RATING: B+

Quiver Distribution presents a Kemodo Entertainment production. Written and directed by James Mark. Produced by Bruno Marino, Tony Del Rio, and James Mark. Story by James Mark and Chris Mark. Cinematography by Raf Strupinski. Edited by Andrew Cromey.

Stars Orphee Ladouceur-Nguyen, Alain Moussi, Lisa Berry, Jonathan Goad, Tim Rozon, Jason Cavalier, Finn Higgins, Mitra Suri, and Paul Brauenstein. 

From the director of Kill Order and Enhanced comes this action packed thriller showcases a new talent in the making. 

Lily Chen is an agent who is the best in her field. She has been infiltrating various dealers connected to an evil crime lord named Marcel LeFleur. Lily has been offered the lead on taking down LeFleur. She is ready but her husband John is worried that she is more into her job. Yet Lily feels she can make the world a safer place if she takes down LeFleur. However, her life is about to be turned upside down. 

Lily receives a call from a mysterious voice. John has been kidnapped and now, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse has been played. Lily must work as an undercover operative posing as a contact that could bring him closer to LeFleur. She soon finds her moral compass questioned when she kills LeFleur’s top enforcer. The voice makes Lily take out various targets and she now finds herself confronted by LaFleur as well as the agency she works for. She wanted to make the world a better place, but taking down LaFleur is no longer enough. 

From the director of Kill Order and Enhanced, Canadian filmmaker James Mark’s latest film is a pretty good action thriller about a woman’s moral compass put into jeopardy when she is forced to take down various targets connected to the crime lord she has targeted for months. The film has a means to launch a lead role for stunt performer and supporting actress Orpheé Ladouceur-Nguyen. And she succeeds in a pretty good way here.

As Lily Chen, a field agent who is forced into one of the deadliest games of cat-and-mouse, she contends when a mysterious voice calls her and forces her to take down various targets to save her husband John, played by Karate Kid: Legends’ Tim Rozon. Interestingly, when we hear John getting tortured by the voice, we see Lily going through flashbacks of her own torment when she has gone undercover on an assignment that nearly killed her. As we see Lily constantly finds herself forced into one situation after another, her moral compass comes into question and she must overcome all the odds to save John.

One actor who clearly is having fun with his role is Alain Moussi as crime lord Marcel LaFleur, the man Lily has been after for months. Connected to the issue at hand, we see a heck of an introduction when Moussi hams it up and tells an associate how he is looking for the right color for his canvas and goes Color Me Blood Red on the guy. If you’ve seen this 1965 horror cult classic, you know what I mean. He also switches between English and French while clearly wanting to get his deal done at any cost. He brings a sense of charisma to the role 

Chris Mark, known for his star turn in his brother’s films Kill Order and Enhanced, serves as the film’s stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. With her experience as a stunt performer, this film gives Ladouceur-Nguyen a chance to shine in the fight scenes and successfully does so. In one fight, she is using high heels as a weapon but not as kicking weapons, but knives against a Triad goon. However, in another, she takes on a crazed couple named Romeo and Juliette, played by Finn Higgins and Mitra Suri, who take pleasure in the violence in more ways than one. As for the showdown between Lily and Lafleur, both Ladouceur-Nguyen and Moussi  go all out and is quite brutal at times. 

Infiltrate is quite a good showcase for stunt performer Orphee Ladouceur-Nguyen as a bankable lead. She gives off a great energy in a humanistic action role while Alain Moussi hams it up in a good way as the villainous LaFleur. If you like indie action, check this one out. 

The film will be released on VOD and Digital on April 10.