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Ten Violent Women
Zehn Frauen in Wut / Zuchthaus der wütenden Frauen
USA 1982
produced by Ted V. Mikels
directed by Ted V. Mikels
starring Sherri Vernon, Dixie Lauren, Sally Alice Gamble, Georgia Morgan, Jane Farnsworth, Melodie Bell, Christina de Gattani, Paula Ian, Sherry Hardin, Kelly Lancaster, Peggy Hayes, Juanita Morgan Copeland, Eileen Lee, Julie Wakefield, Leigh Reynolds, Lynn Culver, Sonja Knowlton, Ted V. Mikels, Sigfrid von Conanburg, Frank Walshe, Jack Dees, Charles Gorgano
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A group of female miners is almost blown up by their male chauvinist pig
explosive expert, so eight (not ten) of them decide to change profession &
get rich with style.
Their idea of style however is to rob a jeweller (Frank Walshe), which
wouldn't be quite that bad if some Arab sheik (Charles Gorgano) hadn't brought
his Scarab-ring to exactly that place to get it fixed, & he now has the
girls followed.
... which would still not be that bad wouldn't their fence (Ted V.Mikels)
try to pull a fast one on them, so they have to kill him & steal his drugs.
... & that would still not be quite that bad, wouldn't one of the girls
be shot while escaping.
Soon - & after a catfight, of course -, the group breaks up into 2
sections - & the smaller section immediately leaves the film, leaving us
with 5 10 violent women, led by alcoholic bitch Sheila (Sally Alice Gamble),
who, after they have hidden the jewels, has the bad idea to sell their drugs to
some narc's & is shot dead. The remaining 4 10 violent women are sent to
the prison of lesbian sadistic ward Miss Kerry (Georgia Morgan), who
immediately takes a liking into picking on 2 of our 10 violent women, Sam
(Sherri Vernon) & Maggie (Dixie Lauren), but fortunately our 4 10 violent
women make the acquaintance of Pam (Julie Wakefield) & Donna (Leigh
Reynolds), who just happen to plan an escape & are only too happy about
some company ... So it's only a matter of time befroe our 4 10 violent women
are out again, & make an escape by hitchhiking ... not knowing that their
driver is one of the sheik's men.
All of a sudden, 2 of the girls are getting an engagement as dancers,
leaving just Sam & Maggie behind as the last violent women ... & whey
soon walk into a trap set by the sheik. But after he has recovered his
possessions, he not only has mercy with the girls but also invites them to join
him on a cruise s guests (& I mean real guests).
Despite his bad reputation, director Ted V.Mikels had every now & again
the talent to turn out some highly entertaining trash (like Astro Zombies,
Doll Squad or Blood Orgy of the She-Devils), & even the
occasional decent film (like his debut Strike Me Deadly). This one
however fails in pretty much every respect: the storytelling is bad &
totally inconclusive - with storyelements & characters thrown into &
out of the movie rather coincidently -, the characters are not even sketched
out & despite it's rather lurid topic the film's sex-&-violence level
is disappointingly low. Somehow though (& don't ask how), it's still
funny.
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