The Muthers (1976) is a movie that is available on Shudder and Tubi. The storyline follows a group of female pirates whose captain's sister is imprisoned so they decide to get imprisoned themselves so they can rescue her. Can the ladies outsmart the prison guards and successfully escape the prison compound?
This movie is directed by Ciriaco Santiago (The Sisterhood) and stars Jeannie Bell (Mean Streets), Rosanne Katon (Motel Hell), Trina Parks (Diamonds are Forever), Jayne Kennedy (Fighting Mad) and Bert Olivar (Zuma).
The storyline for this was wild and a bit ridiculous. The acting was good enough and the cast was gorgeous. As any prison film from this era it has the shower scenes you'd expect. The props and settings were well selected and made the circumstances feel authentic but the attire didn't always align to the circumstances. The conclusion was straightforward and as you'd expect.
Overall, this was a mediocre addition to the grindhouse genre that I would score a 3.5/10 and recommend seeing once.
Plot summary
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
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A mediocre addition to the grindhouse genre
Only the low budget to mark it lower.
The most curvaceous pirates you've ever seen, in an experience they'll never forget. "Pirates? Like Errol Flynn?", one dumb onlooker says as they try to sell off what they've been carting, and they're reputation preceeds them. When the sister of one of them is kidnapped, they go undercover working on a coffee plantation which is really a front for human trafficking, and eventually, along with two other women they meet while "working", they escape into the jungle for more danger.
The acting by starred Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks and Jayne Kennedy is sincere, and at least none of them come off as amateurish. The buxom females get to show off the goods while dealing with lecherous men and other deadly snakes of the reptilian kind.
The four main characters are generally pretty likeable although the slimy bad guys are cardboard figures. The print I saw was choppy and poor at the beginning but gradually improved as if the photographer used two different types of movie cameras. Lots of action, better dialog than I thought there would be, and some beautiful Philippino locations. One death is particularly gruesome.
A Blaxploitation / WIP combo!
Filipino auteur and Roger Corman collaborator Cirio H. Santiago lensed, wrote (as Leonard Hermes) and produced this odd combination of blaxploitation action pic and chicks-in-chains quickie.
Janine "TNT Jackson" Bell stars as half of a modern day pirate duo who, along with savage sista Rosanne Katon, must rescue Janine's sister from the clutches of evil coffee plantation owner Tony Carreon. Along the way they meet sportscaster-turned-actress Jayne Kennedy, who turns up as Carreon's mistress, and Trina "Thumper" Parks, who plays the head prisoner in Carreon's jive java jail.
Really, this one is for WIP fans only. Trust me on this.