Raven Hawk (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer (WGA):

Kevin Elders (written by)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Her innocence was stolen, her parents were murdered and her life was taken. Now it's time for a little pay back.

Plot:

A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Female Hero

Cast

Rachel McLish	...	Rhyia Shadowfeather
John Enos III	...	Marshall Del Wilkes
Ed Lauter	...	Sheriff Daggert
Matt Clark	...	Ed Hudson
Michael Champion	...	Gordon Fowler
Mitch Pileggi	...	Carl Rikker
Mitch Ryan	...	White
Nicholas Guest	...	Larson
John de Lancie	...	Stansfield
Bill Bird	...	Houser
Virginia Capers	...	Dr. Helen Harris
John Fleck	...	Ed Kaplin
Jerry Garcia	...	Old Indian
Randy Hall	...	Garfield
Pato Hoffmann	...	Rhyia's Father

Also Known As:

Ravenhawk

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, USA

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Stark "Raven"....

Okay, I saw Rachel McLish was in this movie so I had to watch it. I had seen "Pumping Iron II: The Women" and "Aces: Iron Eagle III" on the same merits.

First off, this is a "Die Hard" with a sex change and a different locale. Nothing more or less. The fact that they had to use the American Indians and their plight as a plot point is nothing short of reprehensible.

This is basically a revenge melodrama against the toxin-dumping white men who have killed the family of a young girl who is arrested for their deaths. Years later she grows up to become McLish and exacts her revenge on the guilty members one by one.

Poor McLish; she looks great posing and running, every muscle out proud on display. She looks ESPECIALLY great standing in front of a fire wearing nothing but a loincloth (sigghhhh....). But she is left with just a dull, bored expression most of the time and when she speaks, she sounds like her mind is on other things - Met-RX endorsements, perhaps?

But then there's that business of the Indians. This is a serious problem and it's simply glossed over as the bad guys shoot at McLish as she clings precariously on the side of a mountain, escaping death many a time thanks to Indian luck and good muscle training.

Two stars. Watching McLish is usually enough, but not with such a "Hawk"-ed up plot.

Rachel, as much as it pains me to say this, maybe you should pick better projects. Maybe, say, as a villainess who beats the beans out of Jean-Claude Van Damme?

Lord knows he could use the work, too.