Talisa Soto ("The Living Daylights") is a beautiful actress and in normal circumstances seeing her in a skimpy outfit would be quite enough. She's also a good actress, considering the level of this movie. But she's not Vampirella. As originally drawn in her comic book series Vampirella is built along the lines of Julie Strain.
Given this was a product of the prodigious Jim Wynorski, one would also expect something saucier. Wynorski has never let acting ability bother him before (i.e., his casting of the remarkable Monique Gabrielle, one of the loveliest women to grace the screen in her prime, and possibly one of the worst actresses). Having admired Talisa Soto in "Daylights" I hoped for a fun evening of pure comic-book camp. I was disappointed. The movie is not really campy at all, and Talisa Soto, despite her looks and charm and relatively fine acting talents, could not fill Vampirella's . . . ahem . . . shoes.
Wynorski is no David Lean but he's the tops at what he does, cheapjack ostensible thrillers that are really lame excuses for glimpses of soft-core flesh. Yeah, we all got supersaturated with Julie Strain but surely, with all the aspiring actresses going to Hollywood every year, Wynorski could have located a Julie Strain type, and this time one who can act a little?
Given this was a product of the prodigious Jim Wynorski, one would also expect something saucier. Wynorski has never let acting ability bother him before (i.e., his casting of the remarkable Monique Gabrielle, one of the loveliest women to grace the screen in her prime, and possibly one of the worst actresses). Having admired Talisa Soto in "Daylights" I hoped for a fun evening of pure comic-book camp. I was disappointed. The movie is not really campy at all, and Talisa Soto, despite her looks and charm and relatively fine acting talents, could not fill Vampirella's . . . ahem . . . shoes.
Wynorski is no David Lean but he's the tops at what he does, cheapjack ostensible thrillers that are really lame excuses for glimpses of soft-core flesh. Yeah, we all got supersaturated with Julie Strain but surely, with all the aspiring actresses going to Hollywood every year, Wynorski could have located a Julie Strain type, and this time one who can act a little?