Bob Chinn's Johnny Wadd movies had fallen into a routine format by the time of CHINA CAT, a followup to his excellent entry JADE PUSSYCAT. This entry has little action, mainly sex.
Some attractive leading ladies are the main diversion, as Chinn cheekily spoofs "Charlie's Angels", even having the temerity to have a guy named Charlie on the phone barking orders to his set of four "Devils", who are prettier and more talented (in XXX context) than the ho-hum current lineup on TV.
They are basically sent in to bamboozle Wadd with their feminine charms, and steal the Jade Pussycat from him, but John Holmes as Wadd outwits them. Chris Cassidy is the loveliest of the four, and late in the film Kyoto is tossed in the mix to give the movie needed exoticism.
Chinn cannot get much credit as a talent scout, as the one femme cast member who would soon achieve super-stardom (credit Alex De Renzy for spotlighting her in PRETTY PEACHES), Desiree Cousteau, is completely wasted in a few seconds-worth of bit part as a nurse giving a blow job.
Sex scenes are well-shot and the final image (as noir music plays on the soundtrack) is clever and evocative enough to have been used in a "real movie", rather than just porn. Even with his penchant for laughable stunts, I believe some fight scenes, action or chases would have perked this one up.
Some attractive leading ladies are the main diversion, as Chinn cheekily spoofs "Charlie's Angels", even having the temerity to have a guy named Charlie on the phone barking orders to his set of four "Devils", who are prettier and more talented (in XXX context) than the ho-hum current lineup on TV.
They are basically sent in to bamboozle Wadd with their feminine charms, and steal the Jade Pussycat from him, but John Holmes as Wadd outwits them. Chris Cassidy is the loveliest of the four, and late in the film Kyoto is tossed in the mix to give the movie needed exoticism.
Chinn cannot get much credit as a talent scout, as the one femme cast member who would soon achieve super-stardom (credit Alex De Renzy for spotlighting her in PRETTY PEACHES), Desiree Cousteau, is completely wasted in a few seconds-worth of bit part as a nurse giving a blow job.
Sex scenes are well-shot and the final image (as noir music plays on the soundtrack) is clever and evocative enough to have been used in a "real movie", rather than just porn. Even with his penchant for laughable stunts, I believe some fight scenes, action or chases would have perked this one up.