Paul Thomas is porn's great practitioner in examining lifestyles and dramatic interpersonal relations, but this attempt to graft the approach of trailblazing director John Cassavetes onto his porno format falls flat.
It's a Savanna Samson vehicle for Vivid Video, and the star delivers some dramatics and her usual prowess in XXX action. But cast as her husband, Justin Magnum is wooden and inept within the JC-influenced improvisational format.
Movie deals with a married couple, anxious to freshen up their relationship with the sort of kinky behavior associated with swingers. Magnum proves to be an obsessive voyeur, gazing at sexy neighbor Roxy Jezel in an outdoor threesome as well as blonde Missy Monroe likewise up to exhibitionism in his neighborhood.
A telling scene that has explosive dramatics by Sam right out of the Cassavetes playbook, occurs when she comes home to find Justin getting an outcall lap-dance from a stripper played by Mikayla Mendez. Marriage is quickly saved as Justin convinces her to calm down, and soon it is Sam who is sampling Mikayla's sexy wares, humping her as hubby watches.
Their sexual experimentation escalates, and the movie ends with a final shot of a puff of smoke, carrying something of a cautionary message.
I liked the lite jazz score and the black-and-white footage interspersed throughout, but overall the sex plus voyeurism formula plays poorly.
It's a Savanna Samson vehicle for Vivid Video, and the star delivers some dramatics and her usual prowess in XXX action. But cast as her husband, Justin Magnum is wooden and inept within the JC-influenced improvisational format.
Movie deals with a married couple, anxious to freshen up their relationship with the sort of kinky behavior associated with swingers. Magnum proves to be an obsessive voyeur, gazing at sexy neighbor Roxy Jezel in an outdoor threesome as well as blonde Missy Monroe likewise up to exhibitionism in his neighborhood.
A telling scene that has explosive dramatics by Sam right out of the Cassavetes playbook, occurs when she comes home to find Justin getting an outcall lap-dance from a stripper played by Mikayla Mendez. Marriage is quickly saved as Justin convinces her to calm down, and soon it is Sam who is sampling Mikayla's sexy wares, humping her as hubby watches.
Their sexual experimentation escalates, and the movie ends with a final shot of a puff of smoke, carrying something of a cautionary message.
I liked the lite jazz score and the black-and-white footage interspersed throughout, but overall the sex plus voyeurism formula plays poorly.