Bikini Bandits (2000)

Bikinis. Bandits. The title here pretty much tells all. In addition to offering several episodes of BIKINI BANDITS, this collection of shorts also includes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of BIKINI BANDITS. With a total running time of 40 minutes, the behind-the-scenes look at BIKINI BANDITS is as long as any of the films. In it, Steven Grasse, the genius behind the idea of putting strippers in bikinis, explains the intellectual underpinnings on which BIKINI BANDITS is based and tosses in some exciting info on how these three- and four-minute shorts were made.

The material of BIKINI BANDITS is technically excellent. The cinematography and editing are stylistically informed by countless MTV videos and carried out with a joyful pizazz. This creative freedom, combined with the paper-thin characters and the lack of any real nudity, violence, or plot progression, provides an end result that will delight many.