TO THE LIMIT is a dreadful little action thriller from the guys at PM Entertainment. It's a vehicular for the singularly wooden Anna Nicole Smith, whose acting talents are understandably limited. Still, she's willing to strip off for a series of laughable shower/bath/sex scenes which showcase her unique figure (!) and also serve to slow the running time down quite considerably. The rest of the story is a blur of gangster stereotypes and a handful of low rent action scenes which don't do much to raise the viewer's excitement level. Michael Nouri co-stars, slumming it throughout, alongside Joey Travolta playing a Mafia type.

Former CIA agent Colette (a hopelessly miscast Anna Nicole Smith) seeks revenge against ruthless rogue agent Arthur Jameson (a gloriously hammy portrayal by Jack Bannon) and his organization of trained assassins for the murder of her husband Thomas 'China' Smith (Michael Nouri in a thankless minor role). Rugged Vietnam veteran Frank Da Vinci (a solid and likable performance by Joey Travolta) helps Colette out.Director/co-writer Raymond Martino delivers the entertainingly trashy B-grade goods: Copious gratuitous female nudity, big splashy explosions, excessive bloody violence, a surprisingly convoluted story, and spirited shoot outs and car chases. The sturdy supporting cast helps a lot, with especially sound contributions from John Aprea as hard-nosed mob capo Philly Bambino, David Proval as the philandering Joey, Branscombe Richmond as Frank's loyal buddy Don Williams, Lydie Denier as the sweet Frannie, and Kathy Shower as fed-up moll Vinnie. Moreover, it's a real riot to see Anna Nicole try to act tough by dropping the f-bomb in her squeaky little girl voice and beating a few guys up. Fortunately, the filmmakers compensate for Anna Nicole's singular lack of credibility by having her take a highly sensual bath and a shower as well as participate in no less than two steamy soft-core sex scenes. Talk about giving the audience their grubby money's worth!

Sometimes I like bad movies as they bring some special entertainment, such was the case with Skyscraper, but this one really bored me. It didn't have entertainment, didn't have things that were so bad they seemed good and in a way seemed to take itself too seriously.The story, I am not even sure what it was about after having just recently watched it. Made no sense and it was too bring to follow.The acting, compared to Skyscraper was actually pretty good. I was especially surprised by seeing David Proval in it who is a pretty successful actor that had a lot of great parts. Guess he made a miss on this one. Anna Nicole Smith is no great actress but compared to Skyscraper she was awesome, I guess she tried here. At least there was some emotion and face movement.Of course the movie is mainly for straight guys who get to enjoy lots of boob scenes, the rest will just be bored all the way.

Looking for a porn flick but don't dare to rent one because the clerk is a girl? Longing for grotesque silicone breasts that look like weather balloons? Don't really care whether the plot seems to be added after the film was shot? Grab this one and run home. But, I must warn you. If you want even the slightest glimmer of intelligence, wit or good taste to appear for just a second, you'll be disappointed. This film has absolutely none of it.