When the president's daughter is kidnapped by a female warlord (Brigitte Nielsen) in a former Soviet republic, a CIA agent (Cynthia Rothrock) decides to send 4 dangerous female criminals to the rescue: Clay (Zoë Bell),Kat (Kristanna Loken),Raven (Vivica A. Fox) and Mei-Lin (Nicole Bilderback). I'm not sure if that is the standard procedure, but it has to work as time is running out...

This is an Asylum production, directed by Christopher Ray ('2 Headed Shark Attack'). From these credits, you don't expect too much, but the basic idea works: similar to Stallone's 'Expendables', they take a team of outcasts for a dangerous mission, but this time, it's female. The presence of Nielsen and Rothrock reminds you that a female action hero is nothing new, but a whole team of them guarantees some fun, even if the production value in general is very low - the rare case of a mock-buster that's actually adding something new.

The US President's daughter is kidnapped in Kazakhstan by Ulrika (Brigitte Nielsen) and her men. With rumored weakness for women, four are recruited from prison on a suicidal mission. Cassandra Clay (Zoë Bell),Kat Morgan (Kristanna Loken),and Raven (Vivica A. Fox) join explosive expert Mei-Lin Fong (Nicole Bilderback).

These are B-action actresses in an F-level action movie. It's a female Expendables without any budget, or filmmaking abilities. The writing is horrible. It's cheap. Kazakhstan looks like a Mexican village backlot. Even the action is lackluster. ICBMs are not that small. This is all pretty hopeless.

Ulrika (Brigitte Nielsen) wants to be president of anarchy torn Tajikistan. In order to do this she kidnaps the President's daughter (Tiffany Panhilason) and demands the president eliminate her competition and make her president. After a series of bad plot point explanations, the only people who can rescue the daughter are women, and the only women they can come up with are in prison. They managed to assemble a team of four mercs, creating a female Expendables grindhouse, that is still Asylum grade. The women are quickly introduced by their unlikely rap sheets. They are Cassandra Clay (stunt double Zoë Bell - Raze); Kat Morgan (Kristanna Loken - Blood Rayne); Raven (Vivica A. Fox- Kill Bill); and Mei-Lin Fong (Nicole Bilderback- Bring it On...Hey! Those Cheerleaders were tough!).

Along the way they are aided by a Yuffie Kisaragi type character (Obscure FF VII reference). Things don't go according to plan. Blah, blah, blah...look for a sequel, because if Asylum made "Sharknado 2," quality films is not an issue.

It is Asylum and this is a "B' list of Hollywood bad a** females. The dialogue is hokey by design as when Clay tells Lexi, they are "doing bad things to bad people." I missed an references to past films made by the actresses which would have been a plus to the dialogue. For some reason the action didn't grab me as much as it should have. The lack of character development subtracted from lines and scenes. Should have been better. They dropped the ball on this one. On the plus side, they didn't work for Eric Roberts.

Might work as a cheap rental.

Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.