8 Female Action Films You Probably Haven't Seen

Former Playmate of the Month Jeanne Bell fills in for Pam Grier in this Philippines-shot Blaxploitation action movie, playing a street-smart young woman who gets into fights every five minutes while searching for her missing brother.

Though game, Bell is no Pam Grier and certainly no martial artist, meaning her fight scenes are mostly good for laughs until her stunt double steps in to perform all the spine shattering bone blasting kung-fu kicks this one mamma massacre squad seems incapable of in close-up shots.

She does get one memorable fight scene, though. Confronted by gangsters, Bell plunges the room into darkness, removes her clothes (“You want it black, you got it black!”), and goes one on one with her assailants.

Produced by Roger Corman and co-written by Dick Miller, the film’s provenance alone guarantees it cult status, but it’s the unbelievable fight scenes and lively dialogue (“I’m gonna find ‘em, I’m gonna get ‘em and I’m gonna bust the motherfu**ers to pieces!”) that make it a must-see.