Frequently lacking the intensity (think Kym Wylde at her bitchiest) of many of this fine line's previous volumes, Virgin Kink 18 is for the most part Virgin Kink light.

It does, however, contain some truly harrowing moments in one of its scenes. That would be the third, in which porn's senior reigning pervmeister, Mr. Jamie Gillis (you had to ask?), repeatedly punches some sad, pathetic female in the face while she tearfully confides how she's trying to flee her physically abusive boyfriend (who, she reveals, once threw her in front of oncoming traffic). It's very base stuff and about as politically incorrect as adult gets, but it will also be utterly riveting for the more calloused sado-voyeurs who frequent your store.

Decidedly not riveting are the tape's remaining scenes, in which Gillis and beautiful Nikita Denise merely play around at topping three other video kink virgins, including mouth-watering Miko Lee. While Gillis is certainly capable of being way more brutal, there's nothing on display here to indicate that Denise - a video kink virgin herself - is similarly inclined.

In the future, director Duck Dumont would better serve this series by utilizing his cherries strictly as bottoms. And conversely, by employing tops who actually know a thing or two about domination. Since Wylde is no longer with RedBoard, it would probably be wise to cast the ass-kicking Janay in each and every VK from here on out.