Peter Acworth has a gift for bringing BDSM to life on camera in a way that hasn’t really been done before. In Sadistic Rope, a growing fetish is explored under the proper code of safety and this allows some truly primal displays of domination and submission to take place.  

Without even the slightest hint of how much effort is put into rope bondage, it’s clear from the opening scene, with Casey Calvert, that safety is a priority. After rules are established, as with all Kink.com releases, the boundaries are pushed. Calvert is trussed up and spread open as The Pope tests her limits with a hefty flogger, among other devices. Calvert is a beautiful specimen, and quite articulate in the opening interview, so rest assured that she is open to the experiences in her intensely erotic scene. She’s run through several positions, bound in all of them. At one point she is harnessed and suspended, upside down, with a ball gag in her mouth and a vibrator on her vulva. Needless to say, no safeword seems to be needed.

The beautiful Chanell Heart is next. She doesn’t have a rule against metal clamps, so the Pope is free to utilize them while she’s caged, gagged and fingered. The inventiveness behind the positions she’s knotted into will definitely garnish respect from even the discerning rope top, and absolutely from those with less knowledge of the community. There’s even some hands-on tying involved, which adds to the intensity of the session. Caned, suspended, blindfolded and more, Heart demonstrates some serious enthusiasm.

The finale scene features Sophia Locke. This buxom, tattooed redhead is spread eagle and gagged at the top of the scene, and her chest harness is supremely tight around her breasts. The action begins with a flogger and escalates to intense pinching and suspension. Once again, the boundaries are pushed but not broken.

Acworth does it again with this release. At no point do the acts seem unwanted or unwarranted. The formula is pre-interview, scene, post-interview, which affords complete reassurance that the seemingly brutal acts that have taken place were entirely consensual, enjoyable and downright hot.