City of Sin (1991) Review

City of Sin (1991) DVD Cover (from later release) 

Today we are going to be in the 1990s, and we are going to see a movie that was directed by Henri Prichard. This was a movie that came out in 1991 and had a lot of different stars in it, some that had non sex roles. The distributor here was Las Vegas Video and it had a good deal of different performers, and an interesting story line with a bit of focus on graphic design up front. The movie we will be reviewing today is called, “City of Sin” and it was released in 1991. The stars of this movie include, Raven, Tom Chapman, Debi Diamond, Jenna Wells, TT Boy, Trixie Tyler, Jeanna Fine, Jon Dough, Deidre Holland, Flame, Joey Silvera, Ona Z, and Johnny Nineteen. That’s a lot of people for a movie that is only 84 minutes long, but hey, it happens, and that’s why we are here to discuss the goings on. So sit back and see if “City of Sin” is worth checking out again for your adult cinema needs.

The opening scene shows a woman running away from a house and the graphics start to introduce who the characters are. They are typed up in a detective style formatting, and it’s quite interesting to see overall. It’s like you’re watching a detective show, and you are introduced to the people that are involved in the story, and it’s kind of neat to see. There’s obvious production value given to this movie, so that’s something worth noting.

The opening scene starts with a man going into a bordello. There’s film grain here, and it’s awesome. I love that this was filmed on 35MM or something. It’s fascinating to see. The movie goes forward and we see a man in a business suit talking about how he had a problem last time he was at the bordello. He starts to take off his clothes, and talks to a brunette haired, thin, pretty lady named Raven.

Raven is tall, thin, has brunette hair, tan, has large natural breasts, and wears a silk robe before taking it off. She starts to lick the business man, and we get some soft jazz music to start this one. Raven and Tom Chapman start to go with oral, and it’s an interesting beginning to the movie, giving you a cinema feel to the release. The camera focuses on an angled view here, so you don’t see anything too hardcore at first, and it’s blocked out nicely, kind of like a made for cable release. In fact, at one point all you see is Tom Chapman’s flaccid penis, instead of anything else, so maybe he couldn’t get it up? I don’t know.

The scene changes a bit, with a hard cut and we are taken to another room in the bordello where TT Boy, Debi Diamond, and Jenna Wells are. Debi Diamond and Jenna Wells are both older looking blonde haired women, and it shows. TT Boy is a stellar performer. We see a threesome starting to erupt. TT Boy, Debi Diamond, and Jenna Wells start to go forward with oral sex, and the movie starts to really get good in terms of the sex. There’s a bit of chemistry found here that is always a pleasure to see in these types of movies. The room is drab, well lit, and the camera focuses on the hardcore action here, more than the previous scenario. There’s a decent amount of chemistry found here, as TT Boy gets sucked off well, and it’s interesting to see a scene with so much chemistry between the performers, as it almost feels like a contest to see who can get off faster, making this scene quite good to start with.

There’s a hard cut, and we are taken back to see Raven and Tom Chapman. Finally, Chapman is hard, and he starts getting a blow job from Raven. The two get into a 69 position and things start to go forward with their room. The room is drab as well, basic, and not too complex. We see Raven pull out a condom, then we get a hard cut to the detective Joey Silvera looking on ready to bust the bordello.

We get a hard cut, and we are taken to TT Boy, Debi Diamond, and Jenna Wells still in a threesome. The blow job sequence here is perhaps one of the best ones that I’ve seen in porn thus far, and that’s saying a lot. I don’t know how TT Boy was able to stay hard, as the women here treated him like a god, licking, sucking, and just showing off at one point before getting into the sex, which doesn’t have a condom here.

There’s a hard cut, and we are back to Raven and Tom Chapman having sex. Raven is in reverse cowgirl to set things up and Chapman has a condom on. The sex is fine, nothing too crazy, with minor moaning, and movement, the two have no major chemistry in comparison to the other scene going on. As far as the sex goes here, it’s generic, and if the goal was to show what it would be like to have sex with an escort, they achieve that, since this is somewhat limited in passion. Chapman does well enough to go through the motions, and Raven is there as a counterpart, with good lighting overall, but the two just lack chemistry, and at the 21 minute mark, Raven stops the sex completely and leaves the room.

The next cut we see Trixie Tyler show up to talk to Tom Chapman. They are in the same room that Raven was in. Trixie Tyler has large augmented breasts, brunette hair, and purple lingerie. She’s got to be in her late 20s here, and she’s mostly shaved. Chapman gets started with oral, and things start to get heated.

There’s a cut and we go to TT Boy cumming on two women, then a hard cut goes and we see Chapman cumming on Trixie Tyler.

But here’s the thing, Joey Silvera and Jeanna Fine see that there’s a bust, and therefore they run out of the bordello while the detectives bust into the home, and they start to read everyone their Maranda rights. They are all getting busted and we see things developing negatively. During this bust, we see the detective talking to the boss saying that they’ve closed down everything. The boss asks them to detain Ashley Freelove, and she’s not there. The story continues and we see more characters around different homes and just talking. We see the head of the police with a vendetta, an ex con, and much more. The head of the police asks for an ex con to do him a favor and bring in Jeanna Fine’s character, and that’s it. There’s a great plot here, and it’s fascinating beyond the sex.

We move along and see Joey Silvera and Jeanna Fine walking into the woods somewhere looking for a hide out. They eventually reach a house, and they just settle in. I must note that this is a young Jeanna Fine, with longer hair, smaller breasts, and different from her latter releases. There’s a cut, and we see a memory found from Fine, where she’s talking to Jon Dough. Dough plays a music box, and the two are on a brown couch talking. She isn’t wearing any makeup, and has a green bra and panties set. The two begin to kiss and we are taken to the next sex scene.

Jeanna Fine and Jon Dough start to make out on a brown couch, within the new hideout that we just saw. There’s a large black cat painting, and there’s some good lighting here, and the two juxtapositioned with the light, as things start to heat up. This is a slow moving sex scene, and it features minimal make up, minimalism throughout the set, and the camera work. The sex is slow, almost as though they are trying to say that the two are making love, and it works well. Dough uses a condom here, and the two go through a couple of positions. IT’s a workable sex scene, with a little bit of chemistry, but there’s something missing, and I don’t know what it is. This doesn’t seem like it’s from 1991 as you see the back and forth motion of the sex, you start to think that you’re in the 1970s, as the sound design is really bad, with a terrible soundtrack. Jeanna Fine with no makeup, and going through the motions is odd too, especially at the 43 minute mark when Dough is going to cum, and well, it’s just as mechanical as things can get if you ask me. The two barely break a sweat for this scene, and Fine sounds like she’s been smoking for 30 years. She does have a sexy body, though, but that’s about it, a lackluster scene if you ask me.

We are taken back to the current timeline, and we see Jeanna Fine light up a cigarette and just reminisce a little.

The next sequence shows Jon Dough and Deidre Holland in a random home. There’s a blue couch and the two start to talk about different things before she asks him to stay the night. Deidre Holland is a blonde-haired woman with medium sized natural breasts, and is not shaved at all. She starts to blow Dough, and the scene gets kicked off. The music here is a jazz version of “Black Magic Woman” which is just an odd choice, and the two start to have sex on a couch. As far as the sex is concerned, it’s adequate, nothing of consequence, and nothing too exciting. Dough and Holland seem to have little chemistry, but are able to get through the scene with the same kind of gusto you would for your average romp, without getting too excited. There are some nice shots of the two together, kissing, but it just lacks that certain element that you got with the opening sequence earlier. There’s no condom here, and eventually after some time, Dough cums on the backside of Holland, and that’s it. Fade to black, and we go to another section of the movie.

We see Jon Dough show up to the house, and meets with Joey Silvera. Then we see him talking to Jeanna Fine. The two start talking about the past, and start to hug and kiss, as they reminisce about old times. The story continues, and we get more backdrop into the past, and the current state of things, with the police, and their professions, etc. After some time we are taken back to the bordello, and we see a few things going down.

There’s a sex scene that features a redheaded woman named Flame, and Joey Silvera. Flame is short, pasty white, has short hair, and of course you know Silvera. The two start to make out on a random couch in a bordello, and we see the two starting to have sex. Meanwhile we see a phone call take place, and find out that Dough doesn’t want to give up the girl. Meanwhile, we are back to the white couch and Silvera goes straight for the sex, and it’s a fast moving scene, without any passion, just raw sex, with a terrible soundtrack. After a few minutes of doggy style, Silvera cums and that’s the end of the sequence, nothing too crazy.

The movie divulges into a plot driven thing, and we are taken to the random blue couch we saw earlier in the movie. This time around we see Diedre Holland and Jeanna Fine talking together. They are simply together talking and that leads to the two kissing. The two start to kiss, and then start to get deeper into the throws of passion, until they start to have sex. The sex is fine, fingers, tongues, oral, and lots of moaning from Holland, more than Fine. Fine gives a lot here, and doesn’t seem to get the same in return, although the two get into several positions and just seem to enjoy the process, albeit a short one.

The scene ends, and we are taken to a random living room where our main villain talks to Ona Z. This is an older brunette, that has a beautiful face. The villain is played by a guy named Johnny Nineteen. The two start to argue, and that brings about a lot of passion and actually good acting. The acting here is superb for the scene, and as a stand alone entry point, it’s solid. Nineteen is a District Attorney and wants to get the bordello women into jail. The two discuss things and then turns into sex. Ona Z and Johnny Nineteen have sex on the random blue couch. It’s a slow moving sex scene, with little to no real passion. In fact, it’s slow, and doesn’t last that long, with Nineteen cumming way early and that’s it. It’s laughable how little he lasts here, and the camera barely shows anything other than the motions of a cable sex scene.

The movie ends and we see that the District Attorney was part of a larger corruption scandal, and then we see Jon Dough and Fine in a park just making out, because they are back together. That’s the end of that, and the movie credits start to roll.

I give “City of Sin” a 3 out of 5

The movie started out very well, as the TT Boy scene really took things to a good spot, but over the course of the movie, the quality dwindled, and we started to get boring elements and mechanical sex. I didn’t like that, and well it really dragged down the purpose of the movie, right? Well, other than that, the movie does have a great story line, and one that makes this appear to be a classic from the 1980s where you would only see it in movie theaters. It’s shot on film grain, and it’s really good overall, but alas, the sex drags it down.

Stripper Nurses (1994) Review

Stripper Nurses (1994) Poster/VHS Cover

Today we are going back to 1994. That’s quite a ways away for a movie that many people may have seen at their local video store, and millions rented. The movie is called, “Stripper Nurses” and it has a lot of different men and women in it. This movie stars Tammi Ann, Debi Diamond, Nick East, Ron Jeremy, TT Boy, Peter North, Shayla LaVeaux, Crystal Wilder, Sahara Sands, Kaylan Nicole, and more. I call this a film, like I do with other movies because it is filmed on film grain and produced with a high quality edge to it. Bill Smith is the director of photography here, and It’s actually a well sequenced piece of cinema. I was surprised by the quality of the film grain, as it looked like it was going to be put into theaters. Jim Holliday is the director here, and it starts with a lot of women putting on clothing. It also says that 9 of the 20 porno stars in the movie will be on the national dance circuit, and most likely will be escorting as well, because that’s how the industry works in many ways.

The movie itself, after the credits, starts with three blondes taking off their bras and panties. They are putting on nurses outfits, and that’s it. A tall blonde woman goes into Ron Jeremy’s office and starts yelling about the new rules. She then gets on Jeremy’s desk and starts licking his face. This is Debi Diamond, and Ron Jeremy is well, the hedgehog.

Debi Diamond and Ron Jeremy start to make out, and they really get into this one. They have a lot of chemistry, and Ron isn’t as fat as he is now. He begins with oral, and Diamond really reacts, and it’s intriguing to see authentic orgasms on set. Diamond is a flexible, tall, blonde haired woman, and she really loves every second of what is going on, at least in contrast to other scenes that I’ve reviewed. At this point in the game, Jeremy’s erection isn’t as hard as it was in the 1980s. It’s about three quarters of a chub, and he holds onto the base of his penis really hard to hold the blood flow. At one point it looks like he’s not even hard, as Diamond blows him, and it looks like Jeremy has been using a penis pump, which I don’t know if true or not, but it looks engorged and unnatural at some points. I could be wrong of course. Midway through the scene, after some back and forth on a couch, Diamond gets anal and really starts to moan, and this part is where Jeremy is the hardest, letting go of the base of his penis and going all into the anal scene. Although, that is short lived, because at a certain point he seems to be pushing rope, and it looks a bid odd. Eventually, he cums on Diamond’s face, and it’s an interesting little sequence. After the sex, the blonde pushes Jeremy and he falls over a couch, and that’s the end of the scene.

The next scene features a bunch of women changing into their nurses uniform. These are dresses, mind you, not scrubs. The set is the same set as Jim Holliday’s “Car Wash Angels”. The women here start to act and talk about how working environments are pretty tough now, and things are changing for the worse.

The women get dressed and the scene goes to Debi Diamond talking with a young Nick East. East is in a hospital bed, and she offers him a little extra service. She then climbs on the bed and starts to give him a blow job, while standing up on the bed. This is a unique position and definitely a cool look. Diamond then gets to work, and she is one of the few porno actresses that I’ve seen in a long time that really gets into her work. This isn’t a long scene, but East really gets hard and totally goes through with a hard sexual romp with Diamond. Diamond moans, and screams at one point, then reaches for a wheelchair where East finishes on her face. The scene is done in a hospital room set, and it’s not half bad, although very bland.

True to the name, we see Ron Jeremy and a bunch of women talking, and then we see a scene where the girls start to dance. They are doing their strip club moves, and that’s about it. There’s not much to this, just a lot of dancing, and nudity, and close up of genitals, which isn’t bad.

After the dancing is over, Shayla LaVeaux finds Peter North and the two immediately start to make out in a recovery room. The mid 1980s synth pop music starts, and you know that this scene is going to bring about some sex, because the midpoint didn’t have much. The music here is stellar, mind you, if you’re a fan of the 1980s sound. Shayla LaVeaux is a shorter blonde, and I’ve seen her in other productions, but here she’s blonde, and she’s looking a little older. Despite that, she really puts on a good show to start, giving Peter North one hell of a blow job and letting her hair flow. This is a sensual starting point, and North seems to be really into the process. The only go through a couple of positions before North cums, and does so with the standard money shot that you’d expect from him. He cums in Shayla LaVeaux’s face and she licks it up, and that’s your ending. The recovery room looks like an old flea ridden motel room if you ask me. The ending here is strong, with Shayla blowing North after the fact, an applaud from me, as that’s a very hot thing to do. This is a short scene, but boy does it work well.

Ron Jeremy is seen in the hallway, and he’s trying to figure out where he’s going and that he needs to go back to class.

That fades to another dance sequence, where women are stripping. It’s your standard strip tease. Nothing too fancy, no lights, just a small stage in what appears to be an office building. At one point a woman lights a cigarette with her vagina and smokes through it. I kid you not. That’s a weird sequence around 36 minutes into the movie.

After the dancing, a couple of nurses start talking bad about the head nurse and how they don’t like things changing.

The sequence moves to the bedroom quarters where you are treated to a striptease and a lesbian romp. This includes, Crystal Wilder, Melanie Moore, Melinda Masglow, and Nina Hartley. The women just go forward with your standard lesbian sequence, using hands, legs, fingers, and one lady using a foot to get another off. There’s a lot of moaning, and wetness, and lots of oral, with the camera going around to catch all of the action. This one gets loud so don’t watch it with your headphones on. It’s a sexy romp with all the women showing off their goods, as you’d expect.

The scene ends, and we are immediately taken back to the room where Peter North was at previously. This time around Alexis DeVell and Sahara Sands are there talking to Peter North, and eventually the clothes come off. The 1980s pop music starts again, and Peter North is hard as rock here, while getting blown by the two ladies. It’s a sequence that is slow, and not that sexy, as previous scenes. It works, but you can tell that the women and North don’t have the same chemistry, although he is a professional and gets through it well enough. There are multiple entry points, even anal, no condoms, and eventually he finishes on the back of Sahara Sands, and that’s the end of this one. It’s not a long scene, but it works well enough.

After the romp, we are taken back to the bedroom quarters and there’s a line up of women. This is where they all line up and one lady takes on many licking and giving pleasure before an orgy begins of sorts. Angela Summers, Bionca, Debi Diamond, Kaylan Nicole, Shayla LaVeaux, Summer Knight, and Tiffany Mynx are all in this scene. Things start to work well, and seems to be headed in one direction, until Jim Holliday makes a cameo and yells at the women. That prompts Alex Sanders to show up, and he plays the luckiest man in the world starting to rim the women. There’s an orgy surrounding this one, but the camera maintains a focus on Alex Sanders with a blonde haired woman. This is a short scene, but it works, contrasting between lesbian elements and Sanders getting his rocks off. It’s an ending sequence that mirrors the one with TT Boy in another movie. The scene works well, Sanders delivers speed and precision sexual prowess, with good stamina, and the music complements the scene well enough. If you like it hard and fast, this ending works well.

I give “Stripper Nurses” a 3 out of 5.

I would give it a better rating if there was more chemistry between the actors, and the sound didn’t cut out of my VHS copy of this thing. Sanders saves the day at the end, with a cheering section of women begging him to cum, and the music is quite good. I love the film grain, and the overall movie isn’t bad, but it’s far from perfect. It’s adequate, mind you, and could very well do the trick for you, but it’s not my favorite, although it has some unique points.