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Andy Sidaris Box Set Vol. 1: Malibu Express/Hard Ticket to Hawaii/Fit to Kill
Starring: Andy Sidaris , and Dona Speir Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B8IAJ4 Release Date: 2005-11-15 |
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"I do my best thinking in the hot tub.".......2006-04-07
andy sidaris box sets 1&2.......2006-03-27
Long Time Coming.......2006-03-20
andy sidaris knows how to make movies part 1.......2006-01-01
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Malibu Express
Starring: Darby Hinton , Sybil Danning , Art Metrano , Shelley Taylor Morgan , and Brett Baxter Clark Director: Andy Sidaris Manufacturer: Malibu Bay Films ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000089QDK Release Date: 2002-10-29 |
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An unforgetable B-movie!.......2006-09-12
From Mr. "Bullets, Bombs and Babes" Sidaris; Enjoyable.......2005-05-05
"Would I Help A Woman In Distress?".......2004-09-28
Sidaris Keeps Sexploitation Genre Alive.......2004-07-12
"Malibu Express" is a Sidaris classic. Every other scene features bare breasts, simulated sex and/or gunfire. The movie also has a goofy sense of humor (Topless female racecar driver to Cody: "What do you think?" Cody: "They're great!" Driver: "I meant my driving."), a relentless country soundtrack and periodic appearances of the Buffingtons, a hillbilly family guaranteed to delight those who find the humor of "Hee Haw" too dry. You can rest assured that no one exhibits behavior likely to be found in real life. The acting? Well, Danning delivers one of the stronger performances if that tells you anything. Hinton can be summed up with the following equation: John Schneider + [Tom Selleck/2]-1/2 talent = Darby Hinton. However, Hinton does have a likeable screen presence and works well here. He's also featured in what's got to be Sidaris' first--possilby only--gratuitous male shower scene. Also look for sexploitation vet John Alderman in a small role and a cameo, of sorts, by Regis Philbin.
"Magnum T&A" is right (damn, I wish I thought of that line first). May Sidaris always stay true to his artistic vision.
Magnum T & A.......2003-12-27
But he DOES NOW!Why? Because this movie is FUNNY!This movie is a low-brow, sleazy, smarmy HOOT! (like "Animal House" or "Porky's" or "Cry Uncle" crossed with "Magnum P.I."). And Darby Hinton, as private eye Cody Abilene, a rich-kid gumshoe who lives on a cabin cruiser (the titular "Malibu Express") and who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a .44 magnum at ten paces, is a hoot IN it!!! He's got a "look", and a charm,and a grin (not to mention a beach-boy blonde "Magnum" mustache) that just WORKS. He plays this role to perfection and now I feel really guilty about dissing and disregarding him all these years (Darby!!! I'm SORRY, Dude!!!).
The "Story" line here is not...uh..."perfect"...but, hey!...it gets the job done! Cody Abilene is called in by the local CIA station chief (who is friends with Cody's dad and who shares the same marina with them) to investigate the illegal sale of high-tech computer technology to the Russkies. Looks to be going out through the household of a prominent society matron
(oh yeah, THAT makes sense!) and they want Cody to go in and investigate the matter undercover as a "home security expert". He is to work with...oh MY....SYBIL DANNING in this operation( a job I wouldn't mind undertaking MYSELF! WOOF!)
From day one hilarity reigns. There are prissy, lisping,transvestite husbands (NOT that there is anything WRONG with that, you understand!) to deal with; blackmailing, womanizing chauffeurs; inept, bumbling thugs; double-dealing housekeepers in little French maid uniforms;smarmy computer-nerd master criminals (Not!); and more hot-to-trot jiggly pulchritude than can be found in any THREE James Bond movies! And then there is also this BIZARRE family of redneck whackos who interrupt the story continuity periodically to challenge Cody to car races (part of an ongoing family feud, it seems).
The whole thing is utterly absurd, and yet you find yourself watching it and laughing. You laugh at the cornball puns, you laugh at the inane situations, you laugh at the gigantic lapses in logic, you laugh at the whole lunatic mess of it. Sidaris and company have made numerous T & A action flicks after this one, and they are all entertaining to one degree or another. but there is a formulaic sameness to the majority of his "L.E.T.H.A.L. Force" movies that gives them too much of a feeling of "been there, done that".
But THIS thing is different. This thing is more playful, more imaginative, more smart-alecky, and, yes, more CHARMING in its good-natured preposterousness than the other ones are. After seeing "Malibu Express", my first thought was "Man, why didn't you guys KEEP ON with this??? This was COOL!! You should have given ol' Israel a contract for AT LEAST two more like this!".
Why didn't they? You got me there, pardner. Don't have a clue.
They went into this "Molokai Cargo/LETHAL Force" cycle and never
looked back.
But I DO have a clue for YOU, though, compadres. If you only watch ONE lame-brained Andy Sidaris movie in your entire lifetime....THIS...my friends, is the ONE to go for. THIS is the best one. Far and away.
Oh...and one more thing. Darby Hinton, can I have your autograph?
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The Andy Sidaris Collection, Vol. 1 (Savage Beach / Enemy Gold / Hard Ticket to Hawaii / Guns / Malibu Express / Picasso Trigger)
Starring: Dona Speir , Hope Marie Carlton , John Aprea , Bruce Penhall , and Rodrigo Obregón Director: Andy Sidaris , and Christian Drew Sidaris Manufacturer: Malibu Bay Films ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00009EIQD Release Date: 2003-07-22 |
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Finally, the films of Andy Sidaris have been collected in this, the first of two definitive DVD box sets. Every Digitally Remastered Director's Cut film is presented in its original, unedited glory packed full of bullets, bombs, and babes! Just the way they were meant to be seen. Includes: Hard Ticket To Hawaii, Picasso Trigger, Savage Beach, Guns, Malibu Express, Enemy Gold. Each Film Hosted by Andy Sidaris and Julie Strain, Audio Commentaries by Andy and Arlene Sidaris, "Andy Sidaris Film School" Featurette series, Julie Strain Photo Shoot, Suzi Simpson, Cynthia Brimhall, and Devin Devasquez Featurettes, Dozens of Interviews with the Filmmakers and Stars, Still Galleries, Trailers, Collectable Booklets, Limited Edition Comic Book, and much more!Customer Reviews:
A Six Pack Of Bullets, Bombs And Babes!.......2005-03-02
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The Films of Andy Sidaris - Bullets, Bombs & Babes - 3 DVD - Volume 1 (Malibu Express,Hard Ticket to Hawaii,Fit To Kill)
Director: Andy Sidaris ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
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ASIN: B000MYID4Y |
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Andy Sidaris was a cameraman for ABC Sports who on his time off would make some of the best drive-in movies in the world. No deep meaning, just action and some of the hotest women on the planet!
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Malibu Express PAL DVD UNRATED
Director: Andy Sidaris ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Product Features:
ASIN: B000RMPP4W |
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Andy Sidaris made tons of action/adventure films with heavy content, but none are so famous as this one, featuring the one and only Sybil Danning. This release includes 40 minutes of Special Features and is presented in gorgeous Anamorphic Widescreen with no regional Coding.DVD:
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