Malibu Express (1985)

Cody: "It's these hands. They're the lethal weapons."

Beverly: "Yeah, just be careful when you play with yourself."

Cody Abiliene is a private detective from Texas, hired to uncover espionage and solve a murder in Malibu. While investigating a rich family, he finds danger and sexy ladies everywhere he goes.
Starring: Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Lori Sutton,

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Who wants a moustache ride ?

Cars, boobs and goons. That's the life of Cody Abiliene. He's a P.I., a cowboy, a ladies man, and the owner of a fast red Delorian, but he's about to work the most dangerous case of his life! Cody is hired to investigate who has been leaking info to "The Russians" from the wealthy Chamberlain estate, but once it becomes a murder case he finds more trouble than he expected.
Be prepared for an exploitation level of bad taste (and bad acting,) but at its core the movie has a decent story with a little bit of heart.
There are all sorts of babes and sleazeballs to meet, but they keep you guessing about who is good, who is bad, and who is here just to show some skin. Cody's actually a decent guy compared to all the other goons, he just happens to be a sex addict. Imagine a poor man's Thomas Magnum and you'll know what I mean.


It's an Andy Sidaris film from start to finish, and although this isn't one of his best it's still full of entertainment. It just seems to be lacking some of the vision that would make his later work into B-movie classics. One interesting element is having Cody narrate the story with voice-overs. Sidaris must have been going for the hardboiled detective vibe, but this cowboy is as far from Philip Marlowe as you can get. But still, it does help move things along and is often the source of laughs.

"You're real horseshit at showing emotions, but I like that in a man." - June

Real muscles, fake brains.

The main fault of the movie is that it's too damn long. If they had cut out 15 minutes of sex scenes, or replaced those with more action, it really would have felt like less of a drag near the end. Luckily, there are some worthwhile twists when all the truths are revealed.
This movie also contains one of the most hilarious, melodramatic death scenes ever. And it's a character we hate, which makes it even better!

Be sure not to miss:
- You'll recognize Regis Philbin on the television. He and Sidaris were friends in real life!
- Did Shane brag about getting raped in prison? What?
- The old helicopter pilot is Harry Hauss.

Internet review:
"This is what the "Dukes Of Hazzard" would be like if it was geared to adults."  - BlackJack_B

Should I watch it?
It's no Hard Ticket to Hawaii, but definitely worth a watch.

Where Can I find it?
On YouTube and I think it's even on Netflix.

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