China Girl is a slick looking, but mostly dull ‘70s Kung Fu/Spy/Porno flick. James freakin’ Hong stars as the leader of Dragon, a crime syndicate who is eager to get their hands on a top-secret mind control formula. He kidnaps the high-ranking scientists who created the formula, and eventually sets his sights on sexy scientist Annette Haven. It’s then up to a handsome stud spy (Tom Douglass) to save her.
Much more than your average run-of-the-mill porno, China Girl looks fairly expensive, and with the participation of Hong (who really was no stranger to dirty movies), it often feels like a “real” film that somehow wound up with a handful of hardcore scenes spliced in here and there. Haven (who was only appearing in her second movie) looks sexy as always and further helps give the proceedings a touch of class. Haven naturally figures into the big centerpiece sex scene, where she is “interrogated” by four of Dragon’s sexy female agents (and then three male ones). It’s a good showcase for her charms, although it never quite gets your blood boiling.
The other sex scenes are few and far between, which is the big problem. (They also suffer from having dialogue scenes intercut with the action, which prevents them from gaining momentum.) If you can’t really deliver on the XXX action, you should at least make sure the Kung Fu fights, action, and espionage drama is up to par. That isn’t the case, however. These sequences might be “good for a porno”, but they wouldn’t cut it in a real Hollywood production.
If you’re looking for a down and dirty flick, you might be a little disappointed. If you want an old school XXX movie that has more plot than hardcore action, this will fit the bill. If anything, China Girl is a reminder of the days when dirty movies tried to be respectable. Unfortunately, this one might just be a little too respectable for its own good.
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