My review was written in June 1986 after watching the movie on Lightning video cassette.
"Sno-Line" (filmed in 1984 under the title "Texas Sno-Line") is a competently handled Texas-style action film which suffers from too many subplots. Feature was released in June 1985 on its home turf in Beaumont and Corpus Christi; it became a home video title early this year.
Vince Edwards stars as Steve King, an upwardly mobile gangster who uses a dairy business as his front. Using money borrowed from N. Y. gangster Ralph Salerno (the late Phil Foster), he's making a multi-million dollar cocaine buy from Duval (Paul Smith) with which to create a sno-line across Texas in terms of his coverage of drug users.
King is at war with good ole boy gangster Bedford (Billy J. Holman) and a group of young punks led by Michael (Casey Clark) and Eddie (Gary Lee Love). All hell breaks loose when the punks rob King's casino, run by beautiful Audrey (June Wilkinson) and accidentally steal King's drug buy money in the bargain. Bedord's men waylay Duval and hold him prisoner. King and his minions go on the warpath for a bloody finale loaded with silly plot twists and a most unconvincing happy ending for several survivors.
Picture is watchable, but its constant cutting back and forth between stories involving various members of an overly abundant cast diffuses one's interest. In addition to the variou gangsters and their machinations, there is a dull love story involving wayward young Michael and his girlfriend Tina (Charity Ann Zachary). A simplifying rewrite on Robert Hilliard's script would have helped.
Edwards is fun as a bad guy for a change while massive Paul Smith obviously relishes the opportunity to take on half a dozen opponents at a time. Veteran sex symbol June Wilkinson is looking good, but her role is underwritten and, alas, she keeps her clothes on throughout. Supporting cast is sprinkled with locals, some sporting thick accents. Much of the production team and cast recently encored to film the comedy "Vasectomy, a Delicate Matter".
"Sno-Line" (filmed in 1984 under the title "Texas Sno-Line") is a competently handled Texas-style action film which suffers from too many subplots. Feature was released in June 1985 on its home turf in Beaumont and Corpus Christi; it became a home video title early this year.
Vince Edwards stars as Steve King, an upwardly mobile gangster who uses a dairy business as his front. Using money borrowed from N. Y. gangster Ralph Salerno (the late Phil Foster), he's making a multi-million dollar cocaine buy from Duval (Paul Smith) with which to create a sno-line across Texas in terms of his coverage of drug users.
King is at war with good ole boy gangster Bedford (Billy J. Holman) and a group of young punks led by Michael (Casey Clark) and Eddie (Gary Lee Love). All hell breaks loose when the punks rob King's casino, run by beautiful Audrey (June Wilkinson) and accidentally steal King's drug buy money in the bargain. Bedord's men waylay Duval and hold him prisoner. King and his minions go on the warpath for a bloody finale loaded with silly plot twists and a most unconvincing happy ending for several survivors.
Picture is watchable, but its constant cutting back and forth between stories involving various members of an overly abundant cast diffuses one's interest. In addition to the variou gangsters and their machinations, there is a dull love story involving wayward young Michael and his girlfriend Tina (Charity Ann Zachary). A simplifying rewrite on Robert Hilliard's script would have helped.
Edwards is fun as a bad guy for a change while massive Paul Smith obviously relishes the opportunity to take on half a dozen opponents at a time. Veteran sex symbol June Wilkinson is looking good, but her role is underwritten and, alas, she keeps her clothes on throughout. Supporting cast is sprinkled with locals, some sporting thick accents. Much of the production team and cast recently encored to film the comedy "Vasectomy, a Delicate Matter".