Amateurs in porn caught on, in my recollection, back in the '80s or '90s when some enterprising Adult Industry folk like Randy West (I'm thinking of his "Up and Cummers" series in particular) hit on the formula of cheap videos featuring newbie girls. Besides the obvious undertones of pederasty, the gimmick of "fresh meat" was a natural.
In England, Johnny Rebel (rn: John Mason) dons his bandanna and continues this nonsense with his slapdash videos which range from boring (this one I'm reviewing) to downright yucky (his foot fetish and pregnant ladies humping efforts).
This selection of seven all-sex vignettes runs over 3 hours, on the face of it value for money, except when one factors in that 3 times zero still equals zero. That's not a mathematical anomaly but rather the truth, son.
Even the inevitable BTS featurette on the DVD is elephantine: an additional 45 minutes of Johnny horsing around with his cast on the set, which is a home (or perhaps actual swingers' club?), re-dressed (cheaply and crudely) for its big close-up.
It doesn't help that Johnny has cast an unattractive lot of both women and men, something that surprised me in a curious way. Usually (at least recently) I am bombarded with box covers proclaiming "100% Amateur" on videos where the names of famous (to the fans, clearly not to the general public) porn actresses are proudly listed right near that Amateur boast. So Johnny's apparent truthfulness in visiting a local swingers' club to recruit his talent has its pros and cons -better had he lied and astounded us with beauties the likes of Michelle Thorne and Laura Michaels.
It's rather dreary, with no music, claustrophobic beds as sets, and strictly mechanical sex with an emphasis on threesomes. Would that there were any starlet discoveries here, and one interesting fact arises: these "real people" having sex make absolutely no emotional connection on screen, whereas professional porn actors, especially in story films, often show an emotional bond that is the height of eroticism.
I daresay that when others decide to investigate thoroughly the world of turn of this century Brit Porn they will find that Johnny Rebel's work in the field adds up to a fat goose egg.
In England, Johnny Rebel (rn: John Mason) dons his bandanna and continues this nonsense with his slapdash videos which range from boring (this one I'm reviewing) to downright yucky (his foot fetish and pregnant ladies humping efforts).
This selection of seven all-sex vignettes runs over 3 hours, on the face of it value for money, except when one factors in that 3 times zero still equals zero. That's not a mathematical anomaly but rather the truth, son.
Even the inevitable BTS featurette on the DVD is elephantine: an additional 45 minutes of Johnny horsing around with his cast on the set, which is a home (or perhaps actual swingers' club?), re-dressed (cheaply and crudely) for its big close-up.
It doesn't help that Johnny has cast an unattractive lot of both women and men, something that surprised me in a curious way. Usually (at least recently) I am bombarded with box covers proclaiming "100% Amateur" on videos where the names of famous (to the fans, clearly not to the general public) porn actresses are proudly listed right near that Amateur boast. So Johnny's apparent truthfulness in visiting a local swingers' club to recruit his talent has its pros and cons -better had he lied and astounded us with beauties the likes of Michelle Thorne and Laura Michaels.
It's rather dreary, with no music, claustrophobic beds as sets, and strictly mechanical sex with an emphasis on threesomes. Would that there were any starlet discoveries here, and one interesting fact arises: these "real people" having sex make absolutely no emotional connection on screen, whereas professional porn actors, especially in story films, often show an emotional bond that is the height of eroticism.
I daresay that when others decide to investigate thoroughly the world of turn of this century Brit Porn they will find that Johnny Rebel's work in the field adds up to a fat goose egg.