It isn't often that incompetent writing and direction unite to produce a satisfying movie result. Because he was in such a hurry to crank out yet another of his 100-plus porn titles shot at a breakneck pace (before his untimely death in 1999), Joe D'Amato inadvertently produced an interesting switch on the Dumas tale.
The previous IMDb reviewer typically didn't watch the video, submitting a fake synopsis plagiarized from the intentionally misleading video box. The actual feature is far more interesting, though not necessarily on purpose. This is a case of where loose ends are far better than tidy plot resolutions.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
I had recently watched the poorly-made Leo DiCaprio MAN IN THE IRON MASK, in which his untalented director Kevin Reynolds makes a big, big deal on the effort that went into designing the movie's mask -much ado about nothing it turned out.
With zero effort D'Amato and Co. come up with a far better mask to contain the features of striking leading lady Anita Blond, cast as the twin daughters of the King of France. It has slits which show Anita's evil eyes and luscious lips -she is really scary here, and cements her status as one of Europe's most talented XXX performers.
As the villainess Jacqueline, we see her make love to a guy in an opening scene and then literally stab him in the back after his money shot. The king isn't pleased, and arranges for her to be locked away, fitted with the iron mask.
Her nice-girl twin sister Madeleine has womanizer Jean-Paul as a fiancée, not the Francois mentioned in the box & IMDb synopses. Madeleine visits her sister in stir but Jacqueline tricks her, killing a guard to effect her freedom and leaving poor Madeleine in the iron mask which she stupidly thought would just be a temporary gig.
Jacqueline's evil boy friend, played by Zensa Raggi, visits Madeleine in her cell and makes love to her (thinking she's Jacqueline) in a kinky vignette - sex with a nude Anita Blond wearing only the mask is quite interesting to watch.
Not only is he fooled, but film ends abruptly with Jean-Paul walking along with the king, commenting on how much Madeleine's behavior has changed of late, he not realizing that Jacqueline has taken her place. He likes the "new" approach of his fiancée, making for an open ending that cleverly inverts the usual triumph of good over evil.
In D'Amato Pornland, the hero is a rake (he see him humping any femme in sight during the course of the film) who delights at his virginal princess taking up a dark side, while the evil princess triumphs, the good girl left in a cell wearing the dreaded mask.
The previous IMDb reviewer typically didn't watch the video, submitting a fake synopsis plagiarized from the intentionally misleading video box. The actual feature is far more interesting, though not necessarily on purpose. This is a case of where loose ends are far better than tidy plot resolutions.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
I had recently watched the poorly-made Leo DiCaprio MAN IN THE IRON MASK, in which his untalented director Kevin Reynolds makes a big, big deal on the effort that went into designing the movie's mask -much ado about nothing it turned out.
With zero effort D'Amato and Co. come up with a far better mask to contain the features of striking leading lady Anita Blond, cast as the twin daughters of the King of France. It has slits which show Anita's evil eyes and luscious lips -she is really scary here, and cements her status as one of Europe's most talented XXX performers.
As the villainess Jacqueline, we see her make love to a guy in an opening scene and then literally stab him in the back after his money shot. The king isn't pleased, and arranges for her to be locked away, fitted with the iron mask.
Her nice-girl twin sister Madeleine has womanizer Jean-Paul as a fiancée, not the Francois mentioned in the box & IMDb synopses. Madeleine visits her sister in stir but Jacqueline tricks her, killing a guard to effect her freedom and leaving poor Madeleine in the iron mask which she stupidly thought would just be a temporary gig.
Jacqueline's evil boy friend, played by Zensa Raggi, visits Madeleine in her cell and makes love to her (thinking she's Jacqueline) in a kinky vignette - sex with a nude Anita Blond wearing only the mask is quite interesting to watch.
Not only is he fooled, but film ends abruptly with Jean-Paul walking along with the king, commenting on how much Madeleine's behavior has changed of late, he not realizing that Jacqueline has taken her place. He likes the "new" approach of his fiancée, making for an open ending that cleverly inverts the usual triumph of good over evil.
In D'Amato Pornland, the hero is a rake (he see him humping any femme in sight during the course of the film) who delights at his virginal princess taking up a dark side, while the evil princess triumphs, the good girl left in a cell wearing the dreaded mask.