Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

zetes From the director of Emmanuelle (who has the best name a softcore pornographer could possibly have) comes this bizarre, nonsensical fantasy/adventure/comedy starring a nubile Tawny Kitaen. She ships herself to China in a crate so she can find her father, who disappeared looking for a rare butterfly. Accompanied by partner Zabou and hunky adventurer Brent Huff, they journey through a bunch of cheap-looking locations until they arrive at the lost city of Cheops, which is populated by an Amazonian tribe of women known as the Yik Yak. This is the mentally disabled descendant of Barbarella. It barely makes sense from one minute to the next. Yet I could not look away. Well, I mean, Tawny Kitaen, meow. And, Hell, I might like the Olive Oyl-ish Zabou even better. The production design is majestic in its moronic cheapness. If it weren't so dull up front, I'd give it a higher recommendation, but I ultimately enjoyed it.

BA_Harrison Gwendoline, from 'Emmanuelle' director Just Jaeckin, is an erotic comic-book action adventure (think Indiana Jones crossed with Barbarella, only with more nudity) wherein a gorgeous but innocent young woman (played by 80s rock-babe Tawny Kitaen) teams up with a roguish riverboat captain (Brent Huff) to locate her father, a scientist who went missing while looking for a rare butterfly in the hostile land of Yik-Yak.A one-time fashion photographer, Jaeckin is more than capable of capturing a striking image, whether it be a beautiful vista, the sensuous curves of a woman, or the surreal sight of a bald, naked Amazonian chick being sucked up an down an industrial pipe, but he fails dismally at telling a story, either as writer or director. His terrible script is hampered by dreadful dialogue (not helped by a wooden cast) and his handling of many scenes, most notably the action, leaves much be desired, being unimaginatively executed and ultimately rather lifeless.Despite all of this, however, the film still manages to be a reasonably entertaining experience—partly due to the silliness of the whole thing, partly because of the often excellent production design (much of which would not look out of place in a major Hollywood film) and some surprising violence, but mostly thanks to all of the S&M-laced nudity, especially from the lovely Kitaen, who can't act, but who has a great bod and isn't afraid to show it.

leggw I would have given this movie "0" stars, but it wasn't an option.I knew absolutely nothing about this movie except for having heard its name at one time or another. The credits at the beginning were so small that all I could see were the butterfly pictures, so there were no clues there for me.The annoying bits started right at the beginning-kidnapped/escape; chased/hide; grabbed/saved. Over and over again. A poor man's Indiana Jones I decided. Even a poor man deserves better. The overview of this film is the tired plot of feisty heroine and loyal friend finding a manly man to lead them through the jungle, across the desert and over the mountains to find her missing father. YAWN.The heroine was randomly naive, coy, and irritating. The "hero" was consistently hateful. Maybe it was lousy acting, maybe it was the director's vision. In either case, "Willard" could have been replaced with the rat of the same name and the movie would have been better. With the way this movie was going, I assumed the heroine's faithful sidekick was infatuated with her. Could be. Who knows?After a short while I realized that the lip movements and voices didn't match the characters. Okay, so this was a foreign film. Then they started having the female leads topless. Okay, so the movie was either Italian or French. When we get to the land of the Yik Yak, the Oriental flourishes appeared. Ah ha! French. Now I knew I was in for artsy, futuristic nonsense like "The Fifth Element."Par for the course, we now have leather outfits, women in bondage scenes, and various forms of female nudity. Oh, and by the way, it is the usual female only society where men are used and sacrificed.I have to assume that all of the previous reviews were written by men. I tried to watch this drivel. I really did. I kept asking my husband, "What happened? Why did they do that? What did I miss?" Bless his heart, he assured me I didn't miss anything, because the movie didn't make sense from one scene to the next.I have to admit that I am not turned on by female nudity, so by the end of this travesty my eyes were crossed and tearing, and my chin had drooped to my chest. Leaving my brain at the door wasn't necessary. By the end of this movie I was brain-dead.

grendelkhan Gwendoline, or the Perils of Gwendoline, is loosely (and I mean loosely) based on the bondage-themed comics of John Willie. Willie's stories were basic melodrama with a lot more kink. They are pretty tame compared what passes for erotica today (no sex, just fetish), but this movie was pretty tame for Willie.This film tries to blend the Willie kink with some Indiana Jones adventure; but, there isn't much adventure or kink. The film is never particularly erotic. Sure, there are a few bondage scenes, with unusual Willie/Stanton devices and scenarios, and plenty of nudity, but it's not that exciting. The only really interesting scene is the gladiator battle. The costumes and the absurd nature of the combat add a Barbarella flair to the scene.The budget is too small for any major stunts and doesn't have the creativity to make better use of the Terry and the Pirates meets Indiana Jones flavor at the beginning. The hidden city is never shown well to add any exotic flavorThe acting is atrocious, barely above real porn-level. Tawnny Kitaen is one of the worst actresses I have ever seen. The rest of the cast is completely forgettable.Unless you can't find any porn, forget this film. it's not entertaining enough for a vanilla audience, and not kinky enough for fetishists. Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark or Bound, instead. Or Barbarella; at least it was somewhat comical.