NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini's main goal in life was to bring down Tommy Gallo, the hitman who killed her father, her best friend, and eventually her partner. While chasing down one of Gallo's thugs, she acquires the Witchblade, an enchanted armored glove once used by Joan of Arc that deflects bullets, extends into bladed weapons, produces visions, and neatly compacts itself into a bracelet.
Practical Effects
The Witchblade itself—genuinely cool practical weapon design.
Costume
Yancy Butler's leather jacket game is unmatched.
Acting
Butler commits harder than this material deserves.
Director
Ralph Hemecker
Yancy Butler
Sara Pezzini
Anthony Cistaro
Kenneth Irons
Conrad Dunn
Tommy Gallo
David Chokachi
Jake McCartey
Kenneth Welsh
Joe Siri
Will Yun Lee
Danny Woo
Eric Etebari
Ian Nottingham
Lazar Rockwood
Lazar
Jody Racicot
Drexler
Jim Codrington
Officer Smitty
Tony Munch
Guy in Men's Room
Katherine Trowell
Receptionist
Tig Fong
Button Man
Sean Baek
Silent Assassin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a backdoor pilot for the TNT series that ran two seasons; the movie's ending is completely ignored in episode one.
Witchblade was one of the few mainstream comics of the '90s with a female lead, though the movie softens the source material's overt sexuality into generic action-hero poses.
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