Product Details

• Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Zehra Leverman, Randy Quaid, Rae Dawn Chong, Stewart Bick
• Directors: Duane Clark
• Writers: Norman Snider
• Producers: David Perlmutter, Greg Copeland, Jean Desormeaux, Jeff Sackman, Lewis Chesler
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Platinum Disc
• DVD Release Date: June 22, 1999
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00005BGQO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,174 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Protector" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

When undercover cop Jack Valentine (Mario Van Peebles) fails to protect his mob witness, the witness's girlfriend, Alma (Zerha Leverman), becomes his only chance to save his badge. But sleeping with her turns out to be a bad idea, since luckless Jack once before slept with a witness and the conflict of interest led to her demise. So you know this new one is a goner, too. See, the title's ironic. Forget it, Jack... it's Chinatown. Solid performances all around from Van Peebles, Rae Dawn Chong, and Randy Quaid, in a too-obvious script. Yet the film tries for, and to a large extent achieves, prime-time cop-show production values à la Homicide, NYPD Blue, and Law & Order. Relative newcomer Leverman turns in a standout performance as the seductive witness and manages to invest her character at once with signs of a disturbing past and a hypnotic sensuality. Also known as Valentine's Day. --Jim Gay

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Has little value, February 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Protector [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The plot is very thin, so the producers has to resort to a lot of female flesh to keep the male audience awake. This is the type of story that if you were to condense it by just the story line that was important to developing the plot, you could view it all in 30 mins. Sorry, because some good performances are wasted here.