Malibu Express (1985)

Cody Abiliene is a semi-successful private detective desperately in need of a big (and well-paying) case. When he's hired to solve the murder of Contessa Luciana's husband, he jumps at the ... See full summary »

Director:

Andy Sidaris

Writer:

Andy Sidaris

Stars:

Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Art Metrano

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Darby Hinton	...	Cody Abilene
Sybil Danning	...	Contessa Luciana
Art Metrano	...	Matthew
Shelley Taylor Morgan	...	Anita Chamberlain
Brett Baxter Clark	...	Shane (as Brett Clark)
Niki Dantine	...	Lady Lillian Chamberlain
Lori Sutton	...	Beverly
Lorraine Michaels	...	Liza Chamberlain
Lynda Wiesmeier	...	June Khnockers
Kimberly McArthur	...	Faye
Barbara Edwards	...	May
Abb Dickson	...	P. L. Buffington
Busty O'Shea	...	Doreen Buffington
Randy Rudy	...	Bobo Buffington
Michael A. Andrews	...	Stuart Chamberlain (as Michael Andrews)

Storyline

Cody Abiliene is a semi-successful private detective desperately in need of a big (and well-paying) case. When he's hired to solve the murder of Contessa Luciana's husband, he jumps at the chance. In between investigating the many women around the Contessa's estate, Abilene eventually uncovers a complex case of espionage and blackmail.

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Plot Keywords:

blackmail | palm springs california | lust | thong panties | unwanted kiss | 

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Taglines:

Packing Heat From Texas To Malibu Beach!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Expresso Malibu

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Andy Sidaris Company, Malibu Bay Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Matthew, Mark and Luke hijack the helicopter pilot, you see a sign on the building behind the helicopter that reads Harry Haus Helicopter service. The pilot they kidnap is in fact Harry Hauss.

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Quotes

Liza Chamberlain: Did you hear that she got raped this afternoon by two homosexuals? One held her down and the other one did her hair.

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Connections

Followed by Fit to Kill (1993)

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Soundtracks

"Wildwood Flower"
Written by Henry Strzelecki

User Reviews

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Darby Hinton stars as a private eye (Who looks like a cross between Chuck Norris and Tom Selleck) who investigates espionage, murder and all kinds of fun stuff while getting laid lots and lots of times. Malibu Express is probably for what it's worth the best movie from Andy Sidaris on a technical level. Of course in my opinion his only other watchable movie was Hard Ticket To Hawaii, anyway Malibu Express has some okay action sequences (Even though Hinton's martial arts sequences are badly staged) and features tons of nudity which is the film's main selling point. The story is completely plot less and extremely hard to follow mainly due to the fact that none of the plot threads are ever pursued in a way that would make this work as a mystery. In fact the ending merely explains the outcome because the movie forgets to connect the dots earlier. Basically this is a plot less and rather goofy affair which works better as comedy than it does as action or mystery.

* * Out of 4-(Fair)