Sweet Revenge

"Sweet Revenge" is a low-grade action movie lacking in style and tension, and yet what sets it somewhat apart from others of its kind (and earns it an extra half-star for a total rating of ** out of 4) is the still quite unusual for its era fact that the three female leads (plus one villainess) have very pro-active roles, the kind of roles that usually men have in the genre; in fact, there is a "Charlie's Angels" vibe to the movie, not so much in the plotting (these are amateurs, not professionals in crime-fighting) but in the sense of female empowerment and sisterhood (the male leads are nondescript). Gina Gershon, in particular, in one of her earliest roles, already has that raw, untamed quality that made her a star later.