The gang-bang genre doesn't offer a whole lot of room for originality or freshness, and you'd think the tired device of responding to "viewer mail", genuine or otherwise, wouldn't lend much of a fillip, either; but gang bang fans are really only interested in the nonstop action, and Anabolic has managed, through the use of interesting settings, good camerawork, and a certain je ne sais quoi, to infuse the proceedings with a real spark.

Eurohardbody Beatrice Valle leads off, hiking into the Malibu hills to encounter the "Gang Bang Scouts of America". A nod to junior scoutmaster Tony Montana, whose looney energy has enlivened the last several GBG tapes, and who lends an edge here, too. Valle has always been an underrated performer, and she is topnotch hungry here. The latter half, as stud after stud sidesaddles her eager butthole as others fire off into her face, is a sweet and touching moment.

New European leggy blonde Maeva, a pretty girl with ample natural tits and a nice round butt, is appealing but mechanical, until the d.p. starts, and she really turns up the heat. The highlight, though, is the closer, which has hostess Francesca Le, a truly nasty and sexy teasing trick, pursued through a downtown L.A. parking garage by Max Hardcore and the Gang Bang Gang, only to submit eagerly once they drag her down. The usual round of simultaneous blowjobs and fuckings has an extra edge, as they tear her clothes off gradually; and Max's infamous Franken-Steiner into Francesca's upturned, quivering bunghole is awe-inspiring, as is Sean Michaels's inverted straddle into her outraged pussy. The entire series is a must for gang-bang fans (something I would say for only this series and the Starbangers series from Fantastic), but this is worth recommending overall, especially for the last scene.