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Stana Katic | ... |
Raina Mavias
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Tom Berenger | ... |
Virgil Vadalos
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Paul Sloan | ... | ||
Michael Biehn | ... | ||
William Forsythe | ... | ||
Kelly Hu | ... | ||
Amanda Brooks | ... | ||
Diane Venora | ... |
Sylvia Vadalos
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Tony Lip | ... | |
James Russo | ... | ||
Tom Sizemore | ... | ||
Dominique Swain | ... | ||
D.B. Sweeney | ... | ||
David Proval | ... | ||
Efrain Figueroa | ... |
Ernesto
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A methodical female assassin is stalking and killing members of a ruthless criminal organization. The killer, a mysterious young Russian woman, dispatches her victims with Black Widow brutality, working her way through the ranks of thugs, and drug dealers. One of her victims survives. A wealthy, retired crime boss, Virgil. He shares a past with the Russian Woman and her betrayal breaks his heart. Furious and paranoid, Virgil cannot trust even his closest associates. So, he enlists a crooked homicide detective, Beck, to track her down before the police get to her. Written by Anonymous
After watching hundreds of films, you almost know what's going to happen next and often becomes somewhat predictable. Not so with this film. The minute you recognize the main movie star and his acting is par, you can sense the movie is going to be interesting. That's what this film is all about. It was entitled 'The Velvet Spider' 's abroad, but " Stiletto " in America and tells the story of a vengeful female assassin (Stana Katic) who believes some mobsters and their leaders are responsible for her sister's death. However, the main gangster is unaware of her assumptions or her quest, is only concern with the recovery of his two million dollars. Although aware of the assassin, he believes a single cop (Paul Sloan) can stop her, if not his top hit men (Michael Biehn and William Forsythe) in his organization will. The movie is exciting, action-packed and strewed with murder, violence killings and general mayhem. The actors in the cast are superb and very convincing. It's not often a director like Nick Vallelomga and a writer like Paul Sloan are teamed to create a gritty film like this one. ****