In the early '90s it seemed that Vivid Video made a lot of movies that featured one actress as the 'loop girl'; she would introduce the movie by talking about herself and what gets her off, she'd usually be masturbating with a dildo then introduce other couples to us engaging in ho-hum sex, all with no connection to eachother. After each scene is over, we go back to the loop girl, who usually doesn't look any more excited than when we last saw her and she goes on with words that you can tell are being read from a script. What "Tropic Of Kahlia" fails to provide in heat, it makes up for with genuine enthusiasm (but barely). Ok, perhaps there is a bit of genuine heat, but it becomes lost with all the looping. When you read the movie box for this one, you'll find the names P.J. Sparxx, Deidre Holland, Jon Dough and Nick East listed (who aren't even in the movie). Only three names from the real cast are actually there. An attractive photo of Kahlia posing among some bamboo sticks and wearing a flower in her hair is probably the only strong point this movie has going for it (and for those of you who haven't seen Kahlia, she's a slim Hawaiian girl with extremely small breasts and shoulder length curly hair, who is kind of cute overall). Upon reading the back cover, you find out that Kahlia's name means 'sensuality'. She is more sensual than aggressive and thankfully she shows emotion in her scenes rather than just laying there quietly and looking bored. Looking at the front cover again, you'll notice "Vivid presents an island fantasy" written at the top. Besides deceiving us on who's actually starring in it, this whole movie doesn't really take place on an island. I think THAT was Vivid's fantasy. Kahlia's loop scenes take place outdoors and she's sitting on a patio chair. In the background we do see an ocean but that's about it (we do see the ocean first during the opening credits). Other than that, two scenes appear indoors and the other two outdoors (one on a tennis court and the other in a gazebo, which is situated right near the water so I guess this counts, too). Without further ado, here's my review. TROPIC OF KAHLIA director: Nancy Nemo, 1991 Vivid rating: 1.15 - Kahlia (introduction) - Kahlia (anal), Cal Jammer - Kahlia, Leanna Foxx - Madison, Biff Malibu - Racquel Darrian, Derek Lane - Kahlia (masturbation) Kahlia introduces the movie by telling us (through narration) that she loves the outdoors. She sits there with a dildo and massages her pussy over her bikini. She says she loves the sky and the birds and the trees and that there are so many things you can do outside. Her favorite thing of all is getting her body all worked up and perspiring. She says that after a long set of tennis, she gets so hot that she has to cool herself down with whomever she's with at the time. We cut to a tennis court match with Kahlia and (the late) Cal Jammer. They're both playing tennis horribly. Cal, who seems to be playing her instructor or something, picks up two balls and hits them one after the other. Then they end the game, Kahlia approaches Cal and he tells her she's not going to learn anything by playing the way she does. Suddenly he goes up behind her and hugs her tightly. "Say uncle," he tells her, "Say uncle or I'm gonna take your clothes off" (???). Obviously, they had to improvise. Kahlia refuses and he says, "Say uncle or I'm gonna fuck you in the ass". That's exactly what they end up doing. They start kissing and taking eachother's clothes off. He starts sucking her boobs then makes his way down to her pussy, pushing her slightly back as she lays down on a lawnchair. He licks her clit mildly then slow fingers her. Stretched out, Kahlia has a nice looking body (no protruding ribs that makes a body sickly-looking). Then they fuck missionary style; slowly at first, then picking up the pace. Next, they fuck doggie style immediately proceeding with anal sex (Cal having to hold his dick at the base the entire time he's penetrating). Kahlia seems to enjoy it enough. Finally (after several minutes of looping), Kahlia goes to her knees and sticks out her tongue to catch Cal's load. Most of it misses her face. She grabs his cock and swirls her tongue around his head then he bends down to kiss her. Kahlia continues telling us about the outdoors and how some people long for the freedom of being under a blue sky with the world spread out before them, to forget the convention of civilization and once again become wild animals. We cut to a gazebo with Kahlia and Leanna Foxx. Both girls are tonguing eachother at first, then Leanna quickly takes off Kahlia's top and tongues her boobs, flicking her tongue around Kahlia's hard nipples. Kahlia lays back and Leanna licks her clit and slightly spanks it, then holds two fingers around her pussy lips and rubs up and down. Kahlia returns the favor by giving Leanna a spirited tongue and finger-fuck session. The girls whip out a dildo with a cockhead on each end and start playing with it; licking the tips, rubbing it between their boobs, etc. When they both end up fucking the dildo, Leanna goes wild and starts screaming (perhaps a little too fake, just like her large breasts) and right at the climax of things, the scene fades out. Oh well, at least Leanna looked pretty the way her hair was styled and both girls seemed to enjoy themselves. Kahlia explains that there's something about the warm sunlight and the soft gentle breeze that can get a girl's hormones in an uproar, that if the mood is right, you can get a girl to do just about anything you want her to do. Cut to Madison and Biff Malibu indoors. The scenario is that Madison (who looks a little trashy here and is wearing her neck and tongue pierce) is waiting in a building for Biff (who also looks trashy with a full blown (fake?) goatee) to finish filming a sex scene. He enters the room and she tells him how horny she got when she heard him earlier. They immediately jump eachother. He sucks her, she sucks him, they dirty talk it half of the time. Madison does the cowgirl next, eagerly riding his cock. The pace picks up and they fuck like banshees. Afterwards, Madison lays on her back and fingers her pussy while Biff strokes himself off to a cum. When he does, he showers her pussy and inner thigh. For those of you who like sleazy sex, this scene may be your cup of tea (just remember that looping plays a big part in all the scenes). Discussing more about getting a girl to do whatever you want her to do, Kahlia tells us that when a couple lay out along the grass and watch clouds lazily drift by, their thoughts begin to stray towards a more passionate state and at this point, the guy can pretty much get whatever he wants. Cut to Racquel Darrian and Derek Lane indoors (on some cheesy-looking porn set). There's nothing you haven't seen this couple do before. Racquel has looked better but they do manage to crank out a scene that is just a tad above ho-hum. Sucking Derek's cock, Racquel looks determined to please her man. Then she does a very nice (and nicely captured) RC that lasts long enough for you to remember about the looping. They switch to a doggie fuck, bringing down the heat a little (Derek looks tired as hell) that you may want to FF through to the finale where she gives him a good handjob until he shoots a load, but it completely misses her, only dripping down her hand. Finishing things off, Kahlia decides she's pretty much said it all and tells us to go out there and try it. She proceeds by sliding off her bikini bottom and dildo-fucking herself. She bends over onto the patio chair, showing off her nice round ass. She screams to orgasm, penetrating herself faster. Then she sits back down and licks the shiny, silver dildo which you can see has cum on it. Fade out. If you can get past the looping and the extremely dull coloring, maybe you'll be able to sit this one through with a little help from your remote control. Recommended strictly for Kahlia fans (I think this is the only movie she's done that has her featured in the title role - meanwhile, I think everyone else would be asking, "Kahlia who??"), this tape would've done a whole lot better with more thought put into it (and isn't this the case with many other videos?). Like I said, there's genuine enthusiasm surfacing each scene but overall, if this 'tropic' was a destination spot I'd tell you there are tons of other places much, much hotter. [email protected]