Vicky Pratt in Once a Thief
Friday, 10 August 2007
Vicky Pratt
Victoria Pratt
Imagine if the Godfather was a chick. A college-aged chick. Daddy the crime boss went senile, and his little angel took over the family. Make sense? Next imagine the "little angel" isn't so little. She's a bodybuilder, and a psychopath who shoots people at the drop of a hat. Sound enticing as television programming? Would you watch it?

Sorry, you missed it! It was already on TV. Years ago. Back in the 1.9Ks!

The show was "John Woo's Once a Thief", and it ran in syndication between 1997 and 1998. The buff little angel is female bodybuilder Vicky Pratt, who went on to more slender roles in Cleopatra 2525, Mutant X and other programs. The episodes with Pratt come off like a cross between "The Sopranos", the old "Batman" series, and "Bodyshaping". If you like abs - wow - this is the show for you. There's an extended scene in episode 11, "That Old Gang of Mine", with Pratt bouncing up and down on a trampoline. Then she shoots a guy. (Strangely, the show never won an Emmy.)

Once a Thief: Family Business, in which Vicky Pratt stars, is available on DVD.

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