This was a vehicle for Linda Kozlowski, and sadly, there's really no other reason to see it. Ms. Kozlowski was talented and beautiful, and I wish she had a much more extensive career, as I would have liked to have seen more of her. In this film, she was as good as the material allowed. I thought that the plot was not developed very well, and the police procedures didn't make much sense.

Linda Kozlowski is pretty much the whole show here. As a female P.I., she strikes a believable balance between toughness and vulnerability: she is not superhuman but she is fearless (even reckless),she is not an expert fighter but she can and will fight anyone when the need arises. It is quite refreshing to see a woman portrayed like this in the movies, and Linda's performance is excellent (even if it's easy to spot the 2 or 3 scenes where she was stunt-doubled). As for "Backstreet Justice" as a whole, apart from a fairly explicit - and sensual - sex scene, it plays more or less like a TV-movie-of-the-week, and just isn't very interesting. I give it a 6 out of 10, but if the exact same movie had been made with a male lead, I'd probably give it a 3.

BACKSTREET JUSTICE is a cheap-as-chips thriller from the 1990s with a starring role for CROCODILE DUNDEE actress Linda Kozlowski. She's pretty decent in the protagonist role, willing to fight and partake in the action sequences and also happy to strip down for a rather explicit sex scene at one point. The mildly interesting mystery storyline sees her investigating her own cop father's mysterious death; his name was blackened by corruption, but she believes there to be more to the story. What follows is fairly well paced, with lots of character twists and dramatic moments, even if it does seem to be set in just one location at times.