Review of Time Served (1999) by Giovanni V — 19 Aug 2011

Probably attains the highest point any WIP film can reach as this one even strives for some honest emotions amid the exploitation - the nerve! Catherine Oxenberg is convicted by a harsh, corrupt judge with a grudge for killing her husband in self-defense. After initial resistance, she's off to the strip club with the rest of the inmates to circumvent abuse from the guards and expose the dirty deeds of the system.

This one has it all really - gratuitous nudity and legitimate actors all wrapped in one! Louise Fletcher is a hoot as the acid-tongued prison warden, while Bo Hopkins steals the show as the hilariously sleazy strip club owner, my favorite performance in this type role of all time. Oxenberg is convincing and even earns our sympathy as the unjustly imprisoned mother, plus who doesn't want to see this Princess take her kit off? 3 stars is generous, but since it represents the peak of the field I will allow it - call me guilty as charged.