Miami Spice 2

MIAMI SPICE 2 isn't so much a sequel, but rather another episode in the professional lives of policewomen Amber Lynn and Sheri St. Clair. Like the original, the movie opens up with an action-packed opening credit sequence, complete with Jan Hammer-ish synthesized music and a montage of the hard and fast life of Miami Florida (interestingly, there's not a single senior citizen in sight). Even if you happened to skip the first movie, MIAMI SPICE 2 has its own self-contained story involving sexy Stacey Donovan as a good cop gone bad.

What I enjoy most about this series is the opportunity to become reacquainted with some unfairly forgotten talents of the eighties, especially Stacy Donovan a tall, lanky blonde who had a reputation of being a notorious cum-dodger, but does very good work here. After a lusty lesbian session with petite blonde Danielle, Stacy gets it on with John Leslie, now a renowned director for VCA and Evil Angel, but was also one of the most reliable porn studs during the eighties. With a fairly close resemblance to actresses Mariel and Margaux Hemingway, Stacy carries the film admirably through a series of sexual encounters which may revive her past fandom.

However, when compared to the sexual prowess of Amber Lynn, all the other actresses in this movie clearly have met their match. With her alluring pout and her expert use of simple body language, Amber has always been one of the best performers in the business. She sucks cock masterfully, and puts her whole body in motion when getting screwed. Her perfectly proportioned, sexy body has also been underrated in the world of porn, so there's plenty of opportunity to gaze at her slinky figure.

Sheri St. Clair is also on hand to share her carnal abilities, and is the center of attention in a threesome with Stacey and Joey Silvera (in fact, Sheri does 99% of the sucking and fucking here with Stacey acting as a bystander). A highly underrated actress, Sheri has a natural charm that makes me wish she would come out of retirement and join other "cumback kids" like Ginger Lynn and Shanna McCullough back into the world of porn. Her scene here isn't as hot as her tryst with Amber Lynn and Randy West from part one, but she still brings magic to the small screen.

Blonde cutie Candi Evans makes another appearance here, following a boy-girl scene from the original. She is joined by Danielle, Stacey, and Cindy Arhh in a five-some with John Leslie, which is damn good, but suffers somewhat due to the scene's hurried pace and quick cut-editing. This is one of those scenes where extended footage would have made for a great supplement to the DVD, but Caballero refuses to give us anything more of the actual movie.

True to the TV series, we do get some action pieces including a boat chasing sequence which doesn't quite match up to John Woo's similar work from FACE/OFF. Indeed, as impressive as all the visuals may be, studios like Private have been giving us the same type of action in their videos as a matter of course. This is one of those times when I would have cut out the chase, and dived right back into the sex. After the rather tedious chase, the movie closes with a bang--a gangbang to be exact, with Danielle getting pounded by four porn studs including Randy West. The scene is shot amidst dark settings, so turning up the brightness on your set is advised (and worth your while). The facials which fall on Danielle's cute mug aren't exactly of Anabolic level of nastiness, but are good enough to make for a satisfactory ending to a good movie.

On the other hand, the DVD presentation has a lot to be desired. Early Caballero DVDs are known to have systematic chapter stop problems, which was also discussed in the original review of MIAMI SPICE and is also present here. Beginning with the cheaply printed box cover art, and ending with a grainy and defect ridden transfer of the original film, MIAMI SPICE 2 has been given a less than royal treatment in the digital format. However, I have also noticed that the end credits on both films seems to have been cut short following the familiar "The End" sign because the music stops abruptly and we are sent back right to the main menu. Unfortunately, I was unable to compare the original tape with the DVD, but if Caballero is cutting out the credits to save time or money (or both) then I strenuously object to this practice as being unacceptable. Ideally, the DVD should be the ultimate edition of any video, and to accept random changes or edits is unthinkable.

Extras on this disc aren't really worth mentioning, but for the sake of completeness, let me point out that a so-called photo gallery, and static ads for phone sex and website addresses cannot validly be considered extras. Caballero doesn't even bother to give us a single trailer or preview, and instead gives us a crudely designed list of other features in the company's catalog.

MIAMI SPICE 2 isn't the classic that it aspired to be, but it is an enjoyable flick which succeeds largely by its star power.