Swamp Diamonds: Difference between revisions

The film opens in the middle of Mardi Gras, with up-and-coming oil tycoon Bob Matthews promising to take his girlfriend Marie out into the Louisiana marshes to inspect some of his land holdings. Cut to the police station where plucky lady cop Lee Hampton learns she must undertake a dangerous mission to [[The Infiltration|infiltrate]] an all-girl gang, currently in prison, and recover a cache of stolen diamonds. Unfortunately, the only way to recover the diamonds is to join the so-called Nardo Gang and break them out of jail so they can lead Lee to where the diamonds were hidden - deep in the Louisiana marshes. The gang stumbles across Bob and Marie exploring the bayou and promptly takes them hostage. Lee, already having trust issues with the gang, now finds her cover story [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|increasingly harder to maintain as she tries to protect the hostages]] from the vengeful ladies. It's highly questionable whether ''any'' of them will make it out of the swamp alive.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Lee Hampton

* [[And Starring]]: "Introducing Jil Jarmyn"

* [[It's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans]]

* [[Loners Are Evil]]: Even hardened crooks think so.

* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|Most Definitely Not A Hero]]: Lee has a bit of a hard time playing a hard-bitten criminal while trying to protect the lives of the hostages. She is able, for a while, to [[Hand Wave]] it with "Guns make noise, and noise travels"; but when she balks at killing Bob even when offered a knife, the gig is up.

* [[No Animals Were Harmed]]: Averted. A sharpshooter killed a real snake. The producers later claimed it was a snake that had wandered onto the set unbidden. ''(snort)'' Yeah, right.