L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach

And I do believe that this 1998 movie "Return to Savage Beach" (aka "L. E. T. H. A. L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach") do round up my venture into the Sidaris movies. Most of which movies I have only seen for the first time here in 2022, believe it or not.

The 1998 action movie "Return to Savage Beach" has writer and director Andy Sidaris at the wheel, which is fortunate for the movie and the franchise at large, since his son Christian Drew Sidaris just didn't have the required skills to make movies worthy of his father's legacy. Sure, a movie like "Return to Savage Beach" is hardly a cinematic gem, but it does make for some cheesy watchable action.

If you have seen any of the numerous L. E. T. H. A. L. movies, then you know what you are in for with the 1998 movie "Return to Savage Beach" as well. Yeah, why fix or tinker with a formula that apparently worked out well enough? For better or worse, then "Return to Savage Beach" delivers what you would expect.

Sure, it is nice to see returning cast members such as Julie Strain, Rodrigo Obregó and Gerald Okamura.

Watchable for what it is, "Return to Savage Beach" is sure to please fans of the L. E. T. H. A. L. franchise.

My rating of "Return to Savage Beach" lands on a five out of ten stars.

These are the words that you repeatedly yell out as you watch this spectacular movie. The incredible Buff Bagwell leaves us stunned and amazed by his great hidden acting talent. The great directing and writing by Andy Sidaris, who brought us such outstanding classics such as Seven, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, and the original Savage Beach, leaves us in awe and histerics over his newest film. Beautiful Playmates, only wearing a smile throughout the movie, show us their incredible assets and acting ability in this wonderful flick. They are quite a handful... Just look at some of the characters in this movie: a chyna lookalike, carlos santana/eddie guererro, and the incredible BUFF (THE STUFF). You cant say with a straight face that this movie isn't great. Just the incrdible techniques these stars use, such as the perfected ninja choreography, the toy RC cars, and the sudden appearance of clothes/props. In lieu of all these aspects of this movie, I cannot see how this movie does not receive a full 10/10 stars. This is truly one of Andy Sidaris' productions. Go out and watch it NOW!! DEM THINGS IS VERY VERY NICE!!!

With the tagline „The big guns are back", director Andy Sidaris returned to Savage Beach, almost a decade after the original „Savage Beach" movie. The title song is played while we watch the ladies swimming - pretty well aiming at the style of a Bond title sequence. Shae Marks looks like Lara Croft in her early (oversized) days when she enters Savage Beach in a tank top. Such elements of pop culture are nicely used again for an action flick that seems a bit confused in its first half, and sometimes uses annoying flashbacks, but later the loose ends are tied successfully, while another song named „Which ending does this story have?" ironically explains that confusing the audience needs to be a part of the show. Marcus Bagwell, the Warrior from „Day of the Warrior", helps the good guys this time, and Julie K. Smith gets the funniest scene when she can demonstrate her idea of punishing „bad boys". This is the last one out of 12 Andy Sidaris movies I reviewed, certainly not the best among them because it's a bit of a patchwork and lacks new ideas (well, there was a submarine at least), but I have to congratulate the ensemble since they never put out a real bore in all these years - and that, by the way, was the strong point: ensemble. With the exception of "Malibu Express", there was never only one star, it's always about team-play.

okay, forget that the entire cast makes Shatner look like Orson Welles, this flick rocks! I love it! One of my faves. The horrible acting actually makes it more fun IMHO. The awful acting of the 2 male leads is laughable and totally funny. And then there's the girls: seeing Julie K. Smith and Shae Marks in those white tops toward the end are amazing. Also Shae in that white 'business outfit earlier in the film at their HQ is not to be missed! What I love about Sidaris films is that they're fun. If they didn't have the giant silicone breasts, they would not be. All hail Andy Sidaris! Nice to see Kevin Eastman, the guy from Heavy Metal magazine making a cameo. The only other Sidaris film that possibly beats this one as far as breast-size is Do Or Die.

Would be 10 stars for me, Female badass agents done! However something that always confused me since watching all the films as a teen, why the hell would you put a bunch of female spy, agents, assassins in a film and not have any CATFIGHTS, GIRL FIGHTS! NONE, ZERO GIRL FIGHTS! Especially when Andy KNEW catfights were popular and always have been. This was a HUGE miss opportunity that would have taken these films to another level, wish the team that made the movie RAZE would take a crack at remakes of the LEATHAL series and do it right! Super disappointing....