Reviews

Savage Beach

Also see The Films of Andy Sidaris
Also see Interview: Andy Sidaris

Savage Beach

Having just made a harrowing landing in a tropical storm delivering medicine to dying kiddos, Donna and Taryn (Dona Speir and Hope Marie Carlton) bravely fly BACK into the squall, engage the auto-pilot and naturally opt to shimmy out of their wet, clingy clothes. Bless you, Andy!

Once in dry duds, mechanical problems force the gals to ditch their plane on a seemingly deserted island where they set up camp, rustle up some grub and go for a sunset skinny dip — all under the watchful gaze of a mysterious stranger (codger-fied Michael Mikasa). Meanwhile there’s some stuff with a shady Filipino diplomat (Rodrigo Obregon) who keeps fussing about gold bars the Japanese looted from his homeland during World War II, and for some reason, the U.S. military has to use their satellites to locate the treasure. But really its more of an excuse for folks to kill and play baffling shell games with each other over computer discs.

Playboy Playmate turned boisterous porn queen Teri Weigel plays Rodrigo’s ever-frisky revolutionary girlfriend who joins her beau and his henchmen in their quest to get stinking rich which leads them, oh-so coincidentally, to the very SAME island where our heroines are spending an unscheduled vacation.

Jiggle-friendly gunplay ensues with the aforementioned peeping Tom lending his samurai swordsmanship in defense of the gold AND the girls for reasons that become clear in a tearjerker finale that tests Ms. Carlton’s emotive chops.

CineSchlockers will relish the fleshy “film school” clips from Return to Savage Beach, which followed almost a decade later showcasing the combined spectacle of giagundous saline implants and rassler Buff Bagwell.

Notables: 12 breasts. 15 corpses. Multiple diddling. Cocaine-stuffed pineapple. Kung fu fighting. Surf side hara-kiri. Excessive gold fondling. Gratuitous five-minute deathbed confession.

Quotables: Buxom, redheaded Rocky roars, “Release her right NOW or your church choir has a new soprano!” While Ms. Weigel warbles great lines such as, “My ideology means more to me than fame and adulation. The good of the party is my reward!” and “Your every move inspires a passion!”

Time codes: Hot tub celebration of the girls’ latest victory (7:16). Our director makes his cameo (8:35). Sidaris goes for the world double-entendre record (13:30). Why this is easily a 4-star picture (32:25). Another reason (49:25). A pornstar should know to NEVER turn her back on her costars (1:12:40).