Prisoner of Paradise (1980)

Exploitation,

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Shipwrecked American soldier Joe Murrey (a solid and charming performance by the legendary John Holmes) finds himself stuck on a remote Pacific island with a Nazi prison camp on it that's run by the sadistic Hans (robustly overplayed with scenery-gnawing gusto by Elmo Lavino) and his two equally wicked female assistants. Joe comes to the rescue of a pair of American nurses being held captive by the Nazi swine.
Director Bob Chinn keeps the engrossing story moving along at a brisk enough pace and, with the exception of a moving flashback sequence involving Joe's Asian girlfriend Sue Lee (the fetching Mai Lin), treats the material in a winningly lighthearted manner, with the campy depiction of the cartoonishly evil Nazis and the over-the-top silly torture set pieces complete with exaggerated sound effects both ensuring that this picture registers as amusing and inoffensive throughout. Seka and Sue Carol have a field day as the ruthless Nazi she wolves while Nikki Anderson and Brenda Vargo are sympathetic as the Yankee prisoners. The sex scenes are pretty hot and energetic; foxy brunette Jade Wong in particular has a especially arousing make-out session with Holmes. The use of stock footage gives this picture a nice sense of scope. The groovy-chilling score hits the right-on funky spot. A fun little romp.