Stormy Tonight

To me, Stormy Daniels is the sexiest and most talented blonde working in adult. As a performer, she has yet to provide a less than worthwhile scene, and as a director, titles like OPERATION TROPICAL STORMY and the PREDATOR series are among the best ever released by Wicked. Although she's been in the business for over eight years, our golden girl has not shown any creative or performance fatigue, yet she just keeps getting better looking with age.

Surprisingly, I came away (pun intended) somewhat disappointed by her latest compilation DVD, STORMY TONIGHT. While she looks great and does good work throughout, the whole DVD seems hastily put together and has nothing else which might otherwise explain or illuminate Stormy's undeniable appeal. Wicked has produced a couple of "greatest hit" collections featuring Miss Daniels before, so it's possible that there wasn't enough stand-out material to include in this package. Still, I have to question some of the selected scenes, such as why her standard affair with Jack Vegas from MODEL BEHAVIOR was thrown on this disc, while her much more compelling oral work (with swallowing!) on Rocco Reed was left out. I understand that it's a matter of taste and personal choice when compiling these clips, but the footage here seems to be weaker than expected.

In any event, STORMY TONIGHT does offer considerable quantity within the two-hour running time. A scene with Marcus London from DRIVEN is shown first, followed by a lesbian scene with Kylie Ireland from PREDATOR III: THE FINAL CHAPTER. Footage featuring Lindsey Meadows (along with some brief oral participation by Voodoo) from THE PRICE OF LUST is up next, then Randy Spears gets her all to himself from BLACK WIDOW. A kinky group affair with Adrianna Nicole, Kaylani Lei, Nicole Sheridan, Roxy Jezel, Tori Black and a bunch of very lucky bastards is excerpted from THE LIFESTYLE, and then things slow down a bit in a scene with Sasha from TWO. Voodoo gets further attention from our lovely blonde in a clip from THE MUSE, and then Randy Spears goes for another round from ONE WILD AND CRAZY NIGHT. Finally, Derrick Pierce tags Stormy from THE WICKED, concluded by the aforementioned scene from MODEL BEHAVIOR. For an encore, we're presented with a bonus scene pairing Miss Daniels with Evan Stone taken from the epic title OPERATION TROPICAL STORMY.

Aside from the overall inconsistent erotic quality of this disc, other technical issues remain. Several scenes look like they were shot with a single flashlight during a power outage, which made me suspect that they were shot by frequent Wicked videographer Francois Clousot, who's apparently never met a shadow he didn't like. Also, the video quality isn't nearly as impressive as most Wicked discs, which is probably due to further digital compression of the original scenes.

I'll take Stormy any which way I can get her, but her fanbase deserves better than just some hacked-out compilation title. Even her political opposition would vote against such lackluster treatment.