Tony
Kendall returns as Kommissar X in this sixth entry in the long-running series. A rich woman vacationing in Bangkok with her
family is terrified when her daughter is kidnapped by white slavers. She calls
on Captain Rowland (Brad Harris) to find her and he in turn gets in touch with
Jo Walker (AKA: Kommissar X) to join the
hunt. Together, they track the slavers
down to a remote island where a wealthy madam (who keeps a pet crocodile) runs
the show.
This
was my first exposure to the Kommissar X series, and if it’s any indication of
the franchise, I wouldn’t mind checking out the other entries. It’s a lightweight, pseudo-spy movie with
some decent action and a handful of genuinely funny bits. My favorite moment came when Harris’ clothes
are stolen by a beautiful would-be assassin.
When she fails to kill him, he’s forced to put on a short bellhop’s
uniform and give chase in extremely ill-fitting clothes. Kommissar X also has a few Bond-inspired
gadgets like a pistol-sized rocket launcher and a pair of sunglasses that
double as a radio transmitter. Not to be
one-upped, the villains have a pretty cool ice cream truck equipped with a
flamethrower at their disposal.
Island
of Lost Girls is far from perfect. After
a strong start, it falls into a repetitive rut after a while. (Try to keep a running tally of how many
people get killed by poisoned blow darts.) Still, any movie that manages to combine prostitutes
with poison rings, motorboat chases, and killer snakes makes for a perfectly
acceptable lazy afternoon entertainment if you ask me.
AKA: Three Golden Serpents.
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