"Hard Ticket to Hawaii" is a movie that seems to have all the right ingredients, but somehow they never quite gel. There are beautiful, fit women in skimpy clothing or less, exotic locations, witty / corny dialogue ("If brains were bird crap, your cage would be clean"), killer frisbees (!), explosions, etc. But the pacing could have been snappier, the girls could have kicked more a$$ (the villainess-bodybuilder is definitely underused), and that snake is the fakest snake in the history of snakes! Still, Dona Speir handles her role with conviction and Hope Marie Carlton is just adorable. For all his flaws, Andy Sidaris remains one of the few American directors who love the girls-with-guns genre so much. (**1/2)