Tagline: Never underestimate a girl with a gun and perfect hair.
Four co-eds are about to graduate from a secret academy, where they have been trained since high school to become spies in the paramilitary group D.E.B.S. (Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength). Candidates are selected through a test hidden in the SATs that measures an applicant’s ability to fight, cheat, lie, and kill. The team is headed by the somewhat obsessive Max (Meagan Good), who tends to draw her gun at the slightest provocation.
The other team members are the prissy and somewhat naive Janet (Jill Ritchie), the chain-smoking and promiscuous French-exchange student Dominique (Devon Aoki), and Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster), who is doubtful about being a spy, despite the fact that she earned a perfect score on her D.E.B.S. test and is now an honor student at the academy. Amy is considering going to art school in Barcelona after graduation, but Max, who has been her best friend since freshman year, tries to convince her that espionage is more important.
As the film opens, Amy has broken up with her boyfriend Bobby, a Homeland Security agent. Her personal life takes a back seat to the re-emergence of Lucy Diamond, a criminal mastermind whom, by coincidence, is the subject of Amy’s thesis. The D.E.B.S. are sent by the head of D.E.B.S., Miss Petrie (Holland Taylor), to surveil Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster). They arrive at the restaurant Les Deux Amours expecting to witness criminal dealings. Little do they know that Lucy Diamond has simply been set up on a blind date by her chief henchman and best friend, Scud (Jimmi Simpson). She is there to meet an ex-KGB assassin named Ninotchka Kaprova.
The date is a disaster. Bobby shows up to confront Amy about their breakup, but accidentally alerts Lucy Diamond to the spies hanging on swings overhead. A shootout erupts, and Diamond escapes in the chaos. The D.E.B.S. follow her, splitting up into two groups with Max and Dominique going one way, and Amy and Janet going the other. Amy and Janet get separated and Amy literally runs into Lucy in a large storage room.
They quickly end up in a standoff, with Amy trying to convince Lucy to come quietly. Lucy instead charms Amy (who is surprised to learn Lucy is a lesbian, since none of the material she studied for her thesis revealed this) into lowering her guard and disappears the moment Amy’s attention wavers. When the other D.E.B.S. arrive, they praise Amy for being the only federal agent who has ever encountered Lucy and lived to tell about it.
Despite Scud’s protests (“Not only is she a D.E.B., She’s the D.E.B.! She’s the perfect score!”), Lucy returns to the squad’s residence that night to talk to Amy, with whom she is quite taken. They fight, until Lucy gains the upper hand and forces Amy to go out with her for a night of fun. However, they encounter Janet outside the house. Lucy has no choice but to bring Janet along or risk discovery. They drive to an underground nightclub called ‘The Junk Pit’, which is reached by driving through holographic barriers disguising it from casual observation. Amy has every intention of sulking in the car, but Janet goes inside to use the bathroom and Amy accompanies her.
D.E.B.S. is a 2004 American action-comedy film written and directed by Angela Robinson. It is an expansion of the 2003 short film D.E.B.S. that made the festival circuit (including the Sundance Film Festival and New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival). The film is both a parody and an emulation of the Charlie’s Angels format. The plot revolves around a love story between one of the heroes and the villain. Their relationship is hindered because they are on opposite sides of the law and the fact that they are both female.
About the Cast – Biographies
Sara Foster (Amy) is on the verge of breaking out as one of the hottest young actresses in Hollywood. Most recently she guest starred in the hit HBO show “Entourage.” Earlier this year, Sara starred in “The Big Bounce” opposite Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman and Gary Sinise for Warner Bros. directed by George Armitage. She was also the host for the MTV/Paramount hit “ET on MTV” and was a featured guest star on Scott Rosenberg’s Showtime series, “Going to California.” She has been a featured model for such companies as Guess and Tommy Hilfiger and has been seen in many magazines from GQ to Glamour.
Jordana Brewster (Lucy Diamond) Hollywood has certainly taken notice of the talented Jordana Brewster. Currently, Jordana is shooting the Disney film “Annapolis”, a drama set against the backdrop of boxing at the Naval Academy in Philadelphia. Brewster stars as the female lead opposite James Franco and Tyrese in this film, directed by Justin Lin. This summer, Jordana completed filming “Nearing Grace”, an indy film adapted from Scott Sommer’s novel of the same title.
Prior to that, Jordana starred in Universal Pictures’ box office hit “The Fast and the Furious” opposite Paul Walker and Vin Diesel for director Rob Cohen. She also starred in “The Invisible Circus” for director Adam Brooks and Fine Line Features. The film, which premiered at Sundance 2001, also starred Cameron Diaz, Blythe Danner and Christopher Eccleston.
Brewster also starred as ‘Delilah’ in the science fiction thriller “The Faculty”, from director Robert Rodriquez and Miramax’s Dimension Films. She also received critical praise for her work in the highly rated NBC mini-series “The Sixties.”
Brewster sharpened her acting skills on the daytime drama “As the World Turns.” She divided her time between high school and her role as ‘Nikki Munson’ on the Emmy Award winning series. Brewster is a recent graduate of Yale University’s class of 2003. She has lived in Brazil, England and New York.
Meagan Good (Max) is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought after young actresses. Good was most recently seen in Queen Latifah’s and Lion’s Gate’s “The Cookout” starring Eve, Farrah Fawcett, and Danny Glover. Meagan just finished filming “Roll Bounce”. “Roll Bounce” is a 1970s roller-skate coming-of-age comedy. In “Roll Bounce”, Meagan plays the role of ‘Naomi,’ the epitome of the 70s phrase “Black is beautiful”.
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D.E.B.S. (2005)
Directed by: Angela Robinson
Starring: Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie, Meagan Good, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jessica Cauffiel, Christina Kirk, Holland Taylor, Scoot McNairy
Screenplay by: Angela Robinson
Production Design by: Chris Anthony Miller
Cinematography by: M. David Mullen
Film Editing by: Angela Robinson
Costume Design by: Frank Helmer
Set Decoration by: Laura Evans
Music by: Steven M. Stern
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language.
Distributed by: Sony ScreenGems
Release Date: March 25, 2005
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