FIT TO KILL (1993)
Label: Mill Creek EntertainmentRegion Code: A
Duration: 94 Minutes
Rating: R
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.78:1)
Director: Andy Sidaris
Cast: Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Geoffrey Moore, Bruce Penhall,Tony Peck, Cynthia Brimhall, Rodrigo Obregón, Michael J. Shane, Ava Cadell, Skip Ward, Chu Chu Malave, Richard Cansino, Carolyn Liu, Brett Baxter Clark
Fit To Kill (1993) is the eighth titty-filled film in a series of tongue-in-cheek action-fantasies from horn-dog director Andy Sidaris. At the start of the film we find the bikini-clad L.E.T.H.A.L. agents Donna (Dona Speir, Dragnet) and Nicole (Roberta Vasquez, Picasso Trigger) splashing around beneath a waterfall, then spinning on a dime into a
training exercise with their male counterparts, and surprisingly that is not a euphemism for sex. Something I noticed right away with this film is that brings back the use of remote-controlled vehicles, which were conspicuously absent from Hard Hunted (1992). The R/C stuff has long been a bit of a trademark of the director, and he really crams as many as he can into this one. We get a remote-controlled car, a motorcycle, and there's even an R/C helicopter aerial dog fight!
Being a direct sequel to Hard Hunted (1992) we see the return of bad-guy Kane (Geoffrey Moore, Fire, Ice & Dynamite), still playing the villain with a bit of his father's 007 style, there's even a strange fantasy sequence that looks like a promo-shoot for a Bond film. The plot this time is more of the same, the bad-ass L.E.T.H.A.L. cuties must prevent Kane from stealing an infamous Russian jewel from an Asian crooked businessman named Chang (Aki Aleong, Kuffs). Chang's holding a big gala event to present the jewel back to a Russians diplomat played by Sidaris regular Rodrigo Obregón (Hard Hunted). Also back are the bumbling hitmen Chu Chi Malave (Mausoleum) and Richard Cansino (Hard Hunted) as the typically goofy codenamed Evel and Kenevil, fucking things up in the usual explosive way.
Notably this was the last of the Sidaris films to star longtime headliners, and former Playboy Playmates, Dona Speir and Roberta Vasquez as the sexy L.E.T.H.A.L. agents Donna and Nicole, and they will be missed, I have grown quite fond of them. While they were on their this film marked the introduction of Penthouse Pet Julie Strain (Enemy Gold) as the leggy Blu Steele, a fem-fatale who is memorably introduced doing sexy yoga-type stuff at the top of the Aladdin casino
overlooking Las Vegas.
Audio/Video: Fit To Kill (1993) arrives on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment with a spiffy-looking 4k restoration prepared by the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA). Like the previous restorations it's a good looking image with a healthy grain structure. Colors are vivid, and the skin tones looks natural throughout. The 1080p image is framed in 1.78:1 widescreen. Audio comes by way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo audio that sounds good, it's clean and well-balanced with optional English Subtitles.
All the extras are ported over from the previous special edition DVDs, we get an introduction for the film from director Andy Sidaris who is joined by the typically topless Julie Strain, plus we get an audio commentary from the director and his producer wife, plus 22-mins of Malibu Bay trailers. The accompanying 39-min behind-the-scenes featurette is great, it even features a clip from the Monster-vision TV program with Joe Bob Briggs, and we get a cool Easter Egg filled with nudity. Like the other films on the set this release also comes with a digital code of the film for Mill Creek Entertainment streaming service movieSPREE.
- All new 4K transfer by the American Genre Film Archive
- Introduction by Director Andy Sidaris & Julie Strain (2 min)
- Audio Commentary with Andy and Arlene Sidaris
- Malibu Bay Trailers: Hard Hunted, Hard Ticket To Hawaii, Malibu Express, Picasso Trigger, Return To Savage Beach, Savage Beach, The Dallas Connection, Day of the Warrior, Do Or Die, Enemy Gold, Fit To Kill, Guns (22 min)
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (39 min)
- Easter Egg (1 min)
Fit To Kill (1993) might be bittersweet with the sexy leads leaving the series, but it's still a ton o' fun, we get the usual tongue-in-cheek humor, lots of goofy action and plenty of eye-candy. It's got all the stuff we've come to expect from the series and even a bit more.
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