Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
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It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
View More"Rolls-Royce Baby" is a Swiss German-language movie from 1975, so this one is already over 40 years old. The writer and director is prolific Swiss filmmaker Erwin C. Dietrich (under several aliases) and he is known for having worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, so it is no surprise that his lead here is Franco muse Lina Romay. She is joined by Eric Falk here and several actors that you probably have never heard of before. Well what can you say about this one? Story-wise it is very much a failure as for the entire almost 90 minutes we see a woman being driven around in a Rolls Royce and she has sex with random strangers on many occasions. The good thing is really that this woman is Lina Romay who was around the age of 20 when this was made and is simply stunningly beautiful, in my opinion one of the most beautiful women from her time and the only reason she did not get this approval by media is probably because of how explicit the films were, the ones she starred in. And this one here is porn too, there can be no denying. Sex is the core of it all and when there is none, then there is still masturbation for example. But it is fairly good for a porn film, which is also why I am a bit generous with my rating here despite the lack of a plot and story. One lesbian scene is included as well for those who prefer lighter types than Romay (not me for sure), so they made some solid decisions with this film I will admit. Nonetheless, it is obviously far from a level where I would recommend seeing it. Even if you really love Romay as much as I do, then it is not a quality watch by any means unless you are really really horny. I give this one a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
View MoreLina Romay plays the "Rolls-Royce Baby", an irresistible Erotic Diva who rides around in -you guessed it- a Rolls-Royce in search for simulated sex with strangers. She is chauffeured by the great and multi-talented Eric Falk ("Barbed Wire Dolls"), a staple in Edwin C. Dietrich's line of bland-yet-intriguing "erotic" flicks. Here Falk sets aside his usual role as verbal abuser and whipper of female prison inmates to showcase his tender side, his furious nude karate technique, and his ability to drive a Rolls-Royce extremely slowly through the Swiss countryside.Like in "Gefangene Frauen" AKA "Island Women", Dietrich's sense of light and color adds visual appeal to a fairly dull storyline, which makes this film almost watchable. Another plus is that the film adheres strictly to Dietrich's 10 second rule, which dictates that no more than 10 seconds shall pass without on-screen nudity, preferably in the form of close-ups of female pubes. Yet despite the undeniable effectiveness of these techniques, "Rolls-Royce Baby" starts to fall apart after only twenty minutes, thanks to the complete absence of anything resembling a plot.It's fair to say that this film doesn't qualify as good by virtually any standards, including prurient ones. Falk almost saves the day with his atrocious performance and spectacular martial arts displays, but doesn't overcome the meandering, repetitive "plot" that eventually calls for the fast-forward button. It's probably best to stay away from this film.
View MoreThe PAL ABCDVD release appears to be completely uncut. This movie is very porn-like in nature. This particular DVD has a blow job scene with Lina Romay & it contains a lot of nudity including parts of both male & female anatomy.Definitely not something you want the kids to see. It is a relatively slow film about a nymphomaniac (Romay) who has her driver driving her around while she has sex in her Rolls Royce.Not something I can recommend unless you're a Romay fan or a fan of classic erotica.If you want to see a good Lina Romay film, then definitely check out Jess Franco's Eugenie.
View MoreSwiss director Erwin C. Dietrich is responsible for producing some of Franco's best movies, including JACK THE RIPPER, FRAUENGEFANGIS, and TROPICAL INFERNO, but as a director, manages to be more consistently enjoyable than Franco. His gore-sodden, laugh-riot biker thriller MAD FOXES, the near-hardcore WIP exploiter CAGED WOMEN, and NIGHT OF THE FEMALE COLONEL - the latter two starring Brigitte Lahaie - are well worth a look. So is this one, even if it is quite repetitive to watch, being not that much more than your usual hardcore filth. The plot, or what counts as one, involves a young woman (Romay, who looks stunning here) who gets humiliated by two crude long-distance truckers whilst hitch-hiking. After they've both had their way with her, they throw her out of the truck and keep her clothes.She becomes rich and famous, thanks to a fortuitous movie-role. The incident is still very much on her mind, and she apends her days reversing the role she played. Picking up numerous lucky sods in the back of her Rolls Royce, and satisfying herself on them, she drives off and moves onto the next.Dietrich regular Eric Falk plays her chauffeur, and almost steals the show with his scenes of intense, straight-into-the-camera kung-fu, clad in a pair of disappearing karate trousers. These are the standouts of the movie, as is the sequence where the truck-driver gets a fit of the giggles watching Romay get off with his mate.The rest of the film concentrates on hardcore couplings, but these are very nicely-shot in bright yellow and greens, mirroring the countryside where Romay's character lives. Most hardcore movies get more than a little tedious with their repetitiveness, and this one is no exception, but at least Dietrich has the good sense to throw in a lot of humour.Any movie that has Lina Romay brushing her pubes in close-up can't be all bad, can it?
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