Sexina
| Sexina | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Erik Sharkey |
| Written by | Erik Sharkey |
| Produced by | Lauren D'Avella Adam West Annie Golden Cash Tilton |
| Distributed by | Wild Eye Releasing |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sexina (also known as Popstar Private Eye and Sexina: Popstar P.I.) is a 2007 American comedy film starring Lauren D'Avella and Adam West.[1][2]
The film is written and directed by Erik Sharkey in his directorial debut and features a theme song by The Monkees band member Davy Jones.[1] The film is distributed by Wild Eye Releasing.[1][2]
The film was screened at the 2007 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.[3] A DVD release happened in 2014, and upon this release the theatrical release title was shortened from Sexina: Popstar P.I. to simply Sexina.[4]
Plot
Blonde beautiful pop star Sexina is also a crime fighting private eye who discovers that a former rock star turned scientist has engineered a robot boy band at the behest of the evil bossman of Glitz records.
Cast
- Lauren D'Avella as the title character, Sexina; "Sexina (Lauren D’Avella) is the reigning queen of the pop universe. By night (or whatever), she’s a black-leather-clad crime fighter, busting corruption in the music industry."[3]
- Luis Jose Lopez as Lance Canyon; "...Sexina's strongest competition, the egocentric womanizer Lance Canyon (Luis Jose Lopez)."[4]
- Adam West as the film's villain, leader of Glitz Records; "...“The Boss” of Glitz Records (Adam West! Really!), who’s trying to take over the music world with a robotic boy band...."[3]
- Cash Tilton as the scientist whose technology has been exploited by Adam West's villain[4]
- Kelly Fernald as Vera; "...about a high school reject (Vera, played by Kellie Fernald) getting even with her mean-girl tormentors and doing it with the football team’s star quarterback."[3] Vera is also the winner of an essay contest that leads Sexina to performing at her high school.[4]
- Ronald J. Zambor as the quarterback that Vera has a crush on.[4]
- Annie Golden, who has a cameo role of about one minute.[4]
Critical reception
DVD Talk, "Sexina is not a painful experience, far from the worst the genre has to offer (even landing ever-so-slightly above the median), but it's a directionless movie, a collection of middling jokes collected in a kitchen sink. Writer / director Erik Sharkey takes a bunch of ideas and refuses to make an overt effort to glue them all together, half-heartedly aiming at his handful of satirical targets with a looseness that practically disqualifies the movie from even being a spoof."[4]
New Times Broward-Palm Beach, "It’s all very stupid, very self-conscious, and in excruciatingly poor taste (witness the breathtaking number of gay jokes proffered by the football coach, Sexina’s assistant, and Mr. West). But by the time a would-be assassin is mauled to death for no good reason by a man in a cheap bear costume, you’re convinced that filmmaker Erik Sharkey is nuts enough to try anything. That’s worth a lot."[3]
References
- ^ a b c Sharkey, Erik (June 2, 2016). "Remembering the Late Davy Jones on the 50th Anniversary of the Monkees". HuffPost.
- ^ a b Sharkey, Erik (August 27, 2017). "The Wild World of Wild Eye Releasing". HuffPost.
- ^ a b c d e Thorp, Brandon K. (November 1, 2007). "Campy to the Max". New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Sexina: Pop Star PI.
- ^ a b c d e f g Foster, Tyler (October 10, 2014). "Sexina". DVD Talk.