I recently got slapped by a B-flick.

....And I liked it. In fact, I think I would like to be slapped around some more. A couple of good slappings upside my geek head could probably do me some good.

Now how does this all sound to you?.......

Insanely beautiful women. Explosions. Fifteen minute long cat fights. Bloodshed. Explosions. Firearms. Martial Arts. Lots of tight clothes. A water fight you wouldn't believe. Explosions.

How can these words not appeal to the male geek psyche? Well, I'll tell ya. A couple of filmakers put together a sweet little show that has all of that and more within it. I speak of a motion picture that slipped under the cracks, but has emerged triumphantly upon video.

It is the wonderment that is BITCH SLAP!

This movie will not be laden with accolades amongst critics or be heralded as a great, geek genre masterpiece along the lines of Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction. There will be no best actor or actress Oscars handed out.

But what Bitch Slap does have going for it is the fact that it is a totally, in your face and unapologetically great big over the top Grade "B" action flick.

Bitch Slap is the tale of how three women (Hel, Trixie and Camero) come upon what they believe is the location of a hidden cache of "treasure" buried out in the desert. Each of them have a mysterious checkered past that are slowly revealed throughout the film.

When I first popped this bad boy into the ol' '360 I wasn't expecting too much. In fact I was expecting some horrible flick that was shot on a video camera in somebody's garage and backyard. But the production quality is pretty top notch as they make very good use of the green screen method to use as virtual sets that come out looking quite fantastic and lend to the over the top feel to the whole film.

Ok folks, here's the part of the review where I let my lonely geek-freak flag fly quite high. While in that process, I'll also be making myself quite vulnerable to restraining orders.

To put it simply, the three female leads are quite smoking hot! A fact that the producers, director and writers certainly exploited to the fullest extent. They put these girls in situations that will have the lesser man running to the bottle of Jurgens that's kept hidden behind the sofa..... in most homes....... or so I hear. Ehem.

If you're looking for a big nudity-fest, you won't find it here. Bitch Slap keeps it somewhat classy by not reverting to cheap boob shots.

Even though the movie subversively makes fun of itself for being so over the top, it still succeeds in having a bit of a twist at the ending.

Another attribute about this flick that I wanted to mention to the geek nation out there on the inter-web is that if you happen to be an old fan of the Xena or Hercules shows, you'll have a vested interest in this movie. Many familiar faces from those shows have smaller roles and cameo appearances in the movie. You'll get to see a lot of them in the documentary about the making of Bitch Slap which is in the extras section of the DVD. The documentary is just as fun, and long, as the movie itself.

Again, if you're in the mood for some outlandish action with three beautiful women in a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, then this is a movie you'll want to take a peek at.


In other geeky endeavors....

You'll notice that this blog is a little more active than it's been throughout the winter months. It's spring and the weather is getting unseasonably warm lately and I think it's thawing me out and rejuvenating my creative juices a bit.

I'm still faring through DragonAge: Origins. It's long, epic storyline is starting to get a little weighted and I'm taking a break on it and started up Mass Effect 2, which is a little more addictive in it's game play mechanics.

After Mass Effect 2 I will either return to DragonAge or start up on Red Dead Redemption. I've also found out that both GTA4 and Borderlands has come out with added content discs for those of us that don't have access to DLC. Then Crackdown 2 comes out in July. What's a gamer to do?

And on top of all of the video gaming there's also some good old fashioned table top games going on. Both my friends Mad Mario and Roberto Del Amorte have started out new fantasy RPG campaigns that I'll be playing in. Roberto is running D&D 4th Ed. and Mario is running the Lord of the Rings RPG.

So my geek calendar is crammed full of nerdosity for the foreseeable future.

What am I listening to lately? Well, a friend at work has been introducing me to some headbanging goodness. My ears have bled to the likes of Shadows Fall, Overkill and Five Finger Death Punch. Check them out, wont you?

That's it for this post. Let the slappin' begin!

Zangz.