The movies were unique for their time period in focusing on a pair of female law enforcement officers versus two men, which was the standard approach to the subgenre.
[1] Most films in the series focus on a team of women with proficiency in various black ops (most notably aviation and firearms training) taking on a variety of criminal organizations, usually drug dealers or arms traffickers.
The two films in the series not directed by Andy Sidaris reverse the formula by focusing on a new male protagonist, Chris Cannon (Bruce Penhall), who is aided by female sidekicks.
Malibu Express is a 1985 American action film starring Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Lori Sutton, and Art Metrano.
While investigating rich socialites, amorous naked vixens, and an ex-con with a penchant for blackmail, and keeping it all from his sexy lady cop friend Beverly Mcafee, Cody puts himself in the crosshairs of the traitorous tech spies who will gladly kill to stay in business.
Soon other Agency operatives get involved, and a full-scale fight to the finish ensues, complicated by the escape of a very dangerous snake infected by deadly toxins from cancer-infested rats.
It is a direct sequel to Hard Ticket to Hawaii with Dona Speir and Hope Marie Carlton returning as Donna and Taryn, but features another Abilene brother, Travis (played by Steve Bond) as its new lead.
[citation needed] Hawaiian agents Donna and Taryn join a Travis Abilene, who is out to stop a criminal mastermind and assassin seeking out a valuable piece of artwork.
[citation needed] International crime lord Juan Degas, also known as Jack of Diamonds, stages a brutal murder to lure federal agents away from Hawaii in an attempt to smuggle assault weapons from China to South America through their territory.
[citation needed] Do or Die is a 1991 American action film starring Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Cynthia Brimhall, Bruce Penhall, Pat Morita and Erik Estrada.
[citation needed] A bounty has been placed on the head of agents Donna and Nicole by Japanese crime lord Masakana 'Kane' Kaneshiro and six teams of lethal assassins are hunting them down.
[citation needed] Hard Hunted is a 1992 American action film starring Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Cynthia Brimhall, Bruce Penhall and Geoffrey Moore.
A team of three further agents, Donna Hamilton, Nicole Justin, and Edy Stark, is then sent in to try to retrieve the situation, fighting a gang of hi-tech smugglers with a deadly array of weaponry and erotic charms.
[citation needed] International arms dealer Martin Kane seeks a Russian imperial diamond which was stolen by a Nazi officer from a Leningrad museum during WWII.
Three Federal agents go in search of gold supposedly hidden by Quantrell during the Civil War after they are suspended by a corrupt official for excessive force during a drug raid.
[citation needed] A stolen computer floppy disc filled with information about the location of a mythical treasure in Savage Island will lure both villains and L.E.T.H.A.L.