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      The Perils of Gwendoline

      R 1984 1h 28m Adventure List
      Reviews 35% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Virtuous Gwen (Tawny Kitaen), her boyfriend (Brent Huff) and her best friend (Zabou) search for her father in the land of the Yik Yak. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Sep 10 Buy Now

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      Anton Bitel Projected Figures There we see oddly aestheticised machines of torture, duels to the death, and even an underground chariot chase (the chariots drawn, naturally, by half-naked women). It may be BDSM-lite, but it still offers a lysergic feast for the eyes. May 8, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member A hybrid of a fantasy action adventure and a soft core porno, Just Jaekins Gwendoline is a particular oddity that is generally devoid of the scuminess typical of the niche. Technically a bad film in almost every perceivable way, the campy charm and dialogue of the protagonist can be delightful. The oddity of it all can be a charming endeavor granted the amateurish execution. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member In what would be Jaekin's last movie he along with author John Willie have managed to successfully adapt the misadventures of its titular heroine to the big screen. Gwendoline isn't the smartest movie made and I can understand its lack of appeal outside its own country. The source material is absurd pulp as it is and the movie manages to retain all that for better or worse. The set design and costumes grand, the story nonsense, the characters cartoonish while the film never shies away from its casual sexual references. What then should be a complete disaster becomes an underground cult classic; an oddity that should be a B-movie yet has been professionally produced with the best resources France filmmaking back then had to offer. It's a mad movie but never boring and a lot easier to find than that damn butterfly. It's certainly worth watching at least once out of interest. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member That music video chick from Ratt's "Back for More" Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" is sold into white slavery after being kidnapped at a Chinese port. She's rescued by a real Chad who was just there to collect on debt that the baddies were withholding. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy adaptation of a French comic book; supposedly, one of the most expensive French films ever made, but you'd never know it by looking at it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Revisited this after many long years and it's just as awful as I remembered it. Any movie that's so bad it negates the hotness of a young and in her prime Tawny Kitaen deserves to remain in obscurity. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member "The Perils of Gwendoline" will eat your brain and then spit it unceremoniously into your face. Which is why I recommend watching it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Virtuous Gwen (Tawny Kitaen), her boyfriend (Brent Huff) and her best friend (Zabou) search for her father in the land of the Yik Yak.
      Director
      Just Jaeckin
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 15, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 28m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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