To the Limit | |
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Directed by | Raymond Martino |
Produced by | PM Entertainment Group |
Starring |
Anna Nicole Smith Michael Nouri Joey Travolta |
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93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
To the Limit is a 1995 action thriller film about a CIA rogue division war against the criminal underworld. The movie is a sequel to DaVinci's War, again by director Raymond Martino and starring Michael Nouri as China Smith and Joey Travolta as Frank Davinci. This was the first starring role for Anna Nicole Smith, coming after being named Playboy Playmate of the Year.
Smith plays Vickie Lynn, an ex-CIA agent going by the pseudonym "Collette" attempting to track down the leader of an organization of trained assassins to exact revenge for the murder of her husband. Joey Travolta is Frank DaVinci, an ex Vietnam War veteran who is also after the same man for his own reasons. In light of this, they agree to work together to track him down with the help of Lynn's boyfriend, assassin China Smith, played by Michael Nouri. Da Vinci's wedding is interrupted when he is hospitalized after be shot by an assailant who fatally shoots his fiancée Lupe (played by Rebecca Ferratti) He finds out that the man who killed Lynn's husband, is also the one behind the killing of Lupe and the one who orchestrated the murder of his brother in law and sister from the previous film. The perpetrator is revealed to be corrupt CIA officer Arthur Jameson (played by Jack Bannon). Knowing he and Lynn (still going by the name "Collette") can't face Jameson alone, he enlists the help of his war colleagues (Branscombe Richmond, Gino Dente) and two ex mobster brothers named Philly (John Aprea), and Joey (David Proval) Bambino.