A several-films-down-the-line knock-off of LA FEMME NIKITA, THE SILENCER is a wild bit of nonsense with limited high-camp appeal.
Angel (Lynette Waldon), a leather-clad mystery chick affiliated with some sort of CIA sisterhood who saved her from the streets, has been trained to terminate all who criminally exploit women. She gets her assignments via an autobiographical "Silencer" arcade video game that can be found in any
bar in LA--a city which, in keeping with the NIKITA motif, is rendered as a Eurotrash-opolis, full of Continental types, haute-couture models, stubby sports cars, sidewalk cafes and even a blind beggar in a beret playing accordion.
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Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
84 mins