4.75
out of 5.00 -
Film:
5
Extras:
4
Video:
5
Audio:
5
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10/4/2000
It's hard to imagine any porn fan not finding something they like on the new
White Lightning DVD from VCA. Director Veronica Hart brings back some of the all-time great actresses and teams them up with some of today's hottest stars in what may well be the best adult DVD release to date. The star here, of course, is Ginger Lynn...but we also get to see the lovely Keisha and (in a non-sexual role) porn legend Nina Hartley. The rest of the cast includes two of today's hottest porn queens: Kylie Ireland and Chloe. The result is one of the most interesting and erotic adult films I have seen in a long time.
The movie is told in a
Pulp Fiction kind of style, meaning the storyline is not linear, but instead jumps back and forth in time. However, DVD viewers can also choose to watch the movie in chronological order, if they so choose, although I recommend doing this upon one's second viewing, since the structure of the film keeps the viewer wondering what is going to happen. The viewer can also choose to view just one character's story and skip the other characters. For the purpose of this review, the following paragraphs detail the story as it unfolds in its original non-linear format...the way it was intended to be seen by director Veronica Hart.
The movie opens by introducing Gabby White, the character played by Ginger, and her boyfriend Michael Pierce, played by Michael J. Cox. The two get involved in a passionate lovemaking session, but when it is over, Ginger seems less than satisfied, while Michael tells his girlfriend he needs to go to a business meeting. Michael, however, is going to meet Chloe at a bachelor party in a strip club, where she gives him a nice handjob, before mounting his cock for a wild ride.
It turns out that Chloe is cheating too...on her husband, played by Mickey G. In a scene that takes place before Chloe goes to the club to meet Michael (I told you this film jumps around!), we get perhaps the hottest scene in the movie, as she plays dominatrix to her husband, whipping him a little from behind to get him heated up, then using that naughty mouth of hers to entice him into action. While this reviewer has never been into B&D (and this is mild B&D, at best), there is something about Chloe that just makes her all the more appealing when she acts dirty. Of course, a Chloe scene wouldn't be a Chloe scene without seeing her eyes light up in one of her intense orgasms, and fans will get their money's worth here.
The only scene in
White Lightning that didn't appeal to me is an orgy scene (at the aforementioned strip club) between Syren, Midori, T.J. Hart, Angelica Sin, Billy Glide and Dale DaBone. For some reason or another, I just did not sense the passion that is so evident in all the other sequences in this film, and the actors seemed like they were just "phoning-in" their performances in this part of the movie.
After the opening scene of
White Lightning, Ginger doesn't see action again until the second half of the movie. But Ginger fans need not worry...she is in every one of the final five sex scenes in this film...most of them involving her sexual fantasies that she details to her therapist, played by Nina Hartley. Although I was hoping for a little girl/girl play between Ginger and Nina, just seeing Nina cradle Ginger's head during a solo masturbation scene provided all the passion I required.
Without giving away too much of the ending, Ginger finds herself blindfolded in the final scene and forced to submit (although she pretty much gives into her passion) to a threesome with Brad Armstrong and Sindee Coxx.
In addition to the high quality video and audio, and the usual top-notch features we've all come to expect from VCA, the
White Lightning DVD includes a nice interview with Ginger, a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie, and in what is probably the best bonus feature I have ever seen on a DVD...virtual sex with Ginger herself! In fact, the virtual sex is almost good enough to have warranted a separate release. Those of you familiar with the
Chasing Stacy DVD will be familiar with how the format of this bonus feature is presented, and, although somewhat limited compared to that DVD, you can have sex with Ginger in multiple positions, give or receive oral, use your finger or a toy on her pussy, and watch her take a nice facial during the cumshot. On top of all that, all of the sequences (expect, I believe, for the cumshot) are available in two angles, doubling your fun and making the virtual sex segment enjoyable for many multiple viewings. Leave it to VCA, who is unquestionably the current leader in quality adult DVD (with those guys over at Wicked a close second), to give us fans something as a bonus that most other studios would try to sell as a separate feature.
White Lightning is not only one fantastic DVD, but sets a standard for what all adult fans should demand from the studios as far as the digital format is concerned. It's going to be hard to top
White Lightning, but I have no doubt that the creative minds at VCA are working hard to impress us yet again with another fantastic disc. Until then, I have Ginger and the girls to keep me company for many viewings to come!
By:
Spooky