Released | Dec 17th, 2024 |
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Running Time | 139 Min. |
Directors | Seth Gamble, Siren Obscura |
Company | LucidFlix |
Cast | Seth Gamble, Vanna Bardot, August Skye, Melissa Stratton, Bryona Ashly |
Critical Rating | AAAA 1/2 |
Genres | Editor's Choice, Cinemacore |
Four scenes with stylized setups leading into the sex.
Under red lights, Vanna Bardot struts onto a stage with a large yellow snake around her shoulders as exotic tabla/sitar/oboe music plays. The snake flicks its tongue curiously as the camera examines Bardot in her black halter and high-on-the-hips waistband holding a narrow modesty-preserving drape. She focuses her attention on ringsider Seth Gamble, who watches her intently, stoically unreactive until she caresses his cheek with her foot, and puts her toes close to his mouth. When she retreats upstage, he follows her and the music changes to bongos and a guitar as they make contact, then drops out entirely as they get into it. The stagebound scene has a lot of standing positions until the sudden appearance of a padded bench on the otherwise bare stage.
A string quartet plays a staccato melody as Melissa Stratton climbs the stairs to a loft, and, once inside, strips down and dons a leotard, leg warmers and ballet slippers. She practices her moves as Gamble walks in and observes her, then surprises her by grabbing her ankle as she twirls on one foot. "Is that all you got?" he asks her. "No," she says, abruptly, looking him in the eye. "Show me," he says, before kissing her hard and pulling down the leotard as she relieves him of his shirt. The lighting is more natural here, appropriate to the late-night-rehearsal-studio setting.
Under purple light, Bryona Ashly struts in stripper gear—pink wig, spangled G-string, sequined bra with fringe hanging down to her hips—as Gamble watches. She turns her back to him, sucking a finger and leering at camera, then turns her attention to him, giving him a lap dance, getting in close, almost kissing him before teasingly turning away and slowly, sensually swinging her hips as he looks at her undulating ass. She rivets the camera with her eyes as she doffs the bra and tosses it away as Gamble frustratedly watches. She straddles him, pushing her boobs close to his mouth, then stretching back before going in for the kiss. The strip club ambience gives reason for the mostly-purple lighting, but the viewer doesn't lose anything in the dark, all the way to the cream pie finish.
August Skye takes the anchor lap, posing in a tiara, barely-there strappy gold swimsuit and spike heels in a dark loft before the camera approaches Gamble in a vertiginous full-circle looping shot that makes the viewer wonder which way is up. Skye walks resolutely up to him as the camera follows her ass, and then she takes off the suit to start the scene.
With this offering, LucidFlix continues to mix artistry—with music, lighting and camerawork all contributing—and sexuality without shortchanging either quality.