Scream of the Bikini is a spy spoof set in the 60's.  Supermodel bounty hunters Bridget (Kelsey Wedeen) and Sophia (Rebecca Larsen), after killing a man who was trying to blow up a plane, find themselves wrapped up in a web of intrigue and murder as they try to stop the evil organization S.I.A.D. from killing the five U.N. ambassadors from the security council that are about to declare a plan to bring about world peace.  In their mission, they're both helped and hindered by another international spy type playboy named Humbert (Darrett Sanders).  Much of the drama revolved around a computer chip designed by the dead man that's necessary for S.I.A.D.'s plans to be put into motion.  It's the most powerful computer chip ever designed.  It can hold 1k of information and process a mind blowing 75 mathamatical operations per second...and the girls have it.  Now it's up to them to stop the evil organization from carrying out it's plans to destroy the world's chances of ever having a lasting peace, oh...and to look really good while doing it.

Cheese.  Some films have an abundance of it unintentionally, while others, like Scream of the Bikini, grab two big handfulls of it and smear it all over the screen.  Regardless of how its intended, cheese can either be a good thing or a bad thing.  If it's the kind of cheese that makes you groan with pain when you see it, that's bad.  However, if it's the kind of cheese that makes you sit there with a big grin on your face the whole time...that's good.  Fortunately this film didn't fall into the former category.  Scream of the Bikini is a seriously fun film, and if you have any sense of humor or fun at all, you'll be at the very least smiling through most of it.

The 60's seem to be the perfect decade for cheesy spy flicks.  I mean let's face it, that was a pretty cheesy decade, so naturally it's the decade this story takes place in.  The film maker actually took it a bit farther though.  He made characters, playing characters, out of both himself and the cast, complete with bios on the website.  For example, our two spy girls, Bridget and Sophia, are played by South American actresses Jasmine Orosco and Paola Apanapal.  Only...they're actually played by real life American actresses Kelsey Wedeen and Rebecca Larson.  Kudos to the film maker for adding this extra layer of coolness to his film.  It took a lot of creativity to come up with all this stuff.

The film itself is a lot of fun.  Our two intrepid heroines seem pretty oblivious to the people dying around them.  For them it's just another occurance in a string of occurances.  Just another day so to speak.  The whole film is dubbed as well...again, in a cheesy way, even though you can see they're all speaking English.  Most of it lines up with what they're saying, which is kind of funny because it creates that whole, "If they were speaking English, then why was it dubbed in English?" vibe, which only adds to the fun.  The only quirk in this is when they say the name of one of the characters called Sandy (Kimberly Atkinson).  It looks like they're saying Ezmerelda or something, but they dubbed over the name Sandy instead.  Just another little quirk to make you say, "Huh?".

The settings, the costumes and the entire story are all really well done and totally suited to the genre of the film.  There's even a bit part that includes Taylor Negron (If you see him you'll know who he is.  He was the mailman in Better off Dead and has been in tons of other stuff) and Walter Koenig (Checkov from Star Trek), although for some reason Walter Koenig isn't listed in the credits on IMDB.  It was great to see him again though.

As for the technicals, this film was extremely well made and the visuals, editing and music all lent themselves perfectly to what film maker Kiff Scholl was trying to accomplish.

The film had it's premiere at Cinespace on September 14th, but I'm not sure when the DVD, but it seems to be making the rounds at film festivals at the moment, and will be appearing at the ThrillSpy International Film Festival on October 8, 2009.  If you get a chance to see this film at a festival, be sure to check it out.  If not, then definitely keep an eye out for the eventual DVD release and pick yourself up a copy when it's available.

If you'd like to find out more about this film, check out the film's website at http://www.screamofthebikini.com.