Curse Eternal

Usually porn fans would have to wait until the Fall for a big title like Curse Eternal to come along, so it was a bit of a treat to see something so well-made come out this early in the year. Marking Kaylani Lei's final big starring role before she left the studio as a Contract Girl last year, Curse Eternal casts her as the ancient Egyptian queen Neferkala, whose tomb has been undisturbed for thousands of years...that is, until a professor played by Randy Spears unearths it at the beginning of this movie.

The story begins with Randy opening Kaylani's tomb - only to have her come to life in front of his eyes. Kaylani wants to both punish Randy for disturbing her tomb and reward him for freeing her, so she proceeds to have sex with him and then sucks the life energy out of him. Any similarities between this scene and what women do to men in real life is, I'm sure, purely coincidental! Even though Randy has been killed, his partner (who ran off when he saw Kaylani) is still alive, and he dynamites the tomb - burying Kaylani once again.

The movie then jumps ahead in time to the present day, where we are introduced to another professor, played by Jessica Drake, who is playing the grown daughter of Randy's character. She gets word that the tomb where her father perished has been found, so after a "quickie" with boyfriend Eric Masterson, it's off to Egypt for Jessica.

Unlike her father, Jessica doesn't open Kaylani's tomb when she discovers it. Instead she decides to have it shipped back to her lab in the United States, and it's only there that she removes the lid and starts studying the sarcophagus. However, when Jessica leaves her lab for the night, Kaylani rises again and gives security guard Chris Cannon the same pleasure...and punishment...she gave to Randy Spears at the beginning of the film.

Kaylani makes her way out into the streets (only in Los Angeles, I suppose, would a woman wearing Egyptian garb seem to blend right in), and makes her way to a night club, where Jessica's lab assistant spots her. He calls Jessica and gets her to come to the club; and in the meantime, Kaylani has made her way to the women's rest room where Keri Sable has just finished giving Barrett Blade a blowjob. Kaylani is impressed by the ankh tattoo that Keri has on her left arm, and she proceeds to lick and finger Keri's pussy...once again, sucking the life out of her when she's finished!

Jessica gets to the club and confronts Kaylani who identifies herself to Jessica, and then proceeds to put her into some kind of where Jessica experiences two mini-orgies - one in the club where she's joined by Ice LaFox, Lezley Zen, Gia Jordan, Kelly Kline, Brad Armstrong and Kris Knight; and one in ancient Egypt where she pairs up with Ice LaFox, Eva Angelina, Brad Armstrong and Joey Ray (and during which she gets anal in the reverse cowgirl position from Brad).

The remainder of Curse Eternal has Jessica and Kaylani searching the city for the reincarnated form of Nomron, Kaylani's lover in her previous life who was executed. Of course, it's perhaps no surprise that Nomron has been reincarnated in the body of Jessica's current boyfriend - leading to a movie-ending threesome between Jessica, Kaylani and Eric Masterson.

Curse Eternal was written and directed by Brad Armstrong, and it's a well-shot, well-performed adult feature that should especially appeal to the couples' crowd. If there's one flaw that the movie has, it's that the story takes itself a little too seriously - I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had been a little more tongue-in-cheek, given the premise of the flick.

Disc One of this double DVD set contains the movie itself, which runs over 2 ½ hours in length and contains nine sex scenes in total (ten if you count that Jessica's two orgy segments are, in fact, two separate scenes). The movie is presented in the widescreen anamorphic format with 5.1 Dolby sound and the option to listen to either a dialogue-only track or a music-only track. 2.0 Spanish and German tracks are also available. Disc One also contains a feature-length commentary track with Brad Armstrong and Jessica Drake.

Over on Disc Two are the majority of the bonus features, including an entertaining 42-minute Making Of featurette. There are also three bonus scenes taken from the Wicked titles Sold (Jessica's threesome with Keri Sable and Brad Armstrong), Erotik (Kaylani's teaming with Manuel Ferarra), and Perfect Life (Kaylani and Jessica with Chris Evans). Additional features include bloopers from the movie; a look at the box cover shoot; an interview with Brad Armstrong; slide shows; cast bios; and 10 trailers for other Wicked releases.

Curse Eternal is far and away the best DVD you'll find on the recent list of new adult titles, and a real treat for Kaylani Lei fans, since this may very well be the last time we'll see her in front of the cameras. It's the first "great" porno of 2006.

I was expecting great things from everything I had heard and read about Curse Eternal, and I wasn't disappointed. Jessica Drake and Kaylani Lei do such a good job as actresses, and the plot of the movie is so good, that you can almost forget that it is an adult film. Forget that is, until you see the incredible action that is contained within the scenes. The plot is great, the cast is gorgeous, the acting is very believable and well-done, and the sex is hot - very hot! This is one of the better adult films I have ever seen, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a top-notch feature. Jessica Drake is now a favorite of mine. As an archeologist with her hair pulled back and wearing glasses, she looks absolutely stunning!