gridoon2018 "Seven" is less polished than Andy Sidaris' later girls-with-guns movies from 1985 to 1998, but it has some of his trademarks: exotic locales, topless women, helicopters, and things/people blowing up. It's disjointedly scripted and crudely directed (with more than one guest appearance by the boom mike), but if you survive the unexciting first hour, the remaining 30 minutes do have some action - and some Peckinpah-style bloodletting. ** out of 4.

Skragg This has a partial "Spoiler", or several in a way, since it's about a whole movie SERIES (at least, in a loose sense of the word). This might be the only adventure film ever to have, of all things, a villainous hula dancer (played by the belly dancer Little Egypt - the later one of that name, not the turn-of-the-century one, of course - I don't know why she isn't in the listings here). As for the famous "Indiana Jones" scene being inspired by this movie, there's only one problem convincing people of that - almost everyone believes that "little" movies steal from "big" ones, but try making people believe that the OPPOSITE thing happens. There's one complaint I have about these Andy Sidaris movies, at least, the handful I've seen. Each one has a pretty entertaining "villainess" (like the one I just mentioned), along with the male villains. But each one ends with a sort of showdown between her and the "heroine" (or one of the heroines), as opposed to any other kind of end for her. (I've noticed this in many other action stories too.) And since it happens very quickly, with guns or explosives, it doesn't seem to be an excuse for a "girl fight" kind of scene (at least, not the hand-to-hand kind). Instead (if I'm not exaggerating), it seems to be some kind of overworked "feminist" message - the EVIL woman has to be stopped by the GOOD one, that kind of thing. I don't know if that's really the reason, and I know there's a place for that kind of scene in adventure stories, but it does seem to be overdone. Anyway, that part of the ending is the most predictable part of these Sidaris movies, more so than the "gratuitous" sex, and more so than OTHER kinds of violence. To me, at least.

BrianG This was Andy Sidaris' second film, and it follows the formula for all the ones that followed: spectacular scenery, even more spectacular women in various and frequent stages of nudity, good action scenes, goofy humor. The plot is about seven mobsters who get together and decide to take over Hawaii, and the government agent assigned to stop them. It's good to see big William Smith playing a good guy, and he seems to be enjoying himself (there's one scene, apparently unscripted but which Sidaris left in, where Smith is sitting, clothed, in a shower room and a gorgeous naked woman appears out of nowhere, sits down next to him and stares at him; Smith obviously wasn't expecting it and bursts out laughing, then looks offstage and shakes his head, as if to say, "Okay, you got me"). The cast is stocked with veteran character actors--Nick Georgiade, Art Metrano, Reggie Nalder--and everyone seems to be having a good time. So will you. It's a fun movie to watch. Pick it up if you can.

Mister-6 Good old Andy Sidaris.You can always count on his movies for a little action, a little intrigue and...say it with me...a little skin.Flicks like "Seven", for example. This one features a covert team led by William "Big Bill" Smith who is out to kill off the baddies threatening the peace-loving government of Hawaii. Of course, there's always plenty of time to show some dynamic women in all their glory along with the maiming and killing.But if your movie diet consists of films of this ilk, you could do a lot worse than "Seven". In fact, a lot worse.TIDBIT - This movie features the famous gag seen a couple of years later in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", where a guy is beset by a swordsman and simply draws a gun and shoots the blade-wielding baddie dead. Not bad.Seven stars. Who woulda guessed?