Comeuppance Reviews When a "Cops"-like reality show films a drug bust, and said bust goes sideways, everyone in town wants the tape it was filmed on. The heinous massacre of twelve police officers caught on video was masterminded by arch-baddie Cooper (Warner), and the cameraman who barely made it out of there alive, a guy named Bill Knight (Combs) finds the next couple of days quite trying indeed. Everyone from Cooper's right-hand man Taft (Henriksen) to the mysterious Donovan (Baker) wants a piece of Knight. Meanwhile, Detectives Duke (Napier) and Kincade (Rossi) are working the case and trying to get to the truth of this tangled web. But when Knight meets an attractive nurse named Laura (Laurence), things seem to be looking up for Mr. Knight...but in this complicated web of twists, turns, and constantly changing allegiances, who can really tell? And who is going to commit the ultimate FELONY? David A. Prior, known to action fans all over as the AIP guy, here corrals an amazing B-movie cast for this non-AIP outing. It was 1995, video stores were booming, and with the right cast, they had a place for Felony on their shelves. With Jeffrey Combs as the main character, Ashley Laurence as the female lead and sidekick, and Lance Henriksen with an impressive array of multi-colored shirts, that was just the beginning. We get Joe Don Baker with a triumphant introduction to his character, with an alley rescue scene that is really a lot like the one in Ring of Steel, also with Baker. Maybe rescuing people in alleys is his "thing". And with his fringed jacket that he no doubt bought at the local buckskinnery, he gives Seagal a run for his money. Then there's Napier playing a guy named Duke, as he would right around the same time on The Critic, and Leo Rossi doing his best southern accent. Add to that David Warner with a grenade launcher and a small role from Cory Everson, and you have a recipe that raises Felony above the average dreck.Prior was surely going big-time with this one, indicated by not just the cast, and the fact that it was released by New Line, but also the level of stunt work, with PM-style car-flipping and blow-ups. Cooper even kills off a lot of cops just like baddies do in PM movies. And of course there is the standard pew-pew bullet shooting. He was aiming high, and it works for the most part. At least it's better-acted than usual, thanks to the experienced cast of familiar names. It's basically as dumb as an AIP movie (and we mean that in the best possible way, of course), with plot holes so big, Stephen Hawking has warned us all that they could potentially slow down the space-time continuum. But this time Mr. Prior has more resources at his disposal than usual. There are even some interesting contemporary references, like to the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan hoo-hah that everyone was talking about at the time. If only we could have heard David Warner utter the name "Gillooly", Felony would have shot up a few points.So go back to a time when strippers stripped to sleazy heavy metal (presumably this is the song "Dynamite" by a band called Psychic Underground listed in the end credits), and to a time when an array of B-movie stars such as this could assemble for a project like this.

windtar Whew, this movie tried but failed in my book.They seemed to try to make this a mind movie, twisting and turning characters in your head of who's who. seems everybodies not who they say they are, or are people who are all conniving without others knowing. They took shootings, chases and car chases into unbelievable situations.the acting is horrible, as they try to make everybody cool, but in fact, all woulda been killed if the situation was real. they made the cops look dumb and the crooks look like they were cool when in fact made it look fake. the ending was just so dumb on who the main character was. when he shoots the bad guy at the end, he does a summersault for no reason, it was like, why? you gotta be kidding!!SPOILER = the main character is shot, whacked over head repeatedly with tennis racket, jumps off a 50 foot bridge, jumps through a plate-glass window, then flies off car thru store window, punched etc.. and he goes on with no apparent injurythe only reason i finished this movie was because my remote controls battery died and i was too lazy to get up to turn off. id only recommend this movie if there was nothing but infomercials or romantic chick flicks onOK, OK, i know this was a little harsh, but its my review, take it or leave it. hehe i gave it a 5 only because they actually got it into theatres.Now, if they took the basic plot and rewrote it, it might actually be a better movie

bsl05 Lance Henriksen has a knack for being the top name in a B-movie, even in this case starring along side Charles Napier, Master Control Program, and Joe Don Baker. As always he does a great job of being the bad guy, but the plot is just bad (don't even get me started about the ending). And the editing is so horrible it might actually be a thing of beauty. Is it just me, or does it seem that Joe Don Baker was spliced into the movie at the last minute? Also, anytime glass is broken in this movie, the editing is so anti-phenomenal. Lastly, after watching this, I figure David Warner is dying for Tron 2.0 to finally get the green light.Unfortunately for Felony, this will be the third movie I give the rating of 1/10, joining Iron Eagle IV and No Mercy.

BastardBlob I saw this film only because I really liked Combs in "Re-Animator" and "The Frighteners". "Felony", however is a low-budget, slow-moving and predictable film and Combs is its only saving grace, and even he can't make it work.For die hard Combs/action fans only.A 3 out of 10.