BLACKJACK (1998)

MORGAN'S RATING

After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia -- fear of the white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. Now he must confront his fear and the assassin, who seems to be well aware of Jack's problem.

Dolph Lundgren (Jack Devlin), Kate Vernon (Dr. Rachel Stein), Phillip MacKenzie (Rory), Kam Heskin (Cinder James), Fred Williamson (Hastings), Padraigin Murphy (Casey), Tony De Santis (Detective Trini), Albert Schultz, Andrew Jackson (Don Tragle), Janet Bailey, Saul Rubinek (Thomas), Peter Keleghan (Bobby Stern), Scott Nichol (Dealer), Geza Kovacs (Kamenev), Christine MacFadyen (Nicky Stern), Slavko Hochevar (Hairy), Michael Bodner (Eyeball), Glyn Thomas (Prototel Bodyguard), Peter Virgile (Richard), Laurence Walsh (Dorothy), Frank Crudele (Murphy the Doorman), Ted Simonett (Mark Smoot).

HE'S JUST BEEN DEALT... A DEADLY HAND.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: May 12th, 1998 (USA) (TELEVISION PREMIERE)

DIRECTOR: John Woo (Hard Target). WRITER: Peter Lance. PRODUCER: John Ryan. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: David Wu. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: John Woo, Terence Chang, Christopher Godsick and Peter Lance. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon. DISTRIBUTOR: New Line Cinema.

CRITICAL COMMENT

"Blackjack is the lastest blood-splattered ballistic actioner...bogged down by an uninteresting script, corny melodrama, and flat acting." -- Anthony Leong