Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

rdoyle29 When a saboteur blackmails the US space program, a squad of female secret agents are mobilized to take him on. I absolutely adore the first half of this film, which pains me to say I really kind of hate the second half. This is not really a "good" film in any conventional sense, but the setup of the plot and assembly of the team entertained the living hell out of me. Then it really descended into one long, badly executed action sequence and my interest in the proceedings plummeted. It's saved quite a bit by the presence of Michael Ansara and Tura Satana, but not enough. Definitely watch the first half if you are fond of Z-grade schlock.

utgard14 Grade Z clunker from garbageman Ted V. Mikels. It's about a band of female assassins led by Francine York who are supposed to save the world from a madman. Cheap boring movie that's nowhere near as fun as you want it to be. A movie like this should be sexy, exciting, and maybe a little campy. But this is a tired colorless affair directed with less flourish than an episode of Marcus Welby. Much has been said about this movie's influence on Charlie's Angels. Except Aaron Spelling got it right. Tura Satana is also in this. She was also in the much superior "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" See that instead. Oh and I hope Jim Steranko knows they ripped him off with that movie poster.

StingrayFilms Did this film inspire "Charlie's Angels" in 1975? TV producer Aaron Spelling must have caught this on the Late Late Show before doing the series. There are too many similarities: an elite band of beautiful, female crime-fighters (including one named Sabrina) engage in lame karate fights, display lots of cleavage, and wear bikinis as often as possible. And, as in the TV series, cheesy graphics are employed to facilitate quick scene transitions. Reportedly, Mikels sued Spelling for stealing his concept. Unfortunately, thanks to a uniformly lazy and inept execution by all involved, the film is far less entertaining than the iconic 70s TV show. Gorgeous redhead Francine York is Sabrina Kincaid, leader of a group of five hand-picked "Dolls" employed by the government for covert espionage missions. This includes cult actress Tura Satana, who, sadly, is given nothing to do. Didn't Mikels see "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"? It is a crime to waste the dynamic Satana in such a colorless, underwritten role. But this film manages to make every mistake in the book. In fact, it should be screened in film classes to demonstrate how not to make an action flick.Not-so-super villain Eamon O'Reilly (Michael Ansara) is a poor man's Blofeld with silly, implausible plans for world domination. Instead of a fancy high-tech lair, his nefarious secret base looks like it was shot at Mikels' Palm Springs vacation home. The film's total lack of attention to detail is amusing at times (note Ansara's sweat-soaked shirts) and the no- budget special effects, particularly the explosions, made me laugh. Everything about this dull, pedestrian movie is bad -- but not bad enough to be enjoyable as a campy catastrophe. The entire film is a wasted opportunity for what could have been a much better (or at least campier or sexier) effort in the hands of a less conservative producer like Roger Corman. This PG-rated snooze-fest aspires to be a hot exploitation action flick, but has nothing exciting or exploitative (no nudity) to offer. A Ted V. Mikels movie is like watching a vintage porno film after all the nudity and sex scenes have been edited out. All that's left is some dreary, soap-opera style acting, an incoherent story, awkwardly staged fight scenes, and the cheapest special effects this side of an Ed Wood movie. Although Mikels would go on to make many more terrible films, there was a time when he actually showed much promise as in "One Shocking Moment" (1965). See that film instead.

bensonmum2 The Doll Squad is a specially trained group of women who kick butt for the government. When a NASA rocket is blown-up after takeoff, the CIA calls in The Doll Squad to find out who's behind the sabotage and put a stop to it. To do this, the women must infiltrate a secret and heavily guarded island belonging to Eamon O'Reilly, an ex-CIA agent turned would be world dominator. Can The Doll Squad succeed in their mission?The Doll Squad could have been great. It's got a lot of that 70s exploitation feel to it, but it never goes far enough. It's as if director Ted V. Mikels takes things to the edge but never lets the movie go over-the-top into some really cheesy good territory. With a little more camp, it could have been a winner. The Doll Squad is also surprisingly tame. Amazingly, the women stay button-upped throughout. You won't confuse them with a band of vestal virgins, but it's not the skin flick you might expect.Production and technical aspects are non-existent. Special effects are far from "special". The rocket isn't the only explosion in The Doll Squad and, unfortunately, they all look identical – a giant wash of red color covers objects as they disappear. The scene framing is laughable. Many of the interior scenes were shot in a normal, everyday looking house (not dissimilar to one my aunt live in). Characters routinely disappear behind low hanging chandeliers during the middle of a conversation. And, I'm not sure "acting" is the right word for what's going on in this movie. Mikels has said that Aaron Spelling all but ripped-off The Doll Squad when he made the television show Charlie's Angels. One difference is that Farrah and Company came across as award winning actresses compared with what's presented in The Doll Squad.So if it's as bad as I've written, why haven't I rated The Doll Squad lower than a 4/10? Well, while it never goes over-the-top as I would have preferred, there still some enjoyable set-pieces. And, any movie as goofy as this is bound to be filled with some of those "so bad it's good" moments. Watching a woman with a machine gun take out a gang of hard-charging guards with weapons drawn (who never get a shot off, by the way) is a pretty fun thing to watch.