Impulse

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  • Impulse -- Murky crime drama about a Los Angeles undercover female vice cop (Theresa Russell) whose distorted priorities, problems with men and near burn-out become life-threatening when she's almost killed during a drug sting. Despite its intriguing female protagonist and impressive direction by Sondra Locke, the script is clumsily plotted and strangely lacking in female perspective. Some profanity, grisly violence and a sexual encounter with shadowed nudity. (A-III) (R) ( 1990 )




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