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A big disappointment to a huge Christy fan.
Hermit C-220 April 1999
This was one of Christy Canyon's "comeback" vehicles. She's my all-time favorite adult movie star, and in this video looks great and performs with skill and enthusiasm. But there are big, big problems here.

I don't ask for much in the way of plot, acting, etc. in a XXX video; the action's the thing for me (and many others, too). But any viewer expects a certain amount of coherence and continuity in any production. The version of this tape I saw seemed to have been edited with a ceiling fan. It was as choppy in some places as some old kung fu movie playing on TV at 3AM! Also director Tina Marie (aka former adult actress Victoria Jackson) tries to use some different camera angles and shots, but they just don't work and take away from the action. A crucial shot is missed in one scene and another is obviously faked.

This video must have been released at a time of some controversy about X-rated films and their practices, because it's preceded by a lecture by some official-sounding woman attempting to justify it as some quasi-educational material, like something you would see or read in 1950's porn. THEN, unbelievably, certain profanities are actually edited out of the dialog! So you can watch them doing it, but you can't hear them saying it. Bizarre!

This video is a great disappointment to a huge fan of Christy Canyon. Buyers beware, there are scores of better products.
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Christy Canyon abandons her cheating boyfriend (in the country) and finds a more enjoyable life in the city.
gryphon-617 January 1999
Billy Dee gives his usual flat performance; Tom Byron is believable as a biker; but without a doubt, Peter North is the stand-out performer of the film. The 'exterior' shots closely resemble a Los Angeles sound stage. Christy's acting is uneven but nonetheless she is quite enjoyable to watch.
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