Black Scorpion II: Aftershock, also known as Black Scorpion II: Ground Zero, is a 1997 comedy-action film starring Joan Severance

Joan Severance

-Early life:Severance was born in Houston, Texas to John and Martha Severance. Her father was an IBM Systems Manager that had to move frequently around the world. According to Severance "by the time I was 11, we'd lived in 12 different places". Severance and her family also lived in Libya, but in...

 as a crime fighting superhero

Superhero

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. Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...

 was the executive producer.

Darcy Walker is a police detective in Angel City, a fictionalized version of Los Angeles. Her secret identity is the Black Scorpion, a comic book

Comic book

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 style vigilante. The Black Scorpion does not have any super powers but, like Batman

Batman

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, she fights for justice using a combination of martial arts and advanced technology, including her high-tech car, the Scorpionmobile. The film's exaggerated characters and unrealistic events are portrayed with a humorous camp

Camp (style)

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 aesthetic.

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock is a sequel to 1995's Black Scorpion

Black Scorpion (film)

Black Scorpion is a 1995 comedy-action film starring Joan Severance as the eponymous costumed crime fighter. Roger Corman was the executive producer, and it was originally released on the Showtime cable network as part of the Roger Corman Presents series.The film concerns the comic book style...

. It was followed in 2001 by a Black Scorpion

Black Scorpion (TV series)

Black Scorpion is an action-crime TV series that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001. The series is based on two Roger Corman movies, Black Scorpion, and the sequel Black Scorpion II: Aftershock. The show focuses on a female police officer, who, by night, takes to the streets and fights crime as...

TV series that starred Michelle Lintel

Michelle Lintel

Michelle Lintel is an American actress best known for playing the lead role in the television series Black Scorpion. She has studied martial arts. She is a former Miss Kansas and a two-time Bronze medal-winner in the Junior Olympics.-Filmography:...

 in the title role.

Cast

• Joan Severance
  Joan Severance
  -Early life:Severance was born in Houston, Texas to John and Martha Severance. Her father was an IBM Systems Manager that had to move frequently around the world. According to Severance "by the time I was 11, we'd lived in 12 different places". Severance and her family also lived in Libya, but in...
  
   as Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
• Whip Hubley
  Whip Hubley
  Whip Hubley is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Mischa in the 1987 film Russkies, and Hollywood in the 1986 film Top Gun. He later played Brian Hawkins in the Showtime miniseries More Tales of the City and its follow-up Further Tales of the City...
  
   as Michael Russo
• Garrett Morris
  Garrett Morris
  Garrett Gonzalez Morris is an American comedian and actor from New Orleans. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980.-Early life and career:...
  
   as Argyle
• Sherrie Rose
  Sherrie Rose
  Sherrie Rose is an American actress, producer, director, and screenwriter.Sherrie Rose appeared in Killer Crocodile and on Married... with Children as Mandi in the episode Do Ya Think I'm Sexy , along with 60 other TV and film appearances....
  
   as Prof. Ursula Undershaft / Aftershock
• Stoney Jackson
  Stoney Jackson
  Stonewall W. "Stoney" Jackson is an American character actor. Jackson was born in Richmond, Virginia.-Career:He was featured in numerous teen magazines in the 1970s and 1980s, including Right On, Teen Beat, and Tiger Beat.He portrayed high school basketball player Jesse Mitchell on the ensemble...
  
   as Gangster Prankster
• Matt Roe as Mayor Artie Worth
• Stephen Lee as Captain Strickland
• Terri J. Vaughn
  Terri J. Vaughn
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   as Tender Lovin'
• Steven Kravitz as Slugger
• Laura Harring
  Laura Harring
  Laura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive.-Early life:...
  
   as Babette
• Rick Rossovich
  Rick Rossovich
  Rick Rossovich is an American actor.Rossovich was born Frederic Enrico Rossovich in Palo Alto, California. His brother, Tim Rossovich, is a former professional football player and also an actor.-Career:...
  
  as Construction Foreman