D.E.B.S.

Plot synopsis:
Four co-eds are about to graduate from a secret academy, where they have been trained since high school to become spies in the paramilitary group D.E.B.S. (Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength). Candidates are selected through a test hidden in the SATs that measures an applicant's ability to fight, cheat, lie, and kill. The team is headed by the somewhat obsessive Max (Meagan Good), who tends to draw her gun at the slightest provocation. The other team members are the prissy and somewhat naive Janet (Jill Ritchie), the chain-smoking and promiscuous French-exchange student Dominique (Devon Aoki), and Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster), who is doubtful about being a spy, despite the fact that she earned a perfect score on her D.E.B.S. test and is now an honor student at the academy. Amy is considering going to art school in Barcelona after graduation, but Max, who has been her best friend since freshman year, tries to convince her that espionage is more important.As the film opens, Amy has broken up with her boyfriend Bobby, a Homeland Security agent. Her personal life takes a back seat to the re-emergence of Lucy Diamond, a criminal mastermind whom, by coincidence, is the subject of Amy's thesis. The D.E.B.S. are sent by the head of D.E.B.S., Miss Petrie (Holland Taylor), to surveil Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster). They arrive at the restaurant Les Deux Amours expecting to witness criminal dealings. Little do they know that Lucy Diamond has simply been set up on a blind date by her chief henchman and best friend, Scud (Jimmi Simpson). She is there to meet an ex-KGB assassin named Ninotchka Kaprova. The date is a disaster. Bobby shows up to confront Amy about their breakup, but accidentally alerts Lucy Diamond to the spies hanging on swings overhead. A shootout erupts, and Diamond escapes in the chaos. The D.E.B.S. follow her, splitting up into two groups with Max and Dominique going one way, and Amy and Janet going the other. Amy and Janet get separated and Amy literally runs into Lucy in a large storage room. They quickly end up in a standoff, with Amy trying to convince Lucy to come quietly. Lucy instead charms Amy (who is surprised to learn Lucy is a lesbian, since none of the material she studied for her thesis revealed this) into lowering her guard and disappears the moment Amy's attention wavers. When the other D.E.B.S. arrive, they praise Amy for being the only federal agent who has ever encountered Lucy and lived to tell about it.Despite Scud's protests ("Not only is she a D.E.B., She's the D.E.B.! She's the perfect score!"), Lucy returns to the squad's residence that night to talk to Amy, with whom she is quite taken. They fight, until Lucy gains the upper hand and forces Amy to go out with her for a night of fun. However, they encounter Janet outside the house. Lucy has no choice but to bring Janet along or risk discovery. They drive to an underground nightclub called 'The Junk Pit', which is reached by driving through holographic barriers disguising it from casual observation. Amy has every intention of sulking in the car, but Janet goes inside to use the bathroom and Amy accompanies her.Inside the club, Lucy notices Amy and convinces her to have a drink. Janet ends up bonding with Scud while Lucy further charms Amy. Lucy is intrigued by Amy's intellect, her breakup with Bobby, and her obvious doubts about being a spy. Amy is fascinated to discover that much of Lucy's deadly reputation has been carefully manufactured and that many if not all of the agents who supposedly died while confronting her actually died from environmental factors like frostbite and Ebola. Lucy senses Amy's attraction and leans in to kiss her only to be interrupted by a shocked Janet and a bemeused Scud.Lucy takes the two D.E.B.S. home. Janet is indignant, claiming that Amy is violating protocol, and is further troubled at learning Amy might be bisexual. Amy blackmails her into silence by reminding her of an incident where Janet "got drunk on peach wine coolers, and nearly got the chancellor of Bulgaria killed" and Amy covered for her. The next day, Miss Petrie meets with Amy and promotes her to squad leader, effectively replacing Max. Max is furious, but must follow Amy as they respond to a bank robbery orchestrated by Lucy.At the bank, Amy and Max bicker over the best approach to rescuing the hostages and capturing Lucy Diamond, who, despite Scud's disapproval, has committed the crime solely for an opportunity to see Amy again. Amy rushes blindly forward and the squad gets trapped inside the bank vault. A chute opens under Amy's feet; she falls out of the vault, leaving the other three behind. Amy arrives in the bank's basement, where Lucy is waiting for her. Meanwhile, the vault has turned into a death trap as the ceiling sprouts large spikes and begins to descend. In the basement, Amy tells Lucy that they cannot be together and gets her to release her squadmates, although, spiked ceiling notwithstanding, Lucy claims her squadmates were never in danger of death, and releases them from the vault. Lucy attempts to cover her interest in order to salvage her pride and turns to leave, but is pulled back by Amy, who can no longer resist her attraction to Lucy. They kiss, and Lucy asks Amy to come with her. The D.E.B.S. arrive in the basement to find Lucy's callsign, diamonds, Amy's tie, and a note spraypainted on the wall reading "I HAVE THE GIRL." They assume Amy has been kidnapped, though Janet seems to know exactly what has happened.Miss Petrie organizes a nationwide manhunt to find Amy while she spends some quality time with Lucy; Janet desperately tried to keep Amy apprised of the situation, but Amy never hears any of Janet's phone messages. Amy shares her art school dream with Lucy, who suggests running off to Barcelona together, where Amy can attend art school and Lucy will rent sailboats to tourists. Lucy and Amy are seen by a jealous Ninotchka, who anonymously tips Max to their location.Lucy and Amy are arguing about their respective professions while the three D.E.B.S. and Bobby close in on Lucy's lair. After a gun battle between Scud and his henchment, they continue onward, and catch the two women in a moment of passion. Mortified, Amy returns to the D.E.B.S and attempts to explain herself. Miss Petrie is ready to exile her, but Max steps in with an alternative to save Amy's reputation and thus prevent the D.E.B.S from looking foolish for having held her in such high academic esteem. Amy will tell everyone that she was brainwashed by Lucy, but that the D.E.B.S. rescued her in the nick of time. Tearfully, Amy agrees to comply. Max is still disgusted with Amy, and Amy finds herself being shunned by her friends for her deception. When the academy headmaster, Mr. Phipps, tries to encourage her on her upcoming graduation, she is further distressed to learn her perfect D.E.B.S. test score meant that she was "a perfect liar."Meanwhile, Lucy does everything she can to win Amy back, returning all the money she has ever stolen and projecting a valentine message into the sky like a Bat-Signal. Finally, she and Scud plan to crash the D.E.B.S. year-end dance, Endgame, where Amy is to be made D.E.B. of the year. At the dance, Lucy gets spotted by security guards and must evade Bobby while Amy gives her speech, unaware of Lucy's presence. Lucy fights her way to the auditorium, where she is just in time to hear Amy publicly condemn her. She is saddened, but catches Amy's eye and smiles hopefully. Amy retracts her entire speech, and admits that the days she spent with Lucy were the best days of her life, before running offstage. She and Lucy find each other in a storage room very like the one in which they first met, and they share another long-awaited kiss. Max, Janet, and Dominique catch up to them, guns raised. But Max has by this time reconciled herself with the fact that her best friend is in love. She lets them go and misdirects Bobby and the security squad so that Amy and Lucy can make their escape. Scud then starts to ask something of Janet, who agrees before he has even finished speaking.The final scene has Lucy and Amy driving off together into the beautiful night.

Tags: romantic, entertaining, queer

Review:
Yes. Slender girls in microskirts with long hair of course!For those who like tattooed trash or twerking, er, women there are 100 other films (or indeed walk around your downtown) for those who love action and dialogue and eye candy, which is the point of cinema and entertainment, here is a film you need to own on DVD.
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Well, M.A. Martinez is certainly entitled to his opinion, but I think a different point of view should also be represented on this page:The way I see it, D.E.B.S. is not a re-hash of Charlie's Angels, nor is it trying to be an action movie.
If the Wizard of Oz had given Charlie's Angels 2 a heart, some brains and some courage it might have become a film like D.E.B.S.Set in a secret girl-spy academy, the film is an action comedy romp, made easy on the eye by silly special effects and the uber-short plaid uniforms of the leads.
D.E.B.S. has the same exuberance as the Austin Powers films without the gross-out humor and the characters neatly blend action genre and teen-movie stereotypes.
Just like "Thelma and Louise" would have been a totally different movie with two men, this one breaks ground by being a cheesy, silly, spy spoof for lesbians.
The movie is WONDERFUL- sure, it is as substantial as cotton candy, but it is GREAT to see a summer-blockbuster-type action film that spoofs so manyclichés, never takes itself seriously, and treats its lesbian characters with respect.
Every look, every facial crinkle, every lip curl, every line and every flash of the eye could not be improved one bit whatsoever, period, end of story.But perhaps most of the kudos for this kitchy, catty, silly, lezurely masterpiece should go to Angela Robinson who came up the idea when she was in film school, as she explains in the extra footage on the DVD.
The simple little touches and dialog are what make this movie so worthy of my undying madly in-love-with-ness.Here, as Lucy and Amy are having their first fight, Lucy (the goody two shoes) of the pair tries to justify her existence:"Just because I'm not some bad ass master criminal doesn't mean what I do isn't important" There is line after line which will make you chuckle until you can't chuckle anymore....And when Lucy Diamond wants to turn the continent of Australia to burnt toast with a Dr. Evil style supermegadestructo gun, after she can't have her way with Amy, well, again watchable a hundred or a thousand times over.
But through and on top of it all, is a very clever, touching and believable love story in the midst of all the goofiness, between two incredibly hot women, but the hotness is not in sex scenes, which were deleted to get a PG rating, but in their expressions, conversations, kisses but mostly, in the way their lips and their eyes are used when they are not kissing, but when simply engaged in conversation.I stumbled across this movie on accident on YouTube.
Keep infringing copyrights, Go independent thinkers, writers and fun loving producers and studios for making movies like this come true!!THANK YOU ANGELA ROBINSON!!!
Having just seen "D.E.B.S." at the Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, I'll tell you that it's been a long time since I've had so much fun at a movie.
Oscar material this movie ain't, but if you're looking for a funny, creative satire with interesting characters and a sweet, tastefully executed lesbian love story, this is the film to see.
The acting is flawless through the majority of the film (these are people who do comedy extremely well, but falter slightly in the face of more dramatic scenes--which, thankfully, there are few), and Jordana Brewster in particular is stunning and subtle in her portrayal of the "criminal mastermind" Lucy Diamond.
Written, directed and edited by Angela Robinson, this film obviously has roots in a comic strip - highly stylised and (no doubt) extensively story-boarded (First it was a comic, then a short).It's an exhilarating ride from the moment it takes off, playing on the action genre and taking the time to laugh at itself.This is a queer film with modernised Disney-like values and is likely to be recognised as one of the first cross-over-to-mainstream queer films.A fun movie with a wonderful cast, witty dialogue and a ripper soundtrack.
Yes. But that's not all, we're also talking a fun, campy movie that's just a hoot to watch and has a sweet love story at it's core.
This movie really focuses on Amy discovering who she is and who she wants to be, Super Spy or Aspiring Artist; and on Lucy growing up, leaving behind her flashy Super Villain career for a less exciting and more rewarding life with someone she loves.
There are three types of folks out there who may have "problems" with the "message" of this film: social conservatives, LGBT activists, and serious cinemaphiles.Social conservatives might object to this movie because of the love story plot line that involves Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster) and Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster).
The love story between Lucy and Amy is about as sweet and inoffensive as can be, think any 80's Teen Film and that's what you've got, so if the fact that you have to see two girls kiss and profess their love for each other bothers you then you really need to re-evaluate your thought process because you've got issues.There are also going to be LGBT advocates who won't think the movie goes far enough to establish it's bona fides as a lesbian film, well that's probably because it's NOT a lesbian film.
Unlike other parodies which poke fun at the American scene without really hitting the mark(like American Dreamz),D.E.B.S is both an extremely funny and light - hearted movie as well as offering a biting critique of American society..
Skimpy school girl outfits and spy movie spoofs suggest a male audience in mind, but the lesbian lead characters lend themselves to female viewers.
It's definitely one of my favorite movies of the year, and I wouldn't mind watching it a few more times.D.E.B.S. begins with 4 girls who work as super spies for the D.E.B.S Academy, and is a witty parody of traditional spy flicks like Charlie's Angels.
The film's also packed with sharp one liners and great caricatures of film stereotypes, like the over-the-top Russian assassin, Ninotchka and the Academy headmistresses (a priceless Holland Taylor).The core strength of the film though, is the sexy romance between the head of the spy team, Amy (Sara Foster) and Lucy (Jordana Brewster).
Even better than the action is the great acting by all the leads and supporting actors.One of the most fun movies of the year, I highly recommend this!
(the movie never really clarifies if the "S" is part of the acronym or if it is to distinguish pluralism): Max, the on-edge African-American girl and squad leader; Amy, the blonde who got a perfect score on the secret portion of the SAT; Janet, the doofus of the group; and Dominique, who you know is French because she is a sex addict, smokes non-stop, and speaks with an accent so obvious that it can almost visible.
So Painful, Even Rampant Short Skirts & Lesbianism Couldn't Redeem It. I was able to only stomach about half an hour of this film before common sense got the best of me and made me press the "Stop" button.It seems the producers had plenty of money to throw at this project, just look at the girls they cast in the various lead roles, but all this ends up being is like a sex-charged female-focused adult version of Spy Kids!
All in all I think the love story was good and I would love to have the opportunity to watch another one of Angela Robinson's movies.
Films like this make me wonder who on earth pays for such inane rubbish or gets paid for writing it.The plot,characters and action are some of the worst that I've ever seen and is almost Keystone Cops meets Laurel and Hardy.
When the movie started I thought "well OK this it just one of those teenage comedy flicks with sexy teenage babes in" so an OK way to waste some time.
After the first 10 minutes I was like "well OK they just need to get some action started and then the movie will be worth watching" and then after 15 the first action scene came, and what a load of crap that was.
It NEVER takes itself seriously, it's VERY colorful, it has strong female characters and it is the FIRST time I've seen a lesbian love story in a very commercial film.
Much like every other film playing at multiplexes nowadays, it just has to have a pop song in each scene (they even dig through the '80s a bit, since teens these days act like they know what '80s culture was like), idiotic postmodern outfits like girls wearing loose-fitting ties over tank tops (wow, how sexy), and of course the obligatory lesbian element that has to permeate everything aimed at the young demographic.
Not a movie for young girls, no role models here, only 4 young ladies with guns, violence, lesbians, smoking, inane dialog and so bad it must be seen to be believed.
Comparing this performance with the one she delivered in "The Big Bounce" and you see that the young lady has acting chops.Jordana Brewster as the "Super Villain" was a joy to watch.Holland Taylor in her limited screen time created a timeless character.
This film starts out as a fun action comedy, with some nice touches (gotta love a plaid forcefield).
but if you into for the story or some thing different then watch this movie it is really really good.
For all the gratuitous shots of girls in schoolgirl kilts, a few decent but ineffectual action sequences, and the general satirical sheen that drapes the movie, there's actually quite a tender love story(albeit, a lesbian one) between a D.E.B.(Amy played by Sara Foster) and Jordana Brewster's 'villainous' character Lucy Diamond that provides the film it's backbone.
This wonderful, romantic lesbian comedy/parody of Charlie's Angels rates 10 stars with me.Both of the lead actresses, while way too thin - a problem besetting a lot of today's actresses are, nonetheless, cute and appealing and do a great job with their roles.The D.E.B.S. are a small group of high school girls, I would guess perhaps seniors, who are a secret crime fighting unit.The head of the D.E.B.S. was actress, Holland Taylor, whom I enjoyed seeing.
The D.E.B.S. receive their orders from Michael Clarke Duncan - an actor who has been one of my favorites ever since I first saw him in The Green Mile with Tom Hanks.Amy Bradshaw,(Sara Foster) cute, blond D.E.B., thinks she's just as determined as the other girls to capture world class criminal, Lucy Diamond, a cute brunette(Jordana Brewster),but after actually meeting her, has different feelings about the matter.Amy has a boyfriend, Bobby (Geoff Stults)but something's missing in their relationship.Lucy has a right-hand man named Scud (Jimmi Simpson), who reminded me quite a lot of another actor I like, Jimmy Spader.
Jordana Brewster who played Lucy Diamond, reminded me of the very pretty brunette lead in the wonderful lesbian film, Desert Hearts.Not to give too much away - Lucy and Amy of course fall for each other--but Amy is trying to remain faithful to her crime-fighting vows.
Call me a dirty old man, but I have to admit that at first I wanted to see this movie because of the beautiful Jordana Brewster and the lesbian affair she has in the story.
So even though she has made her $4MM production look better technically than mega-expensive stuff like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Taxi", and "Charlie's Angels", you won't see it unless you buy or rent the DVD."D.E.B.S." is not only technically better that its genre mates, it is a significantly superior story (i.e. not brain-dead and moronic) and actually incorporates moments of humor and charm.But for a modest budget original film to get good distribution it must totally take off in the markets of its limited release.
The movie is WONDERFUL- sure, it is as substantial as cotton candy, but it is GREAT to see a summer-blockbuster-type action film that spoofs so many clichés, never takes itself seriously, and treats its lesbian characters with respect.The writer/director Angela Robinson spoke at the screening and indicated that the film will get a theatrical release, but the distributor is having trouble marketing the film because they don't know which market to target- teenagers, gays, etc.In short, if you think this campy action film will appeal to you GO SEE IT in its opening weekend (to be announced) to send a message to the studios that taking a risk on an unusual, fun film like this was well worth it.Oh, and the music is great too!
This movie was pretty funny the only actress that was in it for the short was jill ritchie but the new actresses that played amy and lucy did great the love story was done real well (for those of you that havent seen the short I wont spoil anything for you) Basically its your typical popcorn flick but its funnier than most of the movies out now go see it when it comes out you wont be dissapointed..
It's sincere, has a true plot about love behind, and I really liked the relation between Lucy and Amy, since the first moment they looked into their eyes, you can tell how love flooded them, and I thought that was a sweet and funny scene, the first encounter, and it "made me cry" when they just met again the same way in the last scene.This also shows the stereotype of forbidden love.
I loved it enough to buy the DVD now I want the soundtrack we need more movies like this in my opinion.
yeah it pokes fun at other movies, great cast, incredibly sexy actresses I wasn't bored I really got into the characters and I was wishing the story would keep on going.
Anyways great movie and definitely worth a rent if you want a good action film and a good laugh!!!.
I didn't find one line in this movie funny or even "cute." With the exception of the Lucy and Amy characters, I have seen better acting on Gilligan's Island.
to be honest, when i heard of the film i didn't sound so good,but then one day i watched it and changed my mind.apart from it being a very sweet story of two people who are in completely opposite sides of the law falling in love against all odds, the two leads (amy and Lucy) are really really hot and make it so the much better.
She has written, directed and edited a spectacular film.This is an extremely enjoyable action/comedy that will make many gay teenagers happy (myself included) since it presents an amazingly believable lesbian love story between the two main characters, played by the two incredibly talented and beautiful actresses Sara Foster and Jordana Brewster.But let's not forget it is also a comedy and a very good one too.
Director Angela Robinson proved her mettle by writing both a convincing and endearing love story, and also by creating a movie that looks visually appealing on a 4 million dollar budget.Jordana Brewster and Sara Foster are no pushovers either.
But I got what I want for a good movie: witty lines, awesome acting, bittersweet love stories, and sexy actors, did I say sex actresses and actors.
But in the end, its all about a lesbian love story, that doesn't appeal to the male public, and seems aimed to teenagers.Poor acting, especially by Meagan Good, and the complete lack of script makes this movie one of the worst i've ever seen.Seriously, even if you are lesbian, the only way you could actually like it, would be if you had the mentality of a 14 year old.
At first glance the movie may seem like a spy comedy but after the first 20 minutes or so the real story begins.
Not only is the movie well written, its funny,enlightening and the romance is just SO darn so sweet.Also 'Lucy Diamond' looks incredibly hot in every scene so if not for the story line, watch it for the eye candy.
This is the kind of movie to watch if you really feel like relaxing, no thinking and no stressing, but need to have some laughs.
The dialog , I found to be perfect.This movie had comedy, romance and action all mixed into one to produce one great film.
Therefore I don't think this movie can even have any audience, as it is unfit for little girls to watch, but girls over 12 won't like it because of its immaturity.