For as consistently sterling as Jonni Darkko's pornography is, every now and again he exceeds even his own bar with a release so exquisitely sublime from start to finish that it seems to harbor the quality of lightning in a bottle. Not in a revolutionary or benchmark-setting sense, per se, but in that more intangible one of every element and every frame being just right ... of this being a prototypical example of pure, premium porn.

Pound Pussy most definitely strikes that chord, right down to its matter-of-fact title. This is primal, intentionally simplistic stuff; an unapologetic return to basics focusing with little deviation on girls assuming receiving positions (as opposed to playing the fuckers in cowgirl or whatnot) for the hard ramming doled out by the title's top-flight cocksmen. With Darkko's original trance beats serving as a pulsing, gut-churning score — piped in before and after the action, naturally, not during — the electricity of the entire effort does not once wane.

And what a sensational pack of pussies Darkko lined up for the pounding! A number of these girls are known hot commodities of the moment, but a couple probably won't be too familiar to most, namely Rachel Milan and Mia Lina — and both are exotic stunners sure to leave a blistering impression.

Most unforgettable of all six scenes, however, has to be the one teaming cover girl Tori Black and adult legend Sean Michaels. The intensity that crackles between them as he works up to climax in that most elemental of all positions, missionary, is raw, palpable and exhilarating.

The DVD offers a nice array of extras, including a Behind the Scenes wherein Black gets unusually candid about some of the illicit recreations she partook of upon entering the industry.