The PR buzz suggests she might hunt me down and kill me for saying this, but Lizzy Borden has some homework to do before she directs her next video. It's true that hearing Jasmin St. Claire growl phrases like, "Fuck me, scumbag," go a long way towards softening my bitter old misanthropic heart, but as Ashlyn Gere's comeback video House of Whores just doesn't cut it. In fact, the Ashlyn scene with Tom Byron is absolutely the weakest of the bunch. This piece of nostalgia almost seems like it was edited back-asswards. Byron and Gere pull out some candles and drip wax on each other after Byron has already cum on Gere's face. What the hell is that?

One word comes to mind again and again while watching this vid: Padding. With one exception, every scene is just too fuckin' long. The opener with St. Claire might've been hot had it been half the length. The same is doubly true for Monique's work: After nearly 10 minutes of blowjob footage, viewers just won't care anymore. Only the Stryc-9/Van Damage/Jenna Talia scene sustains any significant heat, enough to account for one full A in the ratting.