High Kicks

Inconceivable! What was the director thinking? Hmm, we're shooting on video, we have no stars, and we have a budget of 7 bucks for our martial arts stuntmen. I have an idea that will put us over the edge!!!! We'll feature tons of women with fake boobs doing aerobics....and we'll have no nudity at all!!!! It's cinema gold! People, there's a reason why you can only find this flick in a bundled DVD 4-pack at Best Buy for 6 bucks. And frankly, I overpaid.

I have to agree. This certainly has the look of an-early '80's shot-on-video porn film minus the nudity and sex.

Not only is this film hideously bad, I've only seen it available in cheap DVD box sets that force you to compare it to better films. The only reason I have it/watched it was that it came in a set titled SAVAGE SISTERS where it is included along with SISTER STREET FIGHTER (the reason I bought the set), TNT JACKSON, and the GET CHRISTIE LOVE! TV pilot. All those films are far better. Given how cheesy and dated they are should give you an indication of how bad HIGH KICKS is.

The movie does start off okay, cheesy acting and atrocious haircut by the male lead side.

Some thugs try to rob an aerobic studio and, when that fails, decide on a whim to just rape the owner instead.

Credit where it's due: there is no unnecessary nudeness in this movie, and the actual raping isn't shown. Instead we spent a very long time with the victim and how she tries to comprehend what has happened to her. Roth does indeed an acceptable job acting out the victim here. I guess she is the only one on set to actually have seen an acting school from the inside.

But sadly this is where everything goes downhill. We get treated to endless barrage of absolute boring scenes with Mr. Haircut and Ms. Aerobics Teacher on a boat, on a bike, in a café, on a boat (again) running around, doing aerobics... the actual plot is sidelined for most of the movie. Unbelievable.

This movie screams 90s. It's funny how at this time karate was considered top notch. This movie came out in 1993 and UFC came out that year showing Karate is not to good of a way for self defense. But strangely, I like this movie and have watched it 2 separate times now lol. This movie gives a glimpse of the good old days as well.

Here we have a really funny film that has hit cult status among a bunch of us. This is a really badly made and shot on video "action" (quote unquote) film. This is acted like a porno without the porn. Thanks to Brentwood dvd this has become available in a dvd budget boxed set. In a nutshell. Sandy opens an aerobic studio called Highkicks. A politcally correct looking street gang (every race is accounted for), harass, and then rape Sandy. Sandy hires a new guy (Sam) to help out at her place and after the attack finds out he knows martial arts (umm i guess you can call it that). You should be able to pick up the rest of the film, he teaches her and then they go after the gang. Again this film is hilarious. The really crazy clothes, definitely the 80's hair styles (even though this was done in the 90's), and acting are at the bottom of the barrel and highly worth viewing. Some funny lines are when Sam mentions to Sandy he has to go to his brothers wedding in San Francisco and that it will take him a week to get there, keep in mind he is in San Diego. Another funny one is When Sam mentions he pulled into a port (he drives a boat) and was raped by the natives. it just doesn't get any better then this. If you want a really funny fun time, rent this with a bunch of people and just mock the entire film.