A critical flop with both fans and critics. In the last few decades it has built up a fanbase and become a bit of a cult movie.
The plot is pretty incomprehensible with Nico smuggling a diamond to pay off a gambling debt to some hardened criminals and Joan Collins being the woman he has a fling with.
The film came hot on the platform heels of the "discoploitation" subgenre with the pinnacle being Saturday Night Fever and some true oddities like Disco Godfather. There are some truly appalling disco scenes that do not capture the glamour and feature largely unprofessional and unchoreographed dance scenes. Even worse the nightclub scenes take up aroun ten minutes of the film which has an already short runtime; obvious filler.
Joan Collins looks great. One of the eye popping scenes is her in a red and black basque which was used for the poster art. The sex scenes are brief with Joan keeping her clothes on for most of it and even a swinger scene in a mansion feels a bit limp.
This film isn't a total mess. Nice photography, great locations and set pieces, a bit of campy dialogue and some good looking actors who can actually act make for a decent night in with a few beers. Ignore the low review scores, fans of exploitation films have always known what's good.
Joan Collins was maligned for this film as her starpower was fading by the time she did The Stud. Ironically this sequel was a factor in showing the world she was still a sex symbol and an icon at 45 and I'm sure lead to her being cast in Dallas.
The Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber features a soft print, most likely from film deterioration, clear sound and the commentary track is a hoot.
The plot is pretty incomprehensible with Nico smuggling a diamond to pay off a gambling debt to some hardened criminals and Joan Collins being the woman he has a fling with.
The film came hot on the platform heels of the "discoploitation" subgenre with the pinnacle being Saturday Night Fever and some true oddities like Disco Godfather. There are some truly appalling disco scenes that do not capture the glamour and feature largely unprofessional and unchoreographed dance scenes. Even worse the nightclub scenes take up aroun ten minutes of the film which has an already short runtime; obvious filler.
Joan Collins looks great. One of the eye popping scenes is her in a red and black basque which was used for the poster art. The sex scenes are brief with Joan keeping her clothes on for most of it and even a swinger scene in a mansion feels a bit limp.
This film isn't a total mess. Nice photography, great locations and set pieces, a bit of campy dialogue and some good looking actors who can actually act make for a decent night in with a few beers. Ignore the low review scores, fans of exploitation films have always known what's good.
Joan Collins was maligned for this film as her starpower was fading by the time she did The Stud. Ironically this sequel was a factor in showing the world she was still a sex symbol and an icon at 45 and I'm sure lead to her being cast in Dallas.
The Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber features a soft print, most likely from film deterioration, clear sound and the commentary track is a hoot.