Spoiler Alert You may recall super sexy Rachel Welch playing "bad a--" Hannie Coulder. The premise for that movie was brought over to this movie, with Sondra Currie enlisting the help of really mean spirited women outlaws that she turns into her gang. I watched Sondra Currie shoot man after man in cold blood and said to myself, she is really shocking. THE ULTIMATE BAD GIRL. The problem I had with the movie is Sondra never smiles. She is nasty but in a very disturbed kind of way, like a tortured soul (ala Sondra Locke in Sudden Impact). I am certain that type of person exists, but they usually do not start killing.

Frankly, I really do not ever recall Sondra Currie smiling in any movie she made, for example Police Woman. I guess she alway was the tortured soul.

I liked Hannie Coulder better, because, Sondra is quiet and tortured and we really do not find a person under that, while Rachel as Hannie, is really a person, just looking for justice and ready to go back to life, if she can, after justice has been served. I rooted more for Rachel as Hannie. But I watched this Jessi's girls a dozen times for the shocking portrayal of female violence.

I've been plowing through the Al Adamson blu ray set, and I just finished Jessi's Girls. I'm really picky about westerns, but this one wasn't too bad, if you love cheesy and low budget movies. I'm a sucker for revenge movies, especially women getting revenge on men who attacked them.

The movie is about Jessica Hartwell. She and her husband are a nice religious couple passing through, until they run into a gang of outlaws. Jessi is attacked and raped, and left for dead. Her husband is killed. Jessi runs into an old hermit named Rufe who has a terribly fake and cheap beard and helps teaches her how to shoot.

She goes off in search of the outlaws to get her revenge. Along the way, she meets some lady criminals and they team up and help her dish out her own brand of justice. If you like revenge and western movies, you might like JESSI'S GIRLS!!!

Al Adamson could have pushed the boat out with this and made a really good movie because it has a lot of potential. Sondra Currie is excellent as a woman bent of revenge after being raped by a group of marauding outlaws who also slaughtered her husband. She meets up with Rod Cameron who shows her how to shoot and gives her tips on how to deal with the murderers once she finds them. Rod Cameron is really great in this part, grizzled and authentic despite being saddled with a ridiculous false beard. There is a definite chemistry between these two players and their story should have been developed. As it is, Sondra wonders off to rescue three women convicts from imprisonment and tracks down the outlaws with their help and dispenses her own brand of justice. The final showdown is excellent with some great stunt work but the final twist is just a little unbelievable. A little more work on the script could have made this Adamson's best film but, well considering the rest of his output, this is as good as it gets.