So much average

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

After a dozen high-profile athletes from all over the world go missing, Lloyds of London hires an insurance detective by the name of "Mike Harbor" (Ross Hagen) to investigate--and if possible rescue--a particular jai alai player who is insured by them. In the course of the investigation he soon discovers a secret island belonging to a beautiful doctor named "Dr. Tsu" (Nancy Kwan) who commands a select team of females that kidnap certain athletes for the purpose of harvesting their organs. The problem for Mike is that Dr. Tsu is well aware of his investigation and she intends to stop him at all costs. Anyway, rather than disclose the rest of the movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this low-budget film definitely showed its limitations. Although Ross Hagen, Nancy Kwan and Sid Haig (as "Gregorious") all performed adequately, the rest of the cast was clearly second-rate and it showed. Additionally, some of the fight scenes were just plain awful. As a matter of fact, the best thing about this movie was the presence of some attractive women which included Roberta Collins (as "Laura"), Maria De Aragon ("Linda") and the aforementioned Nancy Kwan. So while this movie had its good moments I have a little difficulty rating it higher than I have. Slightly below average.

Rugged insurance investigator Mike Harber (a charismatic and engaging performance by Ross Hagen, who also produced this film) gets an assignment investigating the mysterious disappearances of popular athletes in the Philippines. Harber stumbles across a remote island fortress run by the evil Dr. Tsu (well played with deliciously wicked relish by Nancy Kwan) and squares off against her lethal army of sexy distaff kung-fu killers. Director Robert Vincent O'Neil, who also co-wrote the compact and eventful script with Lou Whitehill, relates the hugely entertaining story at a swift pace, presents some funky local Manila color (yep, there's a cockfight at one point), handles the outrageous plot in a winning tongue-in-cheek manner, and stages the exciting action set pieces with rip-snorting brio (a lengthy car chase rates as the definite stirring highlight). This picture further benefits from a bevy of stunning exploitation cinema beauties: Ravishing redhead Maria De Aragon, fetching brunette Claire Polan (Hagen's real-life wife), foxy blonde Roberta Collins, black knockout Shirley Washington, and even the always sumptuous Marilyn Joi in an uncredited small part. Better yet, there are spot-on spirited turns by cult favorites Sid Haig as Tsu's suavely slimy business partner Gregorious and Vic Diaz as jolly cab driver Lapu-Lapu. Carson Whitsett's funky-throbbing score does the get-down groovy trick. Ricardo M. David's sunny cinematography provides an attractive bright look. A total grindhouse delight.

I loved this movie because is was mostly a change from the all too common army of boring guys in baggy fatigues. Here you had an army of women and they were dressed ultra feminine and dressed sexy too. These gorgeous cute satin micro mini-dresses and holding machine guns. These sexy women may have been well armed, but they were no match for the well trained hero (Hagen). So during the running gun battle near the end of the movie, these women are dropping dead like flies as his machine gun speaks. It not vicious or gory movie. Most of the kills are nice, clean, and neat. Ross Hagen is great as Mr. Harbor, a wise cracking investigator and secret agent.

This spy satire, in which a nasty female "Dr. No" (Nancy Kwan) trains a number of women assassins to go out and win the world for her, is rather inane entertainment. However, having seen dozens like it, with better heroes than Ross Hagen, there are so many vivid scenes in my mind that it must be better than most! Cinematography and direction were certainly above medium, and Marilyn Joi and Maria de Aragon are wonderful bad girls.