Blu-ray Review – Steel and Lace

1991's "Steel and Lace" hopes to offer a more dramatic side to exploitation entertainment, mixing some serious emotion with the pure thrill of revenge cinema. It's an uneven blend of the real and unreal, but director Ernest Farino doesn't blink when it comes to the wilder aspects of the journey, making sure scenes of comeuppance register with full bloodshed. "Steel and Lace" deals with some intense situations concerning sexual assault and the failure of the justice system, offering just enough texture to help the production get past cheap thrills, elevating the material beyond simplistic acts of bodily harm. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com