Like so many sex symbols, Welch wanted to prove herself an actress, but who was she kidding, we love her because she was one of the most beautiful women in the world, period.Īs Patrick wrote, this film does have a feminist angle to it. However, she does wear some very tight clothes, revealing that she did not always wear a bra. Unfortunately, Raquel keeps her broads under wraps the entire film. My favorite bit is when Raquel and a competitor are setting up the audience for a race and the other woman yells something to Raquel about, ".packing all the broads." Raquel then comes back with, "At least I got broads, not A-cups. Early on she gets into a shouting match with a large woman named Bertha. Raquel seems to love playing it big and loud yelling at a competitor.
Just as in the WWE, there is lots of trash talking before and after a derby race to get the audience excited. She actually left because she was traded. (Patrick, WWF is so two decades ago) It is sports entertainment, where victories are determined before every competition. Patrick wrote that she left because she lost the contest, but that was just the scenario set up for the fans. The best part of the film happens in or around the ring. Without any explanation, she wears an arm brace in many scenes. As Patrick wrote, it is obvious when a stunt double was used but Raquel did enough of her own skating during production that she reportedly hurt her forearm. It is filled with plenty of roller derby brawls from the ladies and the men's teams. Kansas City Bombers is first and foremost an action film. If you look close you can spot a very young Jodie Foster as Raquel’s daughter Rita. The title seems a bit odd since every thing after the first 20 minutes is set in Portland. leaves Kansas City there is a long montage of her driving, and driving, and driving. Unfortunately the script is pretty awful, edged out just slightly by the direction.
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Not only does she have numerous scenes in the rink, she also has a full on fist-fight with her arch rival on some railroad tracks while a train is coming.Īs a time capsule and for the groundbreaking action by a woman, this movie should be better remembered. Sure Raquel flaunts her body but she also shows that a woman can carry an action movie. In its own way this movie promotes Women’s Lib. She obviously trained hard for this role. To be honest there are a few scenes where you can tell they used a double, but for the most part it is Raquel. It is all an excuse for us to watch Raquel Welch roller skating her ass off while fighting tooth and nail with another chick. She joins the local Roller Derby team, makes enemies with the reigning diva of the team and has an affair with the team owner which causes some drama between K.C. loses and winds up back in Portland, Oregon, where she left her kids with her mom. has a one on one race with her Kansas City rival. It jumps right into the action with the opening segment. This is first and foremost an action movie. In 1972 when this movie was released Welch was, along with Barbra Streisand and Jane Fonda, one of the biggest female box office stars in the world.
Players kicked, tripped and punched each other in a free-for-all mad dash on wheels. Roller Derby, for those who don’t remember, was a team race on roller skates around a circular track that was as violent as the WWF. It is a sports movie that centers around a female athlete in the rough and tumble world of Roller Derby.
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