“Barbarella meets Indiana Jones” [8] . The tagline pretty
much says it all. This is the ultimate in a guilty pleasure movie; you’ll
either absolutely love it or hate it. It is a French produced action comedy
sexploitation film that is based on a series of French bondage comic books from
the 1940’s and 1950’s by John Willie.
It is a smorgasbord of everything that makes a great cult
movie; it is comedic on purpose, overacted on purpose, mixes various genres
together, there are beautifully shot scenes, nice locales and sets, great
costumes, tons of nudity and sexual situations, action, violence, martial arts,
an Indiana Jones/ Alan Quartermain type lead actor, Tawny Kitaen, a mysterious
ancient Amazonian type female tribe, weird torture scenes, female chariot
races, and a female gladiator battle for the right to have sex with the male
actor.
Directed by Just Jaeckin, known for directing the erotic
films Emmanuelle, The Story of O, and Lady Chatterley’s lover, the story
involves a girl that goes to China in order to find her missing father who was
seeking a rare butterfly. She is joined by a female friend and an adventurer
that they hire to help find him; taking them on travels through China, on a
river via a boat, through the desert and jungle, and coming across multiple
ancient tribes. It’s a wild ride and if you like some laughs and pointless nudity,
then you should find this very enjoyable.
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