Women on Top

Chalk this one up to "missed opportunity" by director Michael Raven. Women On Top is a great idea for a couples- themed porno flick. It's a case of role reversal, where the women are the dominant ones in society, and men are more submissive and subservient. But Raven plays it safe instead of really having the gals take control during the sex, and instead of something hot and kinky, Women On Top turns into an average couples' movie. Not bad to watch at all, but rather disappointing given the premise that's being explored.

The movie opens with all the women characters - played by Jessica Drake, Wendy Divine, Alexis Malone and Avena Lee - sitting around smoking cigars at their weekly poker game; while Brad Armstrong and Eric Masterson are chatting in the kitchen, preparing food for the ladies. Later that night, it's Jessica who initiates the sex between her and Brad, and after giving her cowgirl, reverse cowgirl and anal in the spoon position, Brad has to ask Jessica to finish him off, since he didn't cum...so she does so with a hand job. It's a nice reversal of guys who usually cum before getting their women off, so this proves to be a fun and playful scene.

The storyline of Women On Top has to do with Wendy's efforts to purchase a male strip club, and Scene 2 has Alexis Malone making out with one of the club's strippers, played by Tommy Gunn. The problem with this scene is that it's very dimly lit, making it hard to enjoy watching Alexis get penetrated. The action includes standing doggy and cowgirl, and wraps up with Tommy jerking onto Alexis' ass.

Scene Three is a pairing between Niko and Avena Lee in which the bearded stud performs oral on Ms. Lee and then moves on to standing doggy and cowgirl. This rather average coupling ends with Niko spewing onto Avena's behind.

Back at the strip club, Wendy is about to sign up Lee Stone as a new stripper, but she explains to him that he'll need to put in a little "overtime" to get the job. In other words, Lee is going to have to fuck her on a regular basis if he wants to work there. This is another dimly lit scene that takes away from the viewer's enjoyment of the action. There's missionary and cowgirl penetration, and Lee shoot his load onto Wendy's stomach at the conclusion.

The last two scenes in the movie belong to Jessica, and it's a welcome return since Ms. Drake's three segments are really the only reason to catch Women On Top. First up for the Wicked Contract star is an office pairing with Joey Ray, which ends with him dumping a rather large wad of cum onto Jessica's right foot. The final scene in Women On Top is a pairing between Jessica and Eric Masterson, that features a 69, doggy and missionary, with a pop-shot onto Jessica's stomach at the end.

The DVD has been anamorphically enhanced, which now seems to be the norm for all Wicked features (woo hoo!). So despite the fact that a couple of the scenes are darker than they should be, the overall transfer is pretty sharp. Audio is in 5.1 Dolby, with 2.0 German and Spanish options. Extras include a 17-minute Making Of featurette; a bonus scene of Jessica's 3-man blow-bang from Sold; plus some slide shows, bios, promotional materials and trailers.

Comprised solely of one-on-one scenes and with not one facial pop-shot in the bunch, it's obvious that the intended audience here was females and the couples crowd. I came away from Women On Top wishing it had been a bit more naughtier and had a little more fun with the premise of a women-dominated society, but assuming you like Jessica Drake, you'll still want to at least rent this one.