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HIP HOT AND 21 is a redneck update of the old 'sensation' films made during the 1930s that typically depicted young and innocent women being drawn into a murky underworld through no fault of their own. This one features a protagonist who is sold by her abusive father to a no-good loser who departs after a one-night stand. Afterwards, the woman finds herself menaced by various thugs, hoodlums, and slimeballs. There's stilted acting here, some low rent action, and a lot of sleaze, as well as some outdoor photography that looks pretty good in black and white. Beware the Amazon Prime print, censored as usual.

Naïve young country gal Diane (yummy brunette Diane Darcel) gets sold by her abusive redneck father to hunky stud Rick for only fifty bucks. However, Rick turns out to be a total no-count jerk who leaves Diane high and dry to fend for herself in a cheap apartment after spending only a single night with her. Pretty soon Diane runs afoul of the various low-life individuals who live in the apartment with her.

Boy, does director Dale Berry cover all the deliciously trashy grindhouse cinema bases in a simply astounding kitchen sink manner: We've got a ridiculously tawdry and eventful narrative that piles one crazy incident upon another (poor Diane even gets sexually assaulted by the same lecherous motel clerk twice!), hot babes romping around in their undies or less, a groovy score that combines jazz and surf-rock with right-on happening results, an unflinchingly sordid tone, a satisfying smattering of bare female skin, a wild and exciting climactic foot chase and shootout with the police, and a colorful array of scummy characters who include a predatory lesbian, a pathetic strung-out junkie, and, best of all, a creepy woman-beating pervert named Ernie. Buxom Lorna Maitland struts her sizzling stuff as a sexy stripper while the always dependable Bill Thurman contributes his usual sturdy performance as a tough detective. A scuzzy marvel.