BitterSweet
Samantha (Angie Everhart) has a bright career ahead of her  until her boyfriend tricks her into helping him with a burglary that turns to  murder. Sam takes the rap, and when she gets out of jail four years later, her  life in tatters, she's looking for revenge. Turns out her boyfriend's joined the mob and there's a maverick cop (James Russo) who's going to force her  to help him get the Big Boss.  The dialog is lame and the plot is  ludicrous in this direct-to-video distaff variation onPayback.  It's the  sort of movie in which Angie sneaks off and shoots a buncha bad guys, so the  cop threatens to throw her in jail.  She sneaks off again--bang, bang, bang--he threatens to throw her in jail again.  This goes on three or  four times. Former supermodel Everhart skulks and scowls her way through the picture, but even her greased-up hair and grunged-down outfit can't  hide those glorious cheekbones.  Eric Roberts phones in another one for the paycheck.  Only Joe Penny, as a mid-level mobster, brings any life to  the party. All that being said, the film works on its most fundamental level--as the story of a woman grimly seeking revenge because it's the  only meaningful response to what life has dealt her.--Geof Miller