epsilon9-429-812768 How come in the 1970s movies they did the best and most erotic femfight scenes? Just think about "The Amazons" (1973) In the beginning of this movie Ginger is challenged on the beach by a group of bad girls. She ends up fighting the girls ringleader in a a short violent tussle in the sand. Tough blonde Ginger defeats her brunette adversary and strips her of her bikini, while continueing to beat her. Ginger uses the bikini of the losing girl to tie up her arms and legs. As the girls tries to get up Ginger sends her crashing back into the sand and into humiliating defeat by a swift kick of her sexy foot into her oppnents belly.

IndustriousAngel There's something special about the three "Ginger" movies, something I'd very much like to see re-made or re-tried with today's sensibilities and a bigger budget. While "Ginger" is, by far, the worst of the three ("The Abductors" and "Girls are made for Loving" are actually completely watchable B-movie fare albeit with a strong sexual / sadomasochistic touch), the idiosyncrasies which made this series stand out among other, more forgettable drive-in fare, are already there in part 1. The premise of a female hero not only surviving in an otherwise men's world (and genre) but positively calling the shots is extremely rare even today. In "Haywire", Gina Carrano is bashing male stars left and right, but she is far from "calling the shots" - neither does she sexually predate like Ginger does. The same goes for Angelina Jolie's "Salt". In fact, Ginger is maybe the nearest we get in movie history to what was otherwise a very male role-model. (This is probably why she was called "the female James Bond" although she's not a secret agent at all). And while today's killing ladies are as a rule ridiculous (even Carrano - trained in martial arts - looked silly beating up guys double her weigth), Ginger very rarely relies on beating someone up - she works the weapons of a woman as well as guns, poison, traps or whatever it takes to take her opponents out. Disturbing but, in a refreshing way, at least halfway realistic!A word on acting: As mentioned, the two follow-up movies are much better, "Ginger" otoh sports acting that can only be described as a-tro-cious. Except for Cheri Caffaro herself, she's neither a top-model nor a great actress but she has screen presence in spades (a bit like Schwarzenegger) and there are a few scenes in here (the killings of Rodney and Jimmy for instance) where she comes over truly menacing and mesmerizing. Part of her screen presence may be thanks to her tall body - maybe the other actors were cast so they were a bit smaller but she does own every scene she's in.So, while I can't really recommend this slow-paced and cheaply-made stinker to anyone on its own merits, there are certain qualities in there which are really interesting and some themes which I would liked explored in future productions.

gridoon2018 A good setup and a sexy-as-hell (if obviously inexperienced; this was her film debut, after all) leading lady get bogged down by static pacing, poorly lit night scenes, very little and very mediocre action, distasteful (as opposed to tasteful) (s)exploitation, and contradictory genre politics: the filmmakers make Ginger a dominant character most of the way, only to subvert all that in the last 10 minutes. Clearly a B-grade production, "Ginger" somehow remains watchable in spite of its flaws - and as much as I try, I can't think of any reason other than the fact that Cheri Caffaro is so uninhibitedly sexy. Best line (while she's simultaneously kissing and interrogating another woman): "You go on and I'll go on". ** out of 4.

John Mclaren Oh, I know the acting is wobbly, the plot clanks like a medieval dungeon, and the cinematography is dodgy. But this is pure '70s sexploitation.I loved it.Yes it is sexist, unpc and everything modern Hollywood tries not to be. But that is its charm. It is about cute women toting unfeasable weapons and getting naked in an unbelievable B-movie plot. So what? That's what we want with this stuff.If you want boring and complacent cinema, go watch a movie with Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.....