Hard Ticket to Hawaii

"Pay the price for paradise!"

1987 1h 36m EN

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★5.0TMDB · 141

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A Molokai-based civilian pilot and an undercover DEA agent intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for druglord Seth Romero. Seth, his henchmen, and other island undesirables launch a full-scale assault on the duo. If they're going to survive, they'll need the help of agent Rowdy Abilene and his partner/kickboxing expert Jade.

“Pay the price for paradise!”

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Cast

Ronn Moss
Rowdy Abilene
Dona Speir
Donna Hamilton
Hope Marie Carlton
Taryn
Harold Diamond
Jade
Rodrigo Obregón
Seth Romero
Cynthia Brimhall
Edy Stark
Patty Duffek
Pattycakes
Wolf Larson
J.J. Jackson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andy Sidaris
Writers: Andy Sidaris
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Bullets, Bombs, and Babes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andy Sidaris, shot by Howard Wexler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gary Stockdale. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael Haight shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ronn Moss and Dona Speir and Hope Marie Carlton carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Pay the price for paradise!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093146 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Andy Sidaris directs. Howard Wexler behind the camera. Gary Stockdale scores. Michael Haight cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Bullets, Bombs, and Babes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Andy Sidaris, shot by Howard Wexler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Gary Stockdale. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Michael Haight shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ronn Moss and Dona Speir and Hope Marie Carlton carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Pay the price for paradise!".
8IMDB entry: tt0093146 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "undercover agent", "diamond", "hawaii", "bikini".

The technical file

Cinematography: Howard Wexler
Original score: Gary Stockdale
Editing: Michael Haight
Production design: Sal Grasso
Costume design: Fionn
Makeup / hair: Richard Jerins
Stunt coordinator: John Thorp
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)

Part of

Bullets, Bombs, and Babes Collection

"Bullets, Bombs, and Babes" or "Bullets, Bombs, and Boobs" (BBB for short) is a series of B-movies produced between 1985 and 1998 by Andy Sidaris. All were action flicks featuring buxom gun-toting Playboy Playmates and Penthouse Pets with titles like Fit to Kill and Savage Beach. Most of Sidaris' "Triple B" series (later given the title L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies) focused on the adventures of a team of secret agents and were mostly filmed in Hawaii. Several entries in the series were merely produced by him and were written and directed by others. Although the series featured recurring characters, continuity between films was not a priority and it was common for an actress who played a villain (and was killed off) in one film to re-appear in a subsequent film as a hero.

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DrMarty2012-12-14
How do you begin to describe a movie with gratuitous nudity, bad acting, an implausible plot, 2-dimensional characters, and bad fight scenes? How do you describe the necessity for a mutant snake, an inflatable doll, skateboarding henchmen and razor-bladed frisbees in the same movie? Of course, I COULD mention some of the greatest lines of our generation like,"Life is a bitch and then you die." Or maybe,"Just when you thought it was safe to take a pee."

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