Hustler Squad

You pay for  the pleasure, the killing is free.

There's nothing that smell as good as an exploitation B movie. Specially if the movie is a rare item that is worth the buy just because it is one of those good old school Philippines war movies.  By now everyone must be familiar with the concept of "so bad it's good," and for me, that's where this shlockfest came down. Entertainingly horrible. yes, that's not a grammar issue, it's the pure truth.

Hustler Squad is a 1975 low budget piece that takes place in the 1940's, but they didn't quite pull it off. Everything still looks like it was shot in the Philippines in the 70's for a budget of two dollars, which it was (too bad they don't even mention on the package that it's supposed to be a World War II movie).

But this thing is so clichéd it's hilarious! Anyone who would dare to call his lead character "Major Stony Stonewall" with a semi-straight face is my kind of idiot. Ah yes, the blustery, cigar-chomping chauvinist pig commander who "doesn't play by the rules." Haven't we seen this a FEW times before? I was rolling my eyes and chuckling at the same time. Women with nothing to lose are recruited in Australia by the U.S. Major during World War II to infiltrate a "resort island" where top Japanese generals are going to be gathering soon for a secret meeting and a little pre-paid cookie. Their secret mission: get 'em in bed, and get 'em dead.

These ladies are the ultimate killing weapon.

I just love the exploitation promo posters.

Believe it or not, most of these B movies had their glorious VHS release.

Yes, most of the action is fist fighting, but there's two military battles, one at the beginning and one at the climax of the film, plenty of machine guns firing blanks and Filipino extras sliding down hills to a fake death, a little bit of fake movie blood, and hell, even a guard tower that gets blown up real good. What do you people want from a low budget Filipino production from 1976, CGI effects? They worked with what they had.

It might be a quirk of copyright, but I don't think this is public domain in the United States. Seems like everyone who commented bought it at a pound shop in England, which means that maybe nobody got any royalties. You can buy it on the Big Screen Bombshells 12 movie pack Millcreek Entertainment released a few years ago for less than $10 dollars. Plus, you get 11 extra films that are way better than this Hustler Squad adventure.

Dressed to kill.

"I could kill him while swallowing his load"

Alright ladies, I got a boner, who's in?

Am I disappointed after watching Hustler Squad in its entirety? NO! No I tell you! There is plenty of entertainment to behad here. This is a great film to build your own home drive-in theater. A lovable piece of dung. Recommended for Drive-In Movie heads. Certainly one of the best World War II hooker assassin movie I've seen. But I've got a better title. How about...THE FLIRTY DOZEN??? (groan....) Yeah, that wouldn't even work. There were only four of them.

Being such an obscure film, the movie lacks a trailer but does have a good old fashioned radio AD you might love to listen to: