Going for a slightly lighter tone than on the earlier film, Hill provides all kinds of grindhouse thrills, keeps up the pace, and imbues everything with an infectious glee.

It's an entertaining movie, but only in fragments, feeling a little sleepy when it should pack one hell of a punch.

'Half of you won't get ten steps before you get a boobful of lead!' warns Pam Grier.

Women in Prison fare made watchable by Pam Grier's scenery chewing and Sid Haig's mincing about while he poses as a gay prison guard. And let us not forget all the breasts.