Silk is a 1986 American-Philippine action film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and produced by Roger Corman. The film stars Cec Verrell as Jenny "Silk" Sleighton, a tough and stylish cop in Honolulu, Hawaii. While investigating a series of small-time smuggling operations, Silk uncovers a larger criminal syndicate that is trafficking Asian mobsters into the United States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens. Her investigation leads to a trail of murders, confrontations with gangland figures, and a deadly conspiracy that implicates a cop within her own force. The film is known for its B movie aesthetic, action sequences, and Verrell's performance as the titular protagonist.
The movie led to a sequel Silk 2.
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Cast
Cec Verrell as Jenny Sleighton
Bill McLaughlin as Tom Stevens
Joe Mari Avellana as Yashi
Frederick Bailey as Brown
Reception
Reviewer Eoin of theactionelite.com gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "The movie itself isn’t the best and is actually pretty lame but I love the idea of the badass female cop known as Silk."
Critic Vern of outlawvern.com wrote, "This is just not a very exciting story, but I can almost recommend watching it just for Silk herself. Verrell is a badass woman in the Brigitte Nielsen mode, and there just aren’t enough of those in movies."
