Review of Vixen! (1968) by Christophe M — 01 Mar 2011

'Vixen! (1968)' has the typical Russ Meyer trait of an empowered voluptuous leading lady, played with flair by Erica Gavin. Blurring the lines between pornography and sexploitation in typical Meyer fashion, Vixen quite happily romps her way through men, women, and even her own brother.

Yet the leading lady is inherently flawed, marred by racism and quite appalling behaved towards her brothers black friend, Niles, played brilliantly by Harrison Page. The film also touches on subjects such as communism and American politics, raising it quite obviously above the seedy levels of pornography, yet still unashamedly flashes plenty of tits and ass about the screen.

While the last third of the film does become far more dramatic and story driven, it also slows down considerably. The dialogue throughout is wonderful, an obvious inspiration to Tarantino, and quite often peppered with hilarity.

The ending is interesting, not quite as expected yet also quite believable. A good film to use as an introduction to Russ Meyer.