Day of the Warrior (5 Stars)

This is the eleventh film in the Andy Sidaris collection, made in 1996. This time he's listed as the director again, even though he was really the director for the last two films. This is the third film in which the agency, now finally named LETHAL, is based in Dallas, not Molokai.

In this film LETHAL's security is compromised by a man codenamed The Warrior. He's a former CIA agent who's gone rogue. Judging by his appearance, it would be more accurate to say that he's gone native. The agency fears that he'll identify and kill the double agents working in his organisation.

The new head of the LETHAL agency in Dallas is Willow Black, played by Julie Strain. "Wait!" you must be asking, "Wasn't she killed in the last film?" Actually, she was killed in the last three films. Andy Sidaris had the annoying habit of recycling his actors. Julie Strain was a bad girl and was killed in the last three films. Now she's a good girl, and she survives. In a way, that's a shame. She's such a deliciously evil character when she's bad that I hate to see her being good.

There will never be another woman like Julie Strain. Six foot one and worth the climb. But when you reach the peak you'll fall to your death.

Julie K. Smith returns as Agent Cobra. No complaints there. She survived the last film.

In the last film Scorpion was played by Wendy Hamilton. Now it's Tammy Parks. It's difficult to keep up with the constant changes in Andy's films. The same actors play different characters, but the same characters are played by different actors.

A new addition to the agency is Shae Marks as Tiger. She carries a gun, and she knows how to use it. We'll see a lot more of her in the next film.

These two girls aren't named in the film, although they're called Alice and Ginger in the credits. Alice is played by Carolyn Liu, who played Agent Silk in three of the previous films. What's unusual about her non-speaking cameo in "Day of the Warrior" is that in the next film she'll appear as Silk again.

Rodrigo Obregon returns yet again, this time as Manuel, one of the crooks working for the Warrior. I've lost count of how many times he's been killed. Here he's accompanied by his assistant Kym. She's played by Raye Hollitt, a former female bodybuilder. It's not only Playmates who look beautiful.

Which reminds me, here's the regular round up of Playmates and Pets.

• Shae Marks (Tiger) was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in May 1994.
• Julie Strain (Black Widow) was Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1991, and she was Pet of the Year in 1993.
• Julie K. Smith (Cobra) was Penthouse Pet of the Month in February 1993. She also appeared in Playboy in November 1995.
• Tammy Parks (Scorpion) was a Penthouse Centerfold, month unknown.

I'll finish with a few more photos of Julie K. Smith. She deserves it.

Even when she's in bed, Cobra's gun is never far away.

If there's a better way to die than being shot by a busty beauty, I don't know it.