Another disappointing three girls film from New World, along with Fly Me, which had the same director, star and was also about three girls who go from Los Angeles to Hong Kong and then Manila. In this case the girls are models, which means we have lots of scenes of them trying on dresses. Being a model doesn't normally produce a lot of stories, as any viewer of Models Inc will be able to tell you, and the ones here are particular dim: accidentally getting some microfilm in a dress, being mistaken for the daughter of the American ambassador and kidnapped, trying to make it as a model, trying to get a role in the film.
Too many of the stories are dumb and have the leads being passive. You'll laugh at the scenes with one of the models continually being attacked and saved by a kung fu rescuer. Also too much screen time is given to men, such as the sleazy photographer, and it's men saving the day all the time. There's none of the fun and camaraderie found in the best of these movies, and few genuinely sexy scenes.
And it's a shame because the leads include Pat Anderson, the leggy, likeable star of many movies around this time (who then disappeared from screens) and Tara Stromeiher, the gangly frizzy-haired star of Hollywood Boulevard who has genuine comic talent, and is fun as a klutzy model. Mary Woronov appears at the beginning as their agent and it's a shame she doesn't have a bigger part. It only goes for 70 minutes but still feels padded out with scenes of the girls trying on clothes and travelogue shots. Dim, poor and only for New World completists.
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