Instinct to Kill

Rating:
Summary: OH PLEASE
Review: Good? Not. Corny? Yes. Predictable plot holes? Yes. The scene where the star and his "comedy" relief (KAdeem HArdison) are handcuffed and then left to die by the cops, is excruciatingly long. Does it take that long to be left on the side of the road? Did the director need to strettccchhhhh the scene to fill out the feature length run time? The implausible escapes and awful scenarios are putrid. The star is likeable, and just needs a decent script and a director who has actually made action movies. Two chop sticks down, baby.

Rating:
Summary: horribly made
Review: I think the writer who wrote this film had his head up his ass
Mark Dacascos did not kick Jims ass at the end as far as i am
concerned, Jim kicked Marks ass. People want to see the bad guy loose in a fight not the good guy. I bet all the money in the world people who see this film will think the same way I do. It was a total
dissapointment. This film should not have made it to the video store.

Rating:
Summary: An action fan from TX
Review: If you like action movies, this is for you. It also has some psycolgical aspects to it. If you are a Mark Dacascos fan then this movie is also for you. This is one of his best films. It's an all around great movie.

Rating:
Summary: THE NOT SO PERFECT HUSBAND
Review: INSTINCT TO KILL is based on Lisa Gardner's "The Perfect Husband," although in this film one would never guess that. Tim Abell plays and quite well, a psychotic cop who has murdered nine women, and who failed in his attempt to murder his wife (the lovely if challenged Melissa Crider), and has been sentenced to an institution for the criminally insane. Needless to say, he escapes and begins searching for his wife for ultimate revenge. Ms. Crider is referred to a freelance defense instructor, played by Mark Dascascos, and he agrees to help her ready herself to defend herself against this psycho spouse. Kadeem Hardison (who worked with Dascascos in the excellent DRIVE) plays the former partner of Abell, who helps in rounding Abell up.
What follows is fairly predictable, and often times sadistically cruel.
Abell is the real star of this movie; his cool abandon in the murders is chilling.

Rating:
Summary: A SUSPENSEFUL ACTION THRILLER!!![.]
Review: SYNOPSIS:
A WOMAN MUST CONFRONT HER HUSBAND THAT SHE HELPED TO PUT AWAY AFTER HE BREAKS OUT OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
(SHE DOES SO AFTER FINDING OUT THAT HE IS A KILLER/MURDERER)
SHE ENLISTS THE HELP OF A PERSONAL DEFENSE TRAINER TO HELP PREPARE HER SHOULD HE COME TO GET HER.
SO BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS FOR INSTINCT TO KILL!!!
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THIS WAS A FANTASTIC MOVIE WITH SOME COOL ACTION/FIGHT SEQUENCES INTACT. ALSO, THE ACTING WAS QUITE BELIEVABLE.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO THE THRILLER ENTHUSIAST.
I'M SURE THAT I WILL ENJOY THIS FILM FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THIS DIRECT-TO-VIDEO RELEASE RUNS CIRCLES AROUND MANY OF THE MOVIES THAT ARE RELEASED THEATRICALLY.
SO, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND SEE INSTINCT TO KILL.
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED!!!
-JOHN SENECA

Rating:
Summary: Not Mark's best, but still enjoyable
Review: The plot and story is pretty simple and straight forward and it never fails to amaze me how movies will ignore the obvious to get a product out there. Is that vague? Basically what I'm saying is that there are some obvious plot holes that could have been done away with.

There are some decent performances in here but they're kind of uneven and it feels like the cast isn't trying to hard most of the time. So why would I recommend this? Mark Dacascos of course!

On the acting side, Mark is trying to move into roles that require a little more characterization but unfortunately a movie of this type only allows a brief hint of that. Character study takes a back seat to action, which is also pretty sparse. I do think Mark put up a valiant effort, but it seems a little more emotion in certain areas would have made his performance more convincing. Tim Abell gives a fair performance as the protagonist, but as with Mark, there's some scenes that are played too detached for what's happening.

What we do have for action is pretty decent for the most part. There's a fight towards the end which shows off some new moves from Mark which are worth watching. But as with Drive, using a stunt double in certain scenes is both unnecessary and detracting from the experience. I believe it's James Lew, who's a great martial artist in his own right, but he's just not Mark.

I'd say this is something that hardcore Mark Dacascos fans might enjoy most. I still think casual watchers would be interested, but would probably do better to get Crying Freeman, Only the Strong, Drive or Brotherhood of the Wolf.