This was a lot crazier than I expected. In a good way. A Chinese production that has Hong Kong Girls with Guns stuck in its heart like an arrow. It seems to be inspired equally by the classic Stone Age Warriors and Cop Shop Babes. Director Fu Huayang (Kung Fu Hip Hop) mixes five well-endowed stunning professional female models with some legit martial artists to produce a bonkers fun film that hits high on the stupid level. It shouldn't work and for a while it doesn't, but it finally scores some points just by throwing everything into it. A lot of action and cleavage in this one. And the stupidity can't be stressed enough. But when you have five women killing with knives, arrows and kicks, I can overlook it. Of course, before it gets to the action the film has two bikini swimming scenes - absolutely mandatory in a film like this. Show what they have before the fighting begins.


Bai Xue (Yu Nan - the one true actress in the bunch - Wolf Warrior I and II) takes her friends on Extreme Travels every year. To places far and wide with dangerous elements. They start off in Pattaya which isn't all that dangerous unless you tangle with a Lady Boy - but they are just there to get ready for their trip up north into jungles where the Tiger Tribe lives. And to get in one of those bikini scenes. They run into Dennis played by Andy On who happens to be going to the same place as part of a National Geographic TV shoot. Along with the girls is Wang, a guy with a scraggly beard and hair who looked vaguely familiar, but I could not place him till later when he cleans up. Once they get to the jungle they are led by a local guide Sen (Xing Yu) who is as annoying as Jar Jar Binks by whoever dubbed his narration. Into the jungle they go. Sen tells the group that the Tiger Tribe will kill anyone who comes in uninvited. But don't worry, I am with you. The girls giggle and go for a swim in their bikinis.


The two groups go their separate ways. And so much for Sen's words - they are both attacked by the Tiger Tribe - Aboriginals fighting with poison darts, arrows and spears - the girls run for it with Wang showing some martial arts skills in which he subdues the Princess of the tribe but doesn't hurt her. The men are not so lucky as some are quickly killed before they bring out Uzi machine guns. National Geographic sends out their men with Uzis? No. They are actually there to get precious stones and Andy On is a nasty piece of work. Once Wang shaves off his beard and cuts his hair, I realize I have been watching Ngai Sing, one of my favorite action actors in Hong Kong films - some classic match ups in his career. His character is ex-Chinese military.


Eventually, after being captured and having a fight between Ngai and the chief of the tribe, they decide to be friends. The Princess says these are not our real enemies. And sure enough, they come back - this time mercenaries led by Kohata Ryu (often a villainous Japanese character in Hong Kong films) and Andy. With missiles and helicopters as they slaughter the tribe (maybe a nod to Avatar). Our girls escape along with Ngai, but rather than getting the hell out of town, decide to join the resistance and train with arrows, knives and kung fu. When Sen realizes what he has done by bringing in these men, he takes on the spirit of the tiger and joins the hunt. And then they attack and the action is deadly and fun as they set pointed booby traps and ambush the men.  None of these actresses in the real world have any martial arts skills - or could fight themselves out of a Prada bag - but they are young, physically fit, flexible and with the use of wires and editing, they look like they do. By the end of the film, I was into it. I am just that shallow. Stick around for some cute outtakes at the end. The Chinese title translated is Iron Blooded Babes. Should have been Iron Blooded Bikini Babes.