As Sweet As They Come (1998) Review

As Sweet As They Come (1998) Poster/DVD Cover

When I first discovered adult entertainment, one of the starlets that I personally loved was Raylene. To this day, I think she’s a very unique person, and love her interviews. I would love an opportunity to interview her for this blog, and shoot the proverbial breeze about what is going on for her today and in the past. For this review, we are going to visit 1998 for a F.J. Lincoln directed release on Vivid Video, and it is called “As Sweet As They Come”. It is a movie that is starring Raylene, and features many other actors from the late 1990s adult video world. The stars of this release include, Kristina St. James, Randy Spears, Nick East, Peris Belau, Vince Vouyer, Inari Vachs, Teri Starr, and is about 74 minutes long. There’s a focus on sensuality up front, but you know it has more production value because it’s a Vivid Video release with a contract girl.

The opening scene, including credits starts with Randy Spears and Kristina St. James making out in front of a fireplace inside what looks like a condominium. It’s not a random warehouse set, it’s simply a condo looking area with a fireplace going. Kristina St. James asks to be blindfolded, and Randy Spears slowly brings her to getting locked up with handcuffs as well. Kristina St. James at this points looks a little older, has breast implants, is blonde, and is a bit larger than many of the other models at the time. That’s only to say that she’s built like a pin up model, where as Randy Spears plays that older man role well. The two start slowly, and then increase the passion slowly, as and eventually move from the carpet to a bed. The standard sex scene begins, with smooth jazz as the background. Spears is not a giant, he doesn’t have a big penis or anything, but more so an average one that lasts a bit longer than most. The starting blow job, however, doesn’t yield good results at first as Spears is not hard, and it seems like he needs help, before he eventually gets things up. St. James keeps her lingerie and hose on while she is blindfolded, and the music cuts in and out at times. Spears for the most part stays hard and goes through a few of the positions you’d expect, alternating speeds, and staying hard throughout. At one point going as hard as humanly possible, with St. James moaning and nearly screaming. There’s no condoms here, so it’s all raw. St. James gets really wet here, and Spears seems to do well with her overall. Throughout the scene the camera cuts to Raylene in a bubble bath pleasuring herself. Spears eventually finishes and gives a money shot on St. James face, still blindfolded, mind you, and that’s the end of the sex.

The sex scene ends and the camera goes to Raylene in a tub and she pleasures herself a little, but only for a few seconds as we move to the next scene.

We move forward and Raylene is studying at a kitchen table when Randy Spears shows up. Raylene says she has quiet sex, and Spears tells her that she’s going to be alone all weekend. The two discuss that Raylene isn’t having a great time with her lover, and the two start to discuss sex advice.

The movie, and I use the term loosely this time, shifts to Raylene and Nick East studying. Raylene starts to give Nick East a blow job, and it’s slow, the lighting is dim, and you can barely see what’s going on, but it’s passable. Mid blow job, however, the camera goes to Randy Spears, Kristina St. James, and Peris Bleau at a swingers club where he’s getting a blow job. But in true directorial fashion, the director cuts back to the house and Raylene is dancing for Nick East, in front of a fireplace. Raylene gets mad and East says he’ll never understand women.

The scene shifts again, and this time we see Inari Vachs, Terri Starr, and Vince Vouyer on a couch at the swingers club. This is just sex with Inari and Terri taking turns blowing and having sex with Vince. Vince is just a hard penis here, no sort of acting, just straight forward sex. The highlight is seeing the women actually wet, and cumming at various stages, including one point where there’s anal sex. Vouyer for his part actually gets into this one, and is hard throughout, with the women really moaning and enjoying it. The camera goes around various points, but mostly sticks to the penetration elements. One woman uses a glass dildo as well, and the set is a warehouse with smooth jazz playing underneath it all. Anal fans will love this one as it is mostly anal, towards the end of the scene. Vouyer eventually can’t hold it any longer and cums on one of the lovely lady’s vagina, and that’s the end of this scene.

Raylene is in the kitchen, and Randy Spears shows up. Raylene is topless, and Spears says he would totally have made love to her, but Kristina St. James shows up and the two don’t go any further.

The scenes move again and this time we see Nick East in front of the fireplace, and Kristina St. James comes through and asks if he wants to talk about the issues he’s having. He declines and in comes Raylene in a school girl outfit, and the two start to make out a little.

Raylene and Nick East start to kiss, and this leads to sex. This occurs in the condo setting as the first scene did, with low lighting, a fireplace going, and sensual movements. There’s smooth jazz playing again, but you see everything this time around with a bit better visualization. There’s a good amount of kissing at first, and eventually a blow job, oral, and Nick East going through the motions of sex. What makes this scene interesting is not so much the sex, which is adequate, but that the story line continues where Raylene is silent for the most part. This goes back to the conversation that she had with Randy Spears, talking about how the sex wasn’t that great. So the two have sex, she’s nearly quiet, and around the 43 minute mark you do not get any music. This is an interesting play on the story arc that is found within porn, and something that most people probably didn’t pick up on. Bravo to the director and talent here having sex as quietly as they can, to further that aspect of the script, even though Raylene’s body shows that she was tensing up, sweating, and having a great deal of fun with East. This alone makes this movie a bit better than most. If you like slow, basic eroticism, this scene will definitely get you going, especially when you start to notice what’s really going on and Raylene not acting, but rather enjoying the process a bit more than usual. She lets out one moan, and then gets on top of East, before he eventually cums in her face, and that’s the end.

The scene ends, and we are taken to a hill top where Raylene is just working out. Randy Spears is watching her, and you get a look at Raylene’s young body, a far cry from her milf body that she has now. Still as beautiful if you ask me, but different in many respects. The two start to talk, and then the scene shifts to just working out. Spears and Raylene non-sexually working out. Meanwhile, Kristina St. James and Nick East are at another part of the house discussing what is wrong with Raylene and Nick. The camera cuts back and Randy Spears makes a pass at Raylene, and the two start making out with the sunset in their backdrop.

The scene moves to Spears and Kristina St. James talking in bed, and Spears gets up to get a snack. He runs into Raylene and puts his hand down her panties, and says she’ll get at her later, but first a snack. Then Raylene and Nick east start talking and end up just studying. The scene shifts and Kristina St. James starts giving Nick East a lesson in seduction.

Kristina St. James and Nick East round out the next scene, the two starting to kiss, and James telling East to taste her, which leads to smooth jazz playing and of course, sex. The music is stellar here, while the sex is average at the start. St. James does give a good blow job, and she is wearing white lingerie and heels. She gets into the action around the one hour mark, and the two start to have sex, going doggy style first, well, standing doggy, which isn’t half bad. Nick East isn’t huge, but he sure is hard, and Kristina guides him into her several times, as she moans and plays with herself through the motions that he brings through with his hips. The ending features St. James blowing East until he cums on her, the blonde swallowing a load then sucking more, and letting East know that he did a good job. St. James is a true milf at this point with long blonde hair, and a seductive smile.

The final scene features Raylene in the bath tub when Randy Spears comes inside. She stands up, but Randy Spears says that she can stay in the water, and the two start to kiss. This is a sensual sex scene, and it starts with romantic jazz music. This end scene is only about 8 minutes long, but it has the sensuality that you would expect from the story line in this movie. I found that the story line is specific, and there’s a sensuality to the sex here. It’s a good overall sex scene, with Raylene opening up, moaning, smiling, and Randy Spears having fun with her, making this an interesting sequence of sex, with passion and more, which I liked, although it wasn’t very long.

I give “As Sweet As They Come” a 3 out of 5.

Over the course of the movie, this one only has about two good scenes. Randy Spears is the best actor in this movie, and Raylene does great too. St. James wasn’t bad, but the whole movie just isn’t that great. It’s a standard porno from the late 1990s, and if you’re not a big fan of Raylene, then you won’t like this, but if you’re a fan of plot, Raylene, and Randy Spears, then you’ll love this one. It’s adequate, not too long, and decent on a few levels, just not perfect.

You can purchase “As Sweet As They Come” including a DVD, streaming VOD, and much more by clicking here. Raylene fans will love the few scenes she is in, as she does well.