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I Know Who You Did Last Summer!
There are a number of adult features made every year. Of those, only a handful are given a "big budget" (by adult standards) and still only a select few of those are really worth your time and money. While a lot of these titles get it right in the "sex" department, I've only seen a couple that have really delivered when it comes to telling a great story. Viewers can immediately spot such films by noticing that they aren't reaching for the fast forward button on their remotes in between the sexual action. Well, I'm here to tell you that Wicked Pictures' Lovers Lane is so well-written that for the first time ever you may find yourself reaching for the fast forward button during the sex...just to get back to the story!
Written by Wicked Girl Stormy Daniels (who has a brief non-sex cameo) and Brad Armstrong (who also directs), Lovers Lane takes us to a small town somewhere on the West Coast where a yellow light still means slow down and not speed up. Devinn Lane has the lead role here as a cop named Sarah, whose sister was murdered years ago and whose killer was never brought to justice. Now, ten years later, the murders have started again. Is it a copycat? Or is it the same serial killer from all those years ago? Stay tuned!
Paying a bit of homage to I Know What You Did Last Summer, the killer's calling card (and murder weapon) is a prosthetic hook, and the first half of Lovers Lane details one killing to the next - as we see young couples making out in the woods and then falling prey to the Gordon's fisherman...err...dangerous serial murderer!
With the victim list piling up and no end to the murders in sight, the FBI is called in to investigate. Randy Spears plays the lead agent in a performance that is sure to garner some attention during awards season next year. Spears is simply brilliant as the hard-nosed fed who finds himself falling for Devinn's character. In a porn career filled with some great acting, this may be Randy's best role to date.
Being one of those reviewers (and movie-goers) who hates to have endings spoiled for him, I wouldn't dream of revealing who the killer is...but I'm happy to report that unlike so many other porn flicks (which start with a great premise and usually give up after the first act) Lovers Lane tells a compelling story from beginning to end and when the pieces all come together at the conclusion, viewers won't feel cheated the way they do in so many of today's mainstream "slasher flicks". In other words, the killer here has a reason for his crimes that fits into the overall story.
Without giving away too much of the plot, some of the sexual encounters you'll see in Lovers Lane include a movie-opening pairing between Nadia Styles and Eric Masterson; a coupling between Wicked Girl Jessica Drake and Chris Cannon; an abandoned train car threesome that features Makayla Coxxx, Jennifer Luv and Talon; and a very passionate scene between Devinn and Randy Spears that takes place in Randy's hotel room.
Extras are plentiful on the disc, and include a 30-minute "Making Of" featurette; the original trailer for this film; a look at the box cover shoot; an interview with Devinn; slide shows; biographies; and two bonus scenes taken from other Wicked features. There's even a hidden Easter Egg (check out the Audio Setup page) with three-minutes worth of bloopers and outtakes.
My only real complaint about the DVD is with quality of the video. Lovers Lane was shot in HD, but it has not been anamorphically enhanced for those viewers with widescreen TVs. Additionally, Director Brad Armstrong has chosen to shoot the majority of footage with "soft lighting," which makes the cast look better, but also dilutes both the color and sharpness of the video - the two primary reasons you shoot something in HD to begin with. Still, the video quality is above average when compared to the majority of adult releases...but given how great the movie itself is, I wish viewers would have been given an anamorphic treatment that would have really blown porn fans away.
That one quibble aside, Lovers Lane is one of the best releases of 2005. In fact, simply from a story standpoint, it's my favorite porno so far this year.
Brad Armstrong With Another Winner
This movie is incredible. It's like a real movie with lots of hot sex thrown in. The threesome scene with Jennifer Luv and Makayla Cox was particularly steamy. Jessica Drake also has a great scene. My least favorite scene was Kimberly Kane's BJ-only scene. Armstrong has made another high-quality feature while keeping smoking sex scenes.