As soon as I saw this ultracampy gem on the shelves of Blockbuster shelves, I knew it was filmed for the expressed purpose of being the first subject of little column. It's completely unfitting to view this movie whilst completely sober, but I will endeavor to rate this flick accurately as possible.
The movie centers around two hitwoman drag queens Ginger ( Alexis Arquette, aka Eva Destruction) and Coco (Omar Alexis) Arquette and Alexis are perhaps the best looking film drag queens I've ever seen. They're far more attractive than Wesley Snipes' Noxeema Jackson. Ok, that's not a fair comparison; if I put a dress on my cat, he'd be a better drag queen than Snipes. Seriously though, the ladies are lovely.
Arquette and Alexis give the only passable acting performances in the film. The plot is silly, as can be expected. A baddie called Uncle A (Don Edmonds) wants a brief case controlled by his fellow baddie Richie (Don Lucas) and the real reason for this isn't revealed until the end. So naturally, our ladies have to kill everyone that stands to share in the contents of the briefcase. That's about it for the plot. The film makes a passing attempt at interpersonal drama by having Ginger's boyfriend Bobby (Mario Diaz) and Coco not like either other.
Most of the acting is terrible and the camera work in very uneven (at one point in Ginger and Coco's living room, it looked like we were looking through a security camera.) Where the film succeeds is that it doesn't take itself too seriously and never has any delusions about being a great movie by most conventional standards. Your mom won't like it, but if you will, you already know who you are ;)
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