Señorita Justice

Plot synopsis:
Anna Rios (Yancy Mendia) is a young lawyer who negotiates property agreements in the city of Miami. Anna learns that her younger brother was murdered in a gang-related drive-by attack and learns that her father had emotionally broken down. Not capable of opposing the call of her home, she proceeds to the seedy streets where she was raised to look into the subject. She takes a sabbatical from work, and heads back to the pollo frito she once knew, sending her father on vacation so she can get down to business. It isn't long before Anna enlists the help of a transgender nymphomaniac childhood friend, named Vanessa (Mirtha Michelle), and rekindles an old flame, named Hector (Kalex), all in the name of avenging her murdered brother.
During Anna's investigation she meets two female cops, Detectives Garcia (Edith González) and Martinez (Eva Longoria) who are investigating her brother's murder, but are renowned less for their detection skills. Both Garcia and Martinez become persuaded into believing that one of Anna's childhood friends, Hector, witnessed the slaying. He, however, is unwilling to cooperate.
Anna's search for the killers lead her to a sleazy gang leader named Mo (Michael Francis) who turns out to be under the thumb of a greedy local businessman, named Manny Sanchez (Tito Puente Jr.) whom is determined to instigate a gang war to drive them out of the neighborhood for a real estate business. Anna eventually finds herself in over-her-head when she gets pursued not only by Detective Garcia, but also Mo's gang members, and a ruthless female Yakuza assassin. When Mo is killed in a similar drive-by shooting, Anna thinks that she has been looking in the wrong place and focuses her attention on Hector who admits to her that he was with her brother that night, but thinks that HE was the target, not her brother.
When Hector makes plans with Anna to leave the neighborhood, he too is gunned down in a drive-by shooting which fills Anna with grief and rage. Thinking that Manny Sanchez is behind it, Anna teams up with Vanessa where they abduct Manny as he is leaving his office and try to get him to confess. But Anna is betrayed by Vanessa who reveals that she was the one who killed her brother. Vanessa admits that Hector was the target for he was investigating Manny, plus he was also romanticaly involved with Vanessa. But Anna manages to talk Vanessa into lowering her gun, in which she turns the gun on herself and committs suicide by shooting herself out of guilt. Anna forces Manny to take her to a seedy motel where the two thugs he hired to terrorize the neighborhood and whom killed Hector are residing. Anna breaks into their room and kills both of them in a quick shootout, as well as Manny.
Anna goes back to her law office building where she confronts her former boss, Charles Adams, who has been working behind the scenes to orchestrate this whole thing. When Anna tries to shoot him, she is attacked by Chiba, the brutal Japanese assasin sent from Japan to kill her. After a climatic and brutal fistfight between the two women in the lobby of the building, Anna gets the upper hand and kills the female Yakuza by slashing her neck with her cross necklass that she wears around her neck. Relieved but exhausted, Anna is only confronted by Charles, pointing a gun at her. Before he can shoot Anna, Detective Garcia runs in and shoots him dead.
In the final scene, Detectives Garcia and Martinez arrive at Anna's house to thank her for solving the case for them. Anna tells them that she has decided to stay in her old neighborhood and live with her father when he returns, and that she will open up her own law practice to help those less fortunate then her. Garcia thanks Anna for her help, but also tells her to stay out of trouble. When the two women detectives leave to respond to a call, Anna gets out her street clothes from her suitcase, impling that she will intend to continue her second lifestyle of fighting crime as Señorita Justice.

Tags: murder

Review:
It had been a good, long time since me and my high school buddies sat down to a righteously awful straight-to-video flick.
This confused mess fit the bill and then some.Try to picture a sort of Pam Grier-type exploitation movie but with Cuban Americans and production values that make you wonder if they just strung three episodes of an ethnic soap opera together, and you have some idea what this is like.
With dozens of goofy montages and instances of recycled footage, it has to have more padding than any 80 minute movie I've ever seen.
The action sequences are edited badly (tons of dissolves a la "John Carpenter's Vampires"), choreographed worse (looks like they got the guy that did "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers"), and performed horrendously.
The ladies are gorgeous, the guys are cheesy and sleazy--pretty much all the prerequisites are met for a raucous evening in front of the tube with friends and beer.
The acting was bad, the quality stank, and the whole thing was like the fascination of the abhorrent.
The only surprise in the entire (baaaad) plot was that nobody broke out having sex - that's the quality of movie we're talking about - usually films this bad are rated XXX; they have no other redeeming feature.
Basically, this appears to be a way to show that gangstas from Habanita are just as screwed up as all the other ones...
OK, so the whole thing did hang together in a weird sort of way, but it left an awful lot of loose ends.
It starts in the middle and ends in the middle.
Apparently, I don't watch enough daytime drama to keep up with this sort of stuff.
I was expecting some sort of Hispanic shoot-em-up, but what I got was a lousy plot with the worst acting, filming and action.
Also, apparently, the denizens of Habanita all spontaneously speak English (well, maybe so, although you'd never know it from being there - it's not that they can't speak English, it's just they normally speak Spanish with each other), and, furthermore, they can't cuss worth spit.
Spaniards really cuss with extraordinary inventiveness, whereas these guys just mouth off a few limited tacos..
Senorita Justice breaks the rules -- and delivers an inspiring, edge-of-your-seat action movie!.
A jealous ex-lover of gorgeous and talented Yancy Mendia?
I rented "Senorita Justice" on a whim at Blockbuster because the cover looked sexy.
Boy, did I make a good choice!
The movie was filled with action, suspense, drama, and a good moral.Using the exotic Miami as a backdrop, the movie starts with lawyer Anna Rios (Yancy Mendia) who seems to have it all.
A good job, a Caucasian, rich boyfriend, and a comfy life.
That is until her childhood friend Vanessa (Mirtha Michelle, who flows effortlessly in an emotionally challenging role) shows up and reveals Anna's brother was killed.Anna can't believe it so she goes back home to get to the bottom of this since the cops (Eva Longoria and Edith Gonzales) are not doing anything.
In the process of finding out who killed her brother, Anna discovers and appreciates her Hispanic roots."Senorita Justice" could've been any other action movie with things blown up from side to side.
Not so, the movie balances intense action scenes with stories about love, friendship, and finding out who you are.For those looking for Anna to kick some butt, you will not be disappointed!
Reportedly, Mendia did all her own stunts and it looks great!
I was on the edge of my seat when robbers tried to attack her as she was showering.
You have to watch to find out what happens!
She is also an expert at firing guns, much more than Angelina Jolie in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." The final fight scene pits Anna against an Asian woman (Grayce Wey) and it was freaking cool!
Mendia is no dainty flower either, she is both athletic and beautiful.
This is one of the best fight sequences I've ever seen!
It looked so natural and un-choreograph like "Alias" or movies like "Mortal Kombat." The underlying message of "Senorita Justice" resonates with many of us.
I cried at the end.
Anna went through so much but she never once gave up to avenge her brother's death.
Anna Rios is an inspiration; no matter how big her enemies were, she didn't back down.
It's a good example of mind over matter.I must not forget to mention the cast.
I don't think the movie would've been as great with a different cast.
Everyone had challenging roles but played it convincingly.
I believe we can all relate to at least one of these characters.Yancy Mendia is a revelation; I'm surprised I have not seen her in other movies.
She made Anna seductive and strong, but at the same time vulnerable and the girl you want to be friends with.
The role of Anna Rios required a variety of emotions from grieving over her brother's death to finding out who she is to beating up baddies.
Props to Mendia for handling it so well; she is definitely a star to look out for.The supporting cast was also very strong.
Mirtha Michelle had a challenging role of playing the no-nonsense best friend Vanessa; at the same time, she was hiding a big secret.
Michelle did it so well, transitioning her character's emotions from scene to scene with ease.
The standout moment is when she is grieving for her lover's loss; it just breaks your heart as the camera won't shy away from her tears.
The last scene with Michelle just shocked the heck out of me!
You have to watch to find out.Seasoned actress Edith González made us dislike her character but at the same reason know why.
She was playing a cop who followed the rules but knew much more than she let on.
With one glance or an exhausting sigh, González did not reveal her character's intentions too early.
She played every note correctly -- subtle and sneaky.Eva Longoria was barely in this movie so I cannot say much about her.
It was disappointing we didn't see much of her since she's so good in "Desperate Housewives." Maybe she wasn't that well-known or was still honing up her acting skills when they filmed "Senorita Justice" so that's why her role was so small.Overall, "Senorita Justice" was a treasure.
It kept me on the edge of my seat and brought me to tears.
And it had a good message to its audience; I would definitely show it to my kids.
Anna Rios is a good role model.
More movies like "Senoirta Justice" should be made.The only reason I did not give the movie 10 stars was because I felt it was too short.
I wanted to find out more about Anna and what she did after.
BEST direct to video B movie in years.
I admit it, I like B movies.
I loved Russ Meyer movies (even with Roger Ebert's lame scripts) I constantly look for them at the Video Store and 90% are lame worthless waste of time like the late-night soft-porn on Cable.But this one Rocks.
It's got Style.
It's got real babes that can act and do Martial Arts.
I haven't seen one this cool since Faster Pussycat Kill Kill.Every scene looks like a setup to a porn scene, only just as you get ready to see hot babes rip the clothes of the guy, BAM!
BIFF!(That's right I said BIFF!)The hot babes kick the livin daylights out of the bad gang bangers!Besides the title character by Starlet Babe Yancy, you get Eva Longoria as a Latina gangsta moll, Latin Soap star Edith Gonzales as a head detective (zipping her top up when Lawyer-Yancy walks in to end the "interrogation") Graycie Wey is the hottest evil Chinese Kung Fu Killer since Lucy Lui and only one of those incredibly boring cable soft core candle-light soft-jazz "tender lovemaking" scenes.Every other time you think somebody's gonna get lucky they get a kick in the face instead.Checkit out - Awesome!.
MIAMI HERE I COME!.
Even though this is a low budget film it makes me wanna take my ass to Miami!
The movie is a lot of fun, good locations, good action, (it needed more) and good looking women, I've never seen so many fine looking females in one movie -- DAMN!
Make more low budget movies look like this one.
The film is slicker than most of the straight to video Latin movies that are out there.
It starts out a little slow but it picks up and with some shoot-outs, cool Kung-fu fights and cat fights between two females -- MEOWWWWW!The lead actress in the title role is a little stiff but this ain't Shakespear, it's Senorita Justice baby!
The girl that played Vanessa was pretty convincing along Mo, he was a bad ass in the movie.
If you're home on a Friday or Saturday night and ya got nothing to do and your a straight male, then this movie can't miss!.
The main reason why I rented this movie was the appearance of Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria.
If you're thinking of doing the same...DON'T!
She is barely in this terribly-acted, atrociously-produced movie and it was a complete was of 80 minutes.
It's almost like many of these characters have never seen how humans act.
The music is way too loud in some places and the songs are second-rate.
I must admit, I did watch the entire film to see where this train wreck ended up.
Plus, the actors/actresses were very kind to the eyes.
That was another reason I kept tuned into this flick.
Let's just say this won't be winning many awards..
Really bad but darn funny.
I cannot believe anyone would think this is a 'good' movie.
It's only good for laughs as the acting is so terrible it is laugh out loud funny.
When Senorita Justice straps on her guns they are so huge she can barely walk and they go missing from scene to scene, one minute she has them then they are gone, must be the magic of cinema.
If you like to laugh at bad movies watch this you'll crack up every five minutes.
The fight scenes are too much it looks like all the actors are really trying to remember what the stunt folks told them...Let see do I punch him then kick, or was it kick then punch..gosh this is hard.
This movie is somebody's guilty pleasure.
The mixed production values and cheap soundtrack music (in between the reggaeton cuts) is reminiscent of porn films of the 70s.
You start wondering about 15 minutes into it when any of the characters are going to hit the sheets in between the fist fights.
I suspect that this film is one that most of its otherwise respectable actors don't talk about these days.
Also, why it was never seen in theatres.As someone else said, there is only one reason to even bother with this film, and that's Edith Gonzales.
She takes a back seat to Eva Longoria in this film, but at least proves she has the option to act in English if the right project came along..
Let me start by saying this: I wanted to like this movie.
However, despite my best efforts, I couldn't bring myself to tolerate this abhorred abomination that this database has deemed a movie.
Even the transitions between each vomit inducing scene where terrible.
I watched this movie with a friend because we knew one of the leads.
I lost both my lunch and my dignity for the 80 minutes I'll never get back.
No lie, the friend I watched this with actually became nauseous and left early.
Unfortunately, I insisted on watching the rest of this disaster.
Eva Longoria is used as window dressing on the cover despite her total screen time of about 3 minutes.
The music is putrid, lighting and shots abysmal, and the fight scenes are worse than any STUDENT film I've ever seen.
Myself having made a few amateur fight videos, let me say that me and 3 random people off the street could have created better.
The next time a production company wants to throw thousands in the toilet, I'd appreciate it if they could do it in a way that doesn't send viewers racing to the toilet as well..
Oh My. It is a good thing I did not watch this horrible a$$ movie.
I mean when I saw the action scenes as well as the horrible acting scenes, it just made me want to kick the sh!t out of my friends TV.
What were these people thinking.
It looks like they waisted about over $50,000 dollars on horrible acting lighting stupid stunt scenes as well as the last scene (OH MY GOD!!!!!), how are you going to "slit someone's throat" and have like a drop of blood come out and then die.
It was also funny how she beat up those three guys when they wanted to run the train.
That was funny as anything.
So funny I thought about watching some paint dry to try and get my mind off of the horrible fight scene.
This is a stupid movie and it should be pulled so no one can waist 80 minutes of their lives to watch it.
Man I mean if I wanted a long and painful death I wouldn't want to watch it still.
I would not want the last parts of my life of any memory of that movie..
Shhh,...I love this movie!!!.
With fanboys and even critics giving thumbs up to B*TCH SLAP, despite the fact they all admit its a terrible movie, Im compelled to defend this very guilty pleasure.
Senorita Justice satiates the same itch B*TCH SLAP does but replaces the typical silicon-ed cheerleader bimbos (that Hollywood insists are the only type of woman thats sexy) with wide hipped, midriff bearing, raven haired Latina beauties.
And I should know about them, I married one.
Yes, yes, yes, as all the user reviews point out, the script is crapola, the acting is community theater and production quality is below telenovela.
Plus the fight scenes are embarrassing, the gunfire consists of only sound effects and the soundtrack is made up of the same three songs played over and over and over and ALL the men are wienies.
But, with every woman wearing the absolutely tightest outfits, giving tude and throwing down at the drop of a pin, Senorita Justice is hard to turn off.
And what red blooded male (or female) can resist the sight of a belly baring Yancy Mendia shooting two silver 45s John Woo style with low rider jeans snug to her waist?
Really, it doesn't matter, because all the strutting and scowling ends with Yancy hand to hand with a Yakuza femme fatale finale!
You know, if it had cred from Rodriguez or Tarantino with Death Proof type font on the cover, it be the hitting the DVD shelves of every drooling fan-boy in North America.
So, don't let the Eva Longoria fans derail this because she doesn't star, Senorita Justice is a sweet drink.
Yancy.
Yes, a waste of time, but goodness that Yancy Mendia girl is cute.
Even cuter than Eva. The most ridiculous part of it is the inclusion of Edith Gonzalez in it.
She's a big time soap star, so I was quite surprised at her appearance in this.
Her accent is quite apparent.
Oh, and I also liked that the heroine drove a Nissan 240 in the film.
Lol. I'm trying to stretch out this comment because IMDb will not let me post this unless it's at least ten lines long.
OK, also, this is the only film where the girl looks cuter in a goofy dress than in her "sexy" garb..
So I'm drinkin with my roommates, we make our over to Hollywood video and what do we see?
Senorita Justice!
Oh man that sounds action packed!
Who wouldn't, you know?
It starts out with porno sounding music, we're like "oh yeah, this is going to be good".
So, with out giving away anything else, except that it wasn't good at all, I have to say they successfully insulted most of the different cultures in florida, and any one's intelligence that was watching it.
I was drunk and was able to realize that, so note to self, do not watch sober.
I don't know if you consider this a spoiler, but 90 percent of the scenes end with some one looking camera right and shaking their head.
I still don't know.
Oh, and the white chick with the really bad latina accent...
More Anna Rios, please!.
Here was a movie that stars a Latina as the lead character.
It was set in Miami and featured a primarily Hispanic cast.
Anna is a successful lawyer who has to go back to the mean streets where she grew up to find out who killed her brother.
It turns out that even though she now has a comfortable corporate lifestyle, she is the most dangerous person alive, fighting off three grown men at a time.Not that I would pretend that it shows anything authentic about how people from this culture live, but as a mindless action movie, it was refreshing to have a young Hispanic woman in the lead.
I liked that she was the most intelligent and powerful person in every situation.
The fact that her white boyfriend was corrupt, along with numerous references to white culture being less than desirable, makes me think that it was either written or directed by non-whites.
I can only give it a five because the story and the dialog were mostly silly, and the acting had no sense of timing, especially the lead cop.
But I enjoyed it all the way through as a dumb action movie and like some other reviewers on IMDb, I liked the character of Anna enough that I would like a sequel.