"Electra" looks good (it has Shannon Tweed, so how could it NOT?), and the main idea is pretty intriguing.
BUT.... This is a "B" movie, so even the highest aspirations get shoved aside for the sake of a little skin, some S&M and some karate fights that must have had Bruce Lee doing Flying Dragon Budokan Back Flips in his grave.
What's the plot in a movie like this, really, when all you can remember is Shannon Tweed dressed in a leather one-piece swimsuit, seducing her stepson?
Ohhhhh, okay - some paralyzed madman wants to extract some kind of serum that will give eternal youth and super strength. Still, there's plenty of time for really bad Kung-Fu, flying leaps, bad FX of guys bulking up into homicidal maniacs, women fighting each other (okay, I didn't say it was all bad) and the aforementioned stepson and his girlfriend fighting for truth, justice and the American way (or whatever they're protecting here).
It's bad. That much goes without saying. But the ideas were there to make it a good movie, even a guilty pleasure. But as it is, "Electra" should feel guilty enough on its own.
One star. Just for the sight of Shannon astraddle a guy on a rotating table. If THAT wouldn't make you surrender some kind of serum, what would?
BUT.... This is a "B" movie, so even the highest aspirations get shoved aside for the sake of a little skin, some S&M and some karate fights that must have had Bruce Lee doing Flying Dragon Budokan Back Flips in his grave.
What's the plot in a movie like this, really, when all you can remember is Shannon Tweed dressed in a leather one-piece swimsuit, seducing her stepson?
Ohhhhh, okay - some paralyzed madman wants to extract some kind of serum that will give eternal youth and super strength. Still, there's plenty of time for really bad Kung-Fu, flying leaps, bad FX of guys bulking up into homicidal maniacs, women fighting each other (okay, I didn't say it was all bad) and the aforementioned stepson and his girlfriend fighting for truth, justice and the American way (or whatever they're protecting here).
It's bad. That much goes without saying. But the ideas were there to make it a good movie, even a guilty pleasure. But as it is, "Electra" should feel guilty enough on its own.
One star. Just for the sight of Shannon astraddle a guy on a rotating table. If THAT wouldn't make you surrender some kind of serum, what would?