Motel Blue (1998) Review

Motel Blue (1998) Poster 

It’s always interesting to go back to the late 1990s for me. The reason why is because that’s where I first cut my teeth in reviewing and watching a lot of adult features. I mean, they were on the Spice Network, so it was a little different, but it was all that I could get at the time. I used to see Kobe Tai in a lot of movies, and wanted to make sure that I picked out one of her features to review for this website, and well, that’s what we are doing today. Today, we are going to be going back to the 1998 release from Vivid Video called, “Motel Blue”. This movie from 1998 stars Timber, Joel Lawrence, Kobe Tai, Lexi Leigh, Marc Wallice, Jamie Leigh, Billy Glide, Deva Station, and Jacklyn Lick. It is shot on film, and it shows. I love when porno movies are shot on film, it gives the quality of the movie a higher grain and focus. With this one, you could swear that this will be played on the silver screen, but of course, it’s 1998, and there are few theaters still playing adult features.

The movie starts with a voice over from Kobe Tai. She talks about how her town is small, and that she doesn’t think it’s so bad. She then goes to work at a small motel, and she takes over the front desk. As she commands the front desk, and a random dude shows up and gets Room 69. The dude then gets in his car, where a blonde-haired woman is waiting, and that’s it. The movie builds you up to a plot that is heavy on the mundane, which is just motel focused. Kobe Tai pushing a laundry basket for instance, and just going through motions of motel work. If you like plot heavy movies, that have visual design that goes beyond just a black couch, then you’re going to love this. The set is treated like a movie, not a porno, and the movements are treated with a bit more clarity and art to them. Even though there’s sex involved. As Kobe Tai does laundry, she finds that she can hear into Room 69, and so she decides to see if she can get a glance at what is going on, and sure enough, she can peep right into the room. She gets on a small step stool and watches it go down.

The first sex scene starts at around 6 minutes, mind you, and it’s a cheap motel, as the title suggests. It starts with Timber and Joel Lawrence. The two aren’t familiar to me. Joel Lawrence has brown curly hair, and is not a large guy, just normal white dude. Timber is a blonde-haired woman with fake breasts, shaved completely, with long nails. She looks to be in her 30s here, at least from the caked on makeup that covers up a great deal of her expressions, and she seems to have a bit of chemistry with Lawrence as they go through oral. Lawrence gets hard and Timber blows him for a little bit before she asks him to give her some, and he obliges with doggy style off the side of the bed, spanking her a bit. Meanwhile, Kobe Tai watches and starts to touch herself. The focus however is on Timber and Lawrence, the two seem to engage in some extra focused sex, with real sweat and some great reactions. While they are doing it, Kobe Tai has to go to the front desk.

At the front desk, there is a couple that wants a room. They want the penthouse suite, so they get Room 20, and that’s it. The couple just get to the room, and that’s about it. The guy at the front desk has a pony tail and starts talking dirty to Kobe Tai. She is coy at first, and the dude keeps talking and asks her to visit the room a little later. She then smiles, and then goes back to watching Timber and Joel Lawrence.

What makes the Joel Lawrence and Timber scene so good is that the director doesn’t stop for sweat. There’s a constant take, and the two build up to a good climax. Timber’s performance here starts well enough, but as it goes forward, she seems to be over acting a bit, which is fine, but it’s not needed if you ask me. She keeps looking at the camera at times, and the director keeps cutting to Kobe Tai watching them on the step stool in the laundry room. The sex ends with Timber pleasing herself while Lawrence masturbates to a climax, cumming on Timber’s leg and vagina and that’s it. The scene cuts, and we are taken back to the mundane world of running a motel.

Kobe Tai is walking around and sees a couple carrying what seems to be a body around the parking lot. She decides to hide behind a trash can, then goes back to the front desk area where she can watch what is going on in Room 20. She looks in and it shows the couple counting a lot of money, and then starting to kiss.

The next sex scene features Marc Wallice, Lexi Leigh, and eventually Kobe Tai. It initially is just Lexi Leigh and Marc Wallice, but Marc hears something so he goes out to see what it is. She finds Kobe Tai and asks her to join in. This is a threeway sexual romp that features two women and one man. Lexi Leigh is a tall blonde haired, curvaceous California looking girl with a pierced tongue. Kobe Tai is a slim, short Asian woman, and Marc Wallice looks like a broke ass Rob Van Dam. The scene features Kobe Tai in a maid’s dress, and no underpants. The trio start to make out, and then start going into oral sex, and it’s a slow moving process. Marc Wallice goes down on Tai while Lexi Leigh gets oral from Kobe. This fulfills several fantasy elements at once, with the tall blonde getting a bit of love, while the petite Asian also gets in the mix. Wallice and the women are all shaved for the most part, and the scene transitions from kissing and oral, into straight forward sex. No condom is used in this one, and Lexi Leigh is the first one to get into the action with Wallice, while Tai kisses him. Tai takes a turn riding, both women moaning with pleasure and again, there’s no break for sweating or anything, allowing the scene to go naturally through the throws of passion. There are several positions, and lots of oral, giving everyone a great deal of work through the scene, and sweating up a storm in a seedy motel setting. The money shot arrives at around the 28 minute mark and Wallice finishes on Leigh’s butt, and that’s the end of this very sweaty scene.

The movie continued, and this time around you see Kobe Tai back in uniform doing laundry. She goes to pull a blanket and finds out that there’s a dead man in the laundry. She then covers him up and runs to the office. She tries to call someone to no avail. A red haired woman comes to the front desk with sunglasses on and starts up a minor conversation with Kobe Tai’s character. The two go out to get some ice, and that’s it. Nothing comes of this. However, the set reminds me of a movie starring Asia Carrera called “The Bitch”. Now I’ll have to go and look that up to see if it’s the same set, but other than that, this scene is mundane. Kobe Tai’s character goes to talk to the redhead after she peers in on her through a peephole. She runs across the parking lot, but we are taken to another room.

In this new room we see Jamie Leigh and Billy Glide filming a makeshift porno movie. Jamie Leigh is a blonde short-haired woman with fake breasts. Billy Glide is your typical California looking dude. The scene goes directly into sex, and you see a scene within a scene as Glide goes forward to putting his penis into Leigh. Leigh also uses a vibrator at the same time, and both are almost completely shaved. Leigh looks a little older here, and a bit rough for wear. There’s not a lot of noise on this one, no music, no condoms, and just the buzzing from the vibrator throughout. At one point Glide goes for anal and just rails Leigh with his movements. The finish comes with Glide cumming on a television set, I kid you not. That’s the ending.

Meanwhile, Kobe Tai’s character looks in on the happenings via a pair of binoculars. Once this is over Tai goes over to the redhead’s room and starts up a conversation. She walks into the room and meets the redhead which is played by Deva Station. Deva gets undressed and leaves Kobe Tai’s character in the room and the two started to chat a little about drugs and life. Then they get talking about the dead body that was found. Deva talks about being a dancer in a gentleman’s club.

The next scene shows Deva Station and Jacklyn Lick having lesbian sex at a bar. The two drop their panties, keep their heels on, and go to town on one another with precision oral, fingers, and more. If you’re a fan of lesbian sex, you’ll love this one, as it plays out with some great sensuality, and some smooth jazz music. The two seem to have genuine chemistry in this scene, and the film grain adds to the quality of the movie, with a saxophone playing in the background. I liked it a lot, and I’m not usually a fan of these scenes, but this had a little creative push. Deva Station has red hair, perky breasts a tongue piercing, and Jacklyn Lick is a tall brunette milf looking woman with a tongue piercing. The two enjoy a sensual scene with a vibrator, their tongues, and all that you could want from a lesbian scene.

The movie continues with Deva Station narrating, and we get to find out what really happened between her and Lick after the sex and dancing was done. The story moves forward with the two running away from their lives and heading to the motel for a new life. The movie shows a POV scene where the two ladies shoot the camera with a gun, and then try to get rid of the body. This is an odd scene that has a heart beating. Then we see Lick leaving Deva Station behind and that’s that.

The narration ends and Kobe Tai goes in for a kiss on Deva Station, and the two start a lesbian sex scene. This is a pure lesbian sex scene and features what you’d expect from two women. They use their hands, fingers, tongues, and go into 69 of sorts, and they just do it all in the motel room set. There’s light jazz music playing here, and the camera goes in close at times. If you’re looking for a tutorial on how to please a woman with your tongue, you can learn a lot from these two, which have a great deal of chemistry in the scene, and a lot of moaning and pleasure throughout. This is a great lesbian scene with some real chemistry between the actresses, and a beautiful look at the body’s and what is going on. There are genuine orgasms here, and perhaps one of the better lesbian sex scenes I’ve reviewed for this blog thus far. You will definitely be turned on by the way that these women take care of business, that’s for sure.

The scene ends, and we are back to the front desk. Kobe Tai says nothing really happened on her shift, and that’s the end. She walks out of the front door, and the sun is shining. She has a piece of paper and a pencil in her hand, and just looks at a few things outside before the screen showcases the motel sign and fades to black, end of the movie.

I give “Motel Blue” a 3 out of 5.

I know, you expect more from this rating, but honestly, there are only two good scenes in this whole thing. I liked the plotting and that raised the movie up a lot more. The film grain is great, the chemistry is good here and there, but aside from Kobe Tai’s performance, there’s not much to this movie. Some of the acting is over done, some of it is awful, and while it’s functional, it just leaves you wanting something more. I did enjoy Kobe Tai’s acting though, which gives this a solid 3, and that’s about it. Good work, just not a great one.

Fans of Kobe Tai will want to purchase this movie for their collection, but if you’re not a huge fan of hers, you may not want to check it out. You can buy “Motel Blue” by clicking here, and seeing Kobe Tai in her prime.