K.C. Carr (Raquel Welch) is a leader of the roller derby team, Kansas City Ramblers. She gets challenged by a teammate in a match race. The contest is rigged. She loses and is banished from the team. She joins the Portland Loggers owned by Burt Henry (Kevin McCarthy).
This is roller derby and Raquel Welch. I expected this to be full-on exploitation. There are some elements of that but this is more a story about the curse of being beautiful. Men fall over themselves and cause problems for her. Women get jealous and cause problems for her. Her one girlfriend gets sabotaged by a possessive man and she gets blamed for it anyways. It's interesting that this movie is actually about something. The roller derby action is also lots of low-rent fun. On the other hand, this would be better if it adheres to more sports movie construction. In a more standard sports movie, Big Bertha would be her ultimate rival and K.C. would gain the trust of her teammates to defeat Big Bertha in the big finale. That would be a more successful story.
This is roller derby and Raquel Welch. I expected this to be full-on exploitation. There are some elements of that but this is more a story about the curse of being beautiful. Men fall over themselves and cause problems for her. Women get jealous and cause problems for her. Her one girlfriend gets sabotaged by a possessive man and she gets blamed for it anyways. It's interesting that this movie is actually about something. The roller derby action is also lots of low-rent fun. On the other hand, this would be better if it adheres to more sports movie construction. In a more standard sports movie, Big Bertha would be her ultimate rival and K.C. would gain the trust of her teammates to defeat Big Bertha in the big finale. That would be a more successful story.