Juncture, an independent action/thriller by MTI Home Video, is the first of a trilogy centering around main character, Anna Carter (Kristine Blackport). Anna is the director of a program that helps children, and she is just your average businesswoman until she is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Rather than passively sitting by, visiting beaches or travelling the world, Anna decides to spend her final months making those who would harm children pay.

The segments of the film that deal with Anna's work life stretch on a bit, but things are interesting whenever she goes to set someone else straight. Anna Carter has always been maddened by these criminals, but until her diagnosis, she could never do quite enough to stop it. Now, with her life's end approaching, she casts her fears aside and goes out to rectify things with her gun blazing.

As a straight-up action movie, the film does fall flat, involving much more slower, dramatic sequences than gunfights and beatings. This attempts to strike a bolder dividing line between the two lives she is now living, but I feel the script was too weak to pull this across adequately. The dialogue just drags on a bit without going much of anywhere, and while there are touching moments, they aren't as effective as they could have been. I will say, however, that the soundtrack used during the emotional scenes in the film is beautifully effective. Whoever was in charge of music did a superb job.

A premise about an illness causing an average Jane to turn crime-busting, gun-toting vigilante is a good idea. However, the script needed some livening up and just a bit more action to truly keep our interest. With two more Anna Carter films in the works, though, these flaws will hopefully become smoothed over.