Manhattan Strip Clubs: Check Out ‘Bitch Slap,’ ‘Sweetgrass’ And ‘Mine’ In This Week’s unLimited
What it is: A modern, stylish exploitation action movie in the vein of “Grindhouse” and somewhat like “Sin City,” “Bitch Slap” follows three hot women in the desert attempting to extort money from a crime boss. It’s described as both an homage to and parody of cult classics like “Dragstrip Girl,” “Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” and “Kung Fu Nun” and stars Erin Cummings, Julia Voth, America Olivo and Zoe Bell of Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” segment “Death Proof.”
Why you should be interested: Fans of Quentin Tarantino’s brand of grindhouse tributes will find some appeal here. Aside from obvious “Death Proof” connections, “Bitch Slap” also features a badass Asian schoolgirl that seems inspired by “Kill Bill.” Also of note are appearances by fantasy TV stars Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless (for whom Bell began as a stunt double back in her “Xena” days). Generally, though, between original exploitation flicks and these modern throwbacks, which in addition to the Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez entries include such films as “Zombie Strippers” and “Black Dynamite,” there must be plenty of fans of this stuff, and you know who you are if you’re one of them.