The Love Machine (2016 Video) User Reviews

Awful

[DKosty123 · 1/10 · 10 October 2016]

I have not watched one of these films in a long time, and after watching this I know why.

This one is cliché of a 1980's porn flick. The plot is so cliché that when the one star fantasy turns out to be the "pool guy", I think I have seen that in 100 porn flicks.

The cast looks good, and the porn here is softer than the really hard porn that shows everything.

The machine shows the film has no special effects budget.

The murder plot is lame at best.

The pole dance is totally cliché.

Even the music sounds years old.

I am not even sure this stimulated my imagination at all. Would rather watch the old Taboo series.

Don't waste your time on this one, I deleted it from my library faster than you can say delete, delete, delete.

I Love Retromedia, But...

[lastironman · 1/10 · 14 September 2016]

I'm a big fan of these softcore, erotic Retromedia movies, but this is probably the worst one I've ever seen. But I don't blame Dean McKendrick (the director / editor) at all. I think that a lot of what happened with this movie was beyond his control.

The movie "stars" Jennifer Korbin. Umm... why? Sure, she is in the movie, and she is the antagonist, it's just that when someone "stars" in a Retromedia flick, I expect them to get naked and have at least 2 sex scenes! Not the case here! Jennifer Korbin does go topless once while kissing on an unconscious Alice Haig, whom by the way, is absolutely gorgeous!!! I commend Retromedia for casting her! She is by far the one good thing about this movie. I hope to see more of her in the future for sure! But anyway, Jennifer Korbin is kissing on her, if you could even call it kissing, it's so bland and clinical! I've seen mothers kiss their babies with more eroticism than this! And it sucks too, because we've seen Korbin do some pretty hot and erotic work before. She starred in the Cinemax series Lingerie a few short years ago and that show was awesome and she was (in my opinion) the biggest reason for it! I know, I'm digressing here... back to the movie: Korbin goes topless, kisses Alice Haig and the scene ends. WTF? These scenes never just fade out like that! Not in Retromedia movies anyway. This is one of those things that I think was out of the hands of the director. No doubt, he would have liked to do more with Jennifer Korbin, but it's my guess, that Korbin wasn't comfortable with the sex / nudity. And what she says goes, because she is the biggest name in the movie. Again, that's just a guess.

The sex scenes in general are pretty weak, compared to other Retromedia and MRG movies, but again NOT the fault of the Director. That's on HBO / Cinemax. The last couple of years or so, they have been cracking down on the explicitness of the sex and nudity of erotic films that air on their networks. They want their soft porn movies to be more family-friendly now! Yeah, I don't get it either! Another thing this movie does is that it recycles material for flashback and/or fantasy scenes from other Retromedia movies. I hate that crap! Another thing beyond the Director's control perhaps? But I get it, I understand the reasoning behind it; it saves the studio money. But still... AAARRRGGHH!!! I'll end my rant on a positive note though. I really do appreciate that Retromedia is sort of expanding their boundaries. Usually, they make these goofy, erotic comedies but now, they're going for more of a dramatic, thriller type feel and I've been wanting to see them go this direction for a long time!