In 1997 a low budget erotic thriller called "The Escort" was made, directed by Gary Graver and starring Shauna O'Brien and Landon Hall. The following year Gary Graver made a sequel with the same actresses called "The Escort 2". In 1999 Jim Wynorski made a film called "The Escort 3" that has nothing at all to do with the other films. It's actually the third film in Ross Hagen's Crank Trilogy. The first film was "Virtual Desire" (1995) and the second was "Night Shade" (1996). It seems like someone somewhere got confused when it came to naming this film.
Ross Hagen stars as the supercool Detective Crank Gabovsky. He is investigating the murder of a secretary who worked in an architect's bureau. He finds out that until four months previously she worked for an escort agency. His initial investigations lead him to suspect clients of the escort agency, but as one suspect after another is shot dead it becomes apparent that it isn't such a simple case.
Ross was a fantastic actor. He was perfect as the big city homicide detective who liked to drink on the job. He could have starred in his own TV series. "Crank". He would have become a household name. Unfortunately not even Ross's acting talent can save this weak film. The first half is unbearably slow, padded out with sex scenes irrelevant to the story to hide the lack of a plot. It isn't until the final half hour that it becomes thrilling.
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| Ross Hagen May 21, 1938 – May 7, 2011 |
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