L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach (1998)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Andy Sidaris

Writer:

Andy Sidaris (writer)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

A stolen computer disk contains the location of a hidden tresaure trove. It's up to the sexy ladies...

Plot Keywords:

U Boat | Female Nudity | Sequel To Cult Favorite | Tenth Part | Acronym In Title

Cast

Julie Strain	...	Willow Black
Rodrigo Obregón	...	Rodrigo Martinez (as Rodrigo Obregon)
Julie K. Smith	...	Cobra
Shae Marks	...	Tiger
Marcus Bagwell	...	Warrior
Cristian Letelier	...	J. Tyler Ward
Carrie Westcott	...	Sofia
Paul Logan	...	Doc Austin
Gerald Okamura	...	Fu
Ava Cadell	...	Ava
Carolyn Liu	...	Silk
Kevin Eastman	...	Harry the cat
Marcus Young	...	Lead Kabuki / Lead Ninja
Charles A. Tam	...	Kabuki #2 (as Chuck Tam)
Lelagi Togisala	...	Kabuki #3

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Malibu Bay Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Picasso Trigger (1988)

Soundtrack:

Which Ending Does This Story Have?

Can you believe it? It was watchable!

I hadn't seen an Andy Sidaris film in years (not with the sound turned up, anyway) and I had no reason to believe this one would be any different from his others. Those always had the same elements. First it would have a totally uninvolving action story full of explosions and martial arts. Second, it would have a script that was stilted and pedestrian. Third, it would feature almost uniformly wooden acting. I'm talkin' sequoia here. Last, it would be full of bodacious babes who were always clad in one of two ways: scantily or un-. Only one of these elements interested me (take a guess) and the others made his movies all but unwatchable.

Well maybe I'm getting mellow in my old age or possibly Sidaris learned something from his other films because I could actually enjoy this one as simple dumb fun. The main factor here is a switch in emphasis to flesh over fireworks and fighting. The story is still the same non-entity, the acting is as bad as ever (does Sidaris want it that way?) but the women are a softcore voyeur's delight, though if you prefer nature's bounty over the wonders of cosmetic surgery, you may not appreciate them. The way is led in this film by the udderly amazing duo of Julie K. Smith and Shae Marks, with Julie Strain also on hand and Playboy alumnus Carrie Wescott as the nominal villainess. Marks was also a Playboy centerfold model and one would have thought she wouldn't have needed to augment her considerable natural charms, but I guess that was a career decision.

This movie is not headed for the National Film Registry but I was able to enjoy it on some level and considering Sidaris' previous output, that surprised me.