BA_Harrison Julie Strain returns for her fourth Sidaris flick, this time playing one of the goodies, government agency boss Willow Black, who must try to prevent her undercover pals from being bumped off after a computer hacker known as Hard Drive reveals their true identities to ruthless, musclebound, ex-wrestler crime boss The Warrior (Marcus Bagwell). Among those whose lives are in mortal danger: top heavy blonde Cobra (Julie K. Smith), working undercover as a pole dancer; macho hunk Doc (Kevin Light) who has infiltrated The Warrior's smuggling gang, run by Manuel (Sidaris regular Rodrigo Obregón, sporting mutton chops); Shark and Scorpion (Darren Wise and Tammy Parks), who are posing as porn stars, making skin flicks for The Warrior's adult movie business; and a Chinese Las Vegas Elvis impersonator called....you guessed it.... Elvis Fu (Gerald Okamura)!I can hardly believe I'm typing this, but I'm actually glad that Andy Sidaris decided to return to directing for Day Of The Warrior, the penultimate film in my 'Girls, Guns and G-Strings' box set: he's no Spielberg, but at least he's a better film-maker than his son Drew, whose attempts at emulating his father's formula resulted in two of the dullest films of the whole series. For his return to the world of sex-mad government agents and power-mad criminals, Andy really ramps up the camp, delivering a cheesier, more tongue-in-cheek movie than ever before; silly it most certainly is, but it's also lots of fun. There's bumbling assassins, big explosions, diabolical dialogue ("Delicious. Bring me more!"), fast cars, even faster women, big guns, tiny outfits, soft-core sex, a nifty theme song for Cobra ("She's a lethal lady, yeah she's the Cobra!"), owl death, and a plot that gets more and more daft as matters progress, culminating in a ridiculous wrestling match between The Warrior and Willow & Fu; the only thing that's missing is some gratuitous remote control model action, but I can live without that.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for all the gloriously trashy hooker gear that Sidaris makes his 'actresses' wear.

Woodyanders A crack team of elite federal agents take on arch criminal the Warrior (an effectively imposing portrayal by brawny pro wrestler Marcus Bagwell), a real no-count baddie who not only runs a nefarious operation that's into everything from porn to diamond smuggling, but who also has managed to hack into main computer files and obtain top secret information on all the agents. Writer/director Andy Sidaris happily indulges in his trademark blithely adolescent and hence highly entertaining cinematic mix of wonderfully extensive gratuitous distaff nudity, sizzling soft-core sex, a generous sprinkling of bloody violence, enormous splashy explosions, an amusing sense of self-mocking campy humor (a fierce wrestling match pitting two agents against the Warrior in particular is absolutely gut-busting), and clumsily staged action set pieces. Naturally, there's the customary gaggle of gorgeous gals to keep things hopping (and bouncing) along: divinely tall'n'leggy Amazonian goddess Julie Strain as commander Willow Black, delicious busty blonde Julie K. Smith as the sassy Cobra, impossibly buxom brunette Shae Marks as Tiger, the tasty Raye Hollitt as ruthless evil babe Kym, and yummy brunette Tammy Parks as Scorpion. The rest of the cast likewise have a ball with the kitschy material: Kevin Light and Cristian Letelier as quite likable as a couple of hunky agents, Sidaris movie regular Rodrigo Obregon sleazes it up nicely as oily henchman Manuel, and Gerald Okamura is a total hoot as Asian Elvis impersonator Fu. Mark Morris' polished cinematography gives the picture a neat glossy look. Both Ron Di Iulio's cool jazzy rollicking score and the roaring trash rock soundtrack further enhance the infectiously cheesy merriment. A complete schlocky riot.

hillbillyfromhell prequel almost,....if you like RTSB, you should see this. Although the order doesn't matter as it's not like the story lines are too awful important. Basically, it's just an excuse to see Shae Marks and Julie K. Smith dress in tight tops and look hot as they and their secret agents buddies(again with Julie Strain, although in this one she doesn a lot more than RTSB) fight against a wrestler whose a good guy in RTSB. Confused? Don't be. None of this matters. Again, the main male lead, the Brazillian guy is such a bad actor that it's great. So bad, gag, hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Seriously awful dialog and delivery.But it's got the goods. Best part is the fake porn shoot where nobody gets naked and then the parking lot shoot-out where the shooters hide behind cars about 20 feet away and nothing seems to get hit.Oh yeah!

gridoon After a break of two movies, Andy Sidaris takes back the directorial reigns from his son Christian, but by this point his "Bullets, Bombs and Babes" series has devolved into complete camp (the climax is a private pro-wrestling match: Julie Strain and Gerald Okamura vs. Marcus "Buff" Bagwell). Undeniably there are some funny lines and situations in this film (the Asian Elvis impersonator, the owl that gets blasted with a shotgun, etc.), but some of the action scenes are embarrassingly bad, and the padding to stretch the movie to 90 minutes is all-too-obvious (Sidaris spends about half the running time showing us how the characters travel from point A to point B). The new member of the female cast, Shae Marks, has a gorgeous face, a beautiful smile, and breasts so enormous they are more distracting than erotic. The only woman who shows some action potential is Raye Hollitt - but Sidaris drops the ball again when he sets up a catfight between her and Julie K. Smith and then has her defeated with a single punch! What a shame. If you take this film as a comedy it may get ** out of 4, but if you're looking for action subtract one star.