more nudity than the usual direct-to-video thriller, but not nearly enough to be considered soft core. Lisa plays a recovering alcoholic who just landed a Bunnymag cover, and is having troubles with her current boyfriend. She talks about needing space, but the problem is probably more related to her wanting a drink.

She, for some reason that is never explained, goes into a strange room in a hotel to pee, and is trapped in the bathroom when a couple returns and decides to have sex on the bed. After the female half uses a nifty nail gun to "tie" his hands to the bedposts, she lets a friend in to kill him. Lisa, of course, hears all of this. After she leaves the room, the killers see her, but she escapes. So much for the first 4 or 5 minutes.

The killers are out to kill her, anybody she has talked to, the crooks who tried to double cross them, and anybody else they feel the world would be better off without. The millions everyone is after come from a Cybersex Website, which ups the breast count to a total of 6. We have Lisa, mostly modeling, Laura Kim as the Cyber-babe, and Sue Hirko as the female assassin.

On the box, one critic is quoted as saying, "Lisa Boyle has never been better." That could mean this is a good performance, or that her acting is always this bad. Not that this is a total loss, One of Lisa's ex boyfriends, who is one of the bad guys and also a photographer, is trying to get Lisa back on the booze. He has a classic line to her: "Without me, you are just another slut living off her breast implants."

This film is not bad enough to ever gain cult status. I have to give this a lofty D-, as it is not technically incompetent, and the transfer quality is very good for bargain video.

Nudity Report: Boyle is seen topless modeling, and in a sex scene, where we might see the top of her bush. Kim shows breasts and buns in two different scenes as she creates Web porn behind the main action. Kirko shows buns, breasts, and a little bush in the assassination scene, and again in a sex scene.

IMDb Summary: IMDb has it at 2.0.

DVD Info: It is now on bargain DVD and is on one of the 10 movie sets I recently purchased. It has a feature length commentary from the producer, the director, and Boyle. They spend the entire track trashing the film.


Written by: Tuna …courtesy of Scoopy.net