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Three stunning young ladies and Candise Lakota down dressed, rob convince and liquor stores of cigarettes. They eventually make it to the big time and get caught (opening scene). They are in bikinis sometime. The film takes place in San Diego. At the end the film tells you this was based on a true story of four people in Canada...who were all guys. Seriously? Why even mention it.

Low budget film. Sound quality questionable. Acting was dry and predictable.

Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity. Part of a 10 pack "Feel the Heat" $5.00 US Walmart.

Somewhere in the first 5 seconds of this horrible movie I realized that it didn't even have the budget to have some edge to it. I don't know how in God's name this was cycled into my local "Redbox" except maybe because it was shot entirely in San Diego. There is no redeeming quality to it whatsoever. I suppose I was supposed to be feeling allured by the cinematographer's choice to always center the camera on the "T" or the "A", but somehow it's like watching "The View" with the same approach.

It's as if the director desperately wanted to give depth to the girls, but the cameras and everything else in the entire universe just wanted to turn them into objects. The closing shot of the movie was a close up on the butts of each of the girls, yet the dialog suggested something out of a feminist handbook.

I think the biggest slap in the face to this worthless waste of 30 minutes of my life ( out of self preservation I had fast forwarded through most of it) is that after hearing throughout the entire movie, that these girls were the real deal, and they did these crimes in San Diego, and it's """"""based on a true story""""" that the true story was in fact about 4 MEN IN CANADA!!!! The setting and the fact they were hot girls were the ONLY two selling points, and you find out that neither EVER occurred.

I could forgive everything else if it weren't boring, but it was, if there was intrigue or character development, or motive, or acting, or even a steady camera. There was nothing. I have made better movies with my brother in my backyard when I was 14.

Of the four previous reviews, three condemn this movie and the fourth praises it, so I guess I'm going to please no-one by admitting that although I certainly found the film disappointing, it was reasonably well directed and by no means a total write-off. Of the four members of the not-so-called "Champagne Gang" (there is no champagne in the movie that I can recollect), three of the ladies are certainly beautiful enough to display their assets with a modicum of success. True, there is no total nudity, but enough feminine flesh is on display to keep the eyes of the average male viewer glued to the screen. The story is not bad either. It moves at a fast enough clip, has plenty of action and the director makes good use of more actual locations than you would normally see in a lifetime. True the alluring cover of the Maverick Entertainment DVD does seem to promise more feminine flesh than is actually on display, but that is by no means an uncommon occurrence with DVD releases in general - even from the most prestigious studios!

THE CHAMPAGNE GANG is nothing more than an indie version of the Hollywood blockbuster CHARLIE'S ANGELS. It tries throughout to be slick and stylish but fails miserably in the attempt due to being nearly plotless and meandering. There's no real scope here at all, just a bunch of women chatting with barely any kind of action whatsoever. It's entirely aimless.