LOADED GUNS is doubtlessly the worst Fernando Di Leo film I've watched so far, and the reason for that is that the director is best known for making a series of gritty gangster and crime films in Italy in the 1970s and most of them are quite excellent. This film is a big departure, a dumb sex comedy featuring the one and only Ursula Andress who seemed to spend the whole of the 1970s stripping in one Italian film or another.
This one plays a little like A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS but really there's not much plot at all. Andress plays an innocent stewardess who arrives in town and immediately gets involved with a couple of rival criminal gangs. A lot of the scenes are quite mean-spirited and involve Andress being beaten or abused by various low-rent hoodlums, but she does manage to hold her own throughout and even fight back a couple of times.
The film's production values are quite strong with a lot of varied locations and action scenes so it's a pity the script is so silly. Some of the dumb comedy reminds one of the Hill/Spencer comic westerns. Andress is completely naked for a lot of the running time, particularly in a set-piece involving her taking a bath when she's interrupted by a sex-mad goon. You won't guess the denouement. She certainly looks good for her age, but is it enough to watch the film for? Not really. My favourite character is the larger-than-life crime boss played by the inimitable Woody Strode, who gets to take part in some zany fight scenes at the climax.
This one plays a little like A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS but really there's not much plot at all. Andress plays an innocent stewardess who arrives in town and immediately gets involved with a couple of rival criminal gangs. A lot of the scenes are quite mean-spirited and involve Andress being beaten or abused by various low-rent hoodlums, but she does manage to hold her own throughout and even fight back a couple of times.
The film's production values are quite strong with a lot of varied locations and action scenes so it's a pity the script is so silly. Some of the dumb comedy reminds one of the Hill/Spencer comic westerns. Andress is completely naked for a lot of the running time, particularly in a set-piece involving her taking a bath when she's interrupted by a sex-mad goon. You won't guess the denouement. She certainly looks good for her age, but is it enough to watch the film for? Not really. My favourite character is the larger-than-life crime boss played by the inimitable Woody Strode, who gets to take part in some zany fight scenes at the climax.