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Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)

March. 01,1987
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A Molokai-based civilian pilot and an undercover DEA agent intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for druglord Seth Romero. Seth, his henchmen, and other island undesirables launch a full-scale assault on the duo. If they're going to survive, they'll need the help of agent Rowdy Abilene and his partner/kickboxing expert Jade.

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Hellen
1987/03/01

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Comwayon
1987/03/02

A Disappointing Continuation

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Catangro
1987/03/03

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Siflutter
1987/03/04

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Red-Barracuda
1987/03/05

With Hard Ticket to Hawaii, writer/director Andy Sidaris truly laid down the template he would forever follow. It wasn't his first movie, that was Malibu Express (1985), but that one unusually had a detective narrative and male lead. Of course, it also had lots of pleasingly excessive nudity involving a selection of busty beauties. Sidaris retained that latter element but refocused the plot where the protagonists were hot female action heroines. And so with Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Sidaris created his babes, bullets and explosions sub-genre. The story has two very hot women operate an airplane cargo delivery service in Hawaii. A large, toxic snake they are delivering escapes and they get mixed up in a scheme involving criminals and a cache of diamonds. Much entertainment follows.I've seen all the Sidaris movies and I can say with some certainty that the aforementioned first two films in his filmography are his very best. And Hard Ticket to Hawaii is definitely his ultimate classic. It has all the elements of all his other films but it has more. Like the others, it's an action flick with the great idea of predominantly featuring 80's Playmates and it also has a commendable focus on beautiful breasts, with lots of somewhat basic acting and ropey dialogue to top things off. It even features some stalwarts of future Sidaris movies such as the gorgeous trio of Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton and Cynthia Brimhall, plus the acting colossus that is Rodrigo Obregon. And yet, it's the extra details that we have on top of this that elevate this one into classic status.For a start, there are just more interesting things going on. Where most Sidaris movies have pretty forgettable plot-lines, this one sticks in the mind. We have a fairly routine bad guys versus good guys set-up but running alongside this there is the plot strand about the monstrous snake made toxic by infection by cancerous rats. Its pure psychotronic nonsense of the first order of course but quite brilliantly entertaining nonsense. We also have a transvestite hit-man, a skateboarding assassin with inflatable doll, a female bodybuilder interrogator, a razor-tipped Frisbee and a finale so hilariously over-the-top, it's frankly genius. The latter involves, amongst other things, a ludicrously over-extended death scene, a snake bursting out of a toilet, a bazooka and a motorbike crashing through a wall. If you can't enjoy this I feel sorry for you. And plus points have to automatically be given to any film where two beautiful women declare that they 'do their best thinking in the hot tub'. I like too how, despite celebrating their bodies, in Sidaris movies the women are always portrayed as resourceful and kick-ass and never dumb.This is the one truly must-see Sidaris film. It feels like he threw everything at it and just added every idea he came up with regardless of how insane it was. He never really topped it ever again but then no one else has ever made a film of this particular type any better either. One of the all-time great 80's b-movies.

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SnoopyStyle
1987/03/06

Two law officers stumble onto a drug operation on an isolated Hawaiian island and are killed. Donna and Taryn are working for The Agency. They fly their small plane with honeymooners and a stowaway toxic snake infected with cancer infested rats. They leave the honeymooners on the deserted beach. Drug lord Seth Romero is transporting diamonds in his remote control helicopter but the girls intercept them while fighting off gun toting henchmen. The girls get help from Rowdy Abilene and Jade from the Agency as they battle Seth's goons at Edy's resort.There is no denying that this is intended to be a B-movie of guns and boobs. It has some limited charms if not taken seriously. The production is amateurish. The boobs from these Playboy models are big. The shootouts are done poorly and laughably. It's unintended comedy. The acting is slightly better than porn level. The lines are really cheesy to the point of being funny bad. I think somebody can come up with a great drinking game with this movie.

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paulhannah604
1987/03/07

Andy Sidaris is truly the most prolific film maker of all time although I felt that the Shades character was under-utilized.Sidaris should have returned to Shade's back story about how his childhood love for Frisbee would ultimately be his downfall. Nevertheless, he died doing what he loved and for that I weep.I also enjoyed Ridge's portrayal of a marksman who couldn't quite hit his mark.My favourite point of the movie was the showdown between the skateboarding assassin and our fearless heroes. This conflict juxtaposes our societies strife between the rich and poor and the ultimate class struggle.Overall, Ten Thumbs Up!

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pentagram_6
1987/03/08

I honestly do not know where to begin. I must, without any reservation whatsoever, proclaim this to be the worst feature film ever made. While this comment seems extreme, believe me ---- I kid you not.First off, the acting is the worst I have ever seen in my life, and I have watched thousands of movies.Secondly, the action is ridiculously executed. The stunts are childish beyond belief.Finally, this movie should be the definitive example of how NOT to make a movie.I am astonished at this film. Nothing ever created on film could possibly be worse than this insane trash. This film is the definition of the word "garbage".

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