Playin' With Fire

Date sent:        Sat, 21 Dec 1996 00:22:01 -0500 (EST)
From:             Joey Markham ([email protected])
Subject:          REVIEW: "Playin' With Fire" 




* Not to be confused with "Seymore And Shane: Playing With Fire".


PLAYIN' WITH FIRE
director: Jean-Pierre Ferrand.   Las Vegas, 1993.
cast: Sunny McKay, Alex Jordan, Cody O'Connor, Flame, Mike Horner, Cal Jammer,
  Randy West.
running time: 72 minutes.

- Sunny McKay, Alex Jordan
- Cody O'Connor, Cal Jammer
- Flame (anal), Mike Horner
- Cody O'Connor, Randy West
- Sunny McKay, Mike Horner


Sunny plays the role of Charlene Hamill, a playwright.  Mike plays Henry
McAllister, a bigshot producer.  He visits her for the first time at her 
house and tells her that after reading her latest play, The Hills and Valleys
Of Love, he wept.  He says he rarely weeps when reading plays.  That's what
makes it so exceptional.  As soon as he read it, he knew it was meant to be
on Broadway.  She can't believe that someone as famous and respected as him is
giving her this chance.  Then he surprises her with the news that he's having
the play cast as they speak, and even better, he guarantees her that famous
Broadway superstar Estella Amore (Cody O'Connor) will have the lead role.
Charlene's taken back by it and Henry assures her that when the play goes on
in a couple of months, it will be a smash hit.  For now, their first step is
to spend the next two weeks auditioning.  He sidetracks for a moment and lets
her know that when her agent Julie (the late Alex Jordan) sent him a picture
of her along with the script, he was instantly captivated by her beauty.  So
he wonders if she might want to engage in a little hanky panky.  Charlene's
shocked and asks him if that's the only reason why he's producing her play,
because he finds her beautiful.  She lets him know that she has integrity and
she put her heart and soul into the play.  She also does not mix business with
pleasure by sleeping her way up the ladder to success.  Respecting her 
professionalism, Henry changes the subject by telling her she'll be contacted
when the rehearsal schedule is ready, then he leaves.

The next day.  Charlene visits Julie in her office.  She tells her that Mr.
McAllister came to visit her yesterday and he couldn't stop talking about the
play.  Julie tells her she went out to dinner with him the other night and he
couldn't stop talking about her.  "About me or about the play?" Charlene asks.
Julie assures her that things are going to go just fine and that with Henry
being a powerful man, he's going to make Charlene's name a household word.
Charlene says the play has some of her most intimate feelings dramatized into
it.  She doesn't want everyone to know about it just because some big hotshot
powerbroker finds her attractive.  Once she mentions that she turned down an
invitation of his to go out for dinner, Julie's shocked.  "What??  Charlene,
are you crazy??" she asks.  "He can make you or break you!  He's a very 
attractive man!  What's the problem?"  Charlene replies, "I want success 
because I deserve it!"  Then she reminds Julie that she only mixes business 
with pleasure when it's with her.  Calming down and taking the hint, Julie 
picks up her phone and pages her secretary.  "Sally," she says.  "Hold all my 
calls."  She hangs up and walks over to Charlene to get a lot more 
comfortable.

- For the most part, this is a very sensual g/g scene.  They kiss, embrace,
undress eachother then hop onto a leather couch.  Things start getting wilder
when one girl spreads her legs wide open for the other to stuff her face
between.  They each get a turn at it and bring eachother to vocal orgasms.
Nice, especially since they smile throughout and prove they're into it.

The next day.  Julie visits Henry in his office and asks him what he's done
to Charlene's play.  "Look, Julie," he tells her.  "I'm afraid I'm going to
have to put my foot down."  He brings up Act III where two characters,
Bartholomew and Angelica, meet.  He's afraid that the way it's written really
won't work out after all.  Bartholomew is written as a beggar who looks to
Angelica for salvation.  "You know that we have cast Jonathan Adler as
Bartholomew," he says then continues to say that he probably won't be able to
play the part properly.  So why even cast him for the role at all?  "Because he 
sells," he says.  "His swimsuit calender has sold over 3 million copies."  He
suggests they change the character to Bartholomew the mute beggar, that way
they don't have to worry about Jonathan's lack of acting skills.  Julie says
Charlene will kill her if one word in the play is changed.  "Henry," she says.
"This is not a swimsuit calender.  This is an artistic tour de force.  This is
moving.  This is romantic.  This is brilliant!"  He's worried about people 
buying tickets to go see it.  He tells Julie that both he and she know 
Jonathan's a befuddled idiot.  "You wouldn't be screwing around this play 
because Charlene was less than receptive towards your advances now, would 
you?" she asks.  He denies it completely and says he is there for one reason
- the money.  Then he sends her out of his office and tells her to let 
Charlene know about the changes.

Hours later.  Henry is watching Estella and Jonathan's audition.  He stops Jon
from performing his Rain Man-schtick and informs him that the role has been
changed to a mute beggar.  "Won't that affect my line, Mr.McAllister?" Jon
asks, dimwittedly.  "Yeah, just a little bit," mutters Henry as he stares at
Jon in disbelief.  So Henry tells him to just stand there, listen to what
Estella's saying and look pathetic.  "Pathetic?" asks Jon.  "Yeah, you know,"
Estella speaks up.  "Be yourself."  "Oh, ok," Jon agrees.  Henry tells them
to take it from the top and backs away to watch them perform.  Estella reads
from her script: "Poor, dear Bartholomew.  Look at you here.. downtrodden and
dressed in rags."  Jon speaks up about himself, asking, "What's wrong with what
I'm wearing?"  Estella informs him they're rehearsing now and when they do the
actual play he'll be dressed in rags.  "And shut up!  You're a mute, ok??" she
reminds him.  "Oh, ok, let's try it again," Jon says.  So Estella repeats her
line.  When she's done, Jon looks over at Henry and asks, "I don't say 
anything, right?"  Henry slaps his hand on his face and says he can't take it
anymore.  He's going out to lunch and when he's gone, they should just skip
right over to the love scene.  When they're alone, Estella tells Jonathan to
follow her lead.  "Oh, Bartholomew.  Take me in your arms and speak to me with
your love."  "Sure, darling," he whispers and does as she says.

- Cody O'Connor is like a taller version of Flame; same length red hair and
pale skin (except Cody has a tattoo of a rose on her left shoulder and has
recently done movies with dyed blonde hair).  She and Cal give eachother head
and do a good mish before he pulls out and 'almost' gives her a facial (most
of his shots fly past her face).  A few more positions should've been used for
variety in this somewhat short sex scene.

Charlene bursts into Julie's office and can't believe that Bartholomew has now
been changed into a mute.  Julie tells her to calm down and that it's just a
slight modification.  "A slight modification??" asks Charlene.  "Do you realize
that all the poetic lines come from Bartholomew?  Now all he does is grunt and
look pathetic?"  "That's what he's like in real life," Julie comments about
Jonathan.  Charlene asks, "Where did Henry get that casting director?  He 
should be shot!"  After she calms down a bit, she says "I guess we still got 
Estella Amore and Lawrence Bach, right?" (whoever that Lawrence guy is).  Julie
tells her Lawrence was replaced by Andrew Argyle (Randy West).  "Andrew 
Argyle?" asks Charlene.  "The king of late night infomercials?  The guy that 
sells juices and spray-on hair??  How could you, Julie??"  Then she storms out
of the room.

Back in Henry's office.  He's visited by an actress, Sandy St.John (Flame).
"You know, Henry, I'm a big fan of yours," she says.  "You're one of the most
gifted producer-directors of our time."  "Please, no flattery.  You got the
part," he grins.  "There's no time for a thorough audition.. you've read the
play?"  At least a dozen times, she says.  The role that Sandy's interested in
is that of Lola, the cancer-stricken Russian seamstress whose dying wish is
to rescue her two young sons from the stagnant air of the coalmine.  She loves
that part very much but is disappointed about one thing - no love scenes are
involved with the character.  "Well, uh.." hesitates Henry.  "I might consider
a scene right here and now with you and I."  She says, "You know, if I didn't
know any better I would think you were trying to take advantage of a 
struggling actress."  "No, not at all," he denies.  "I am merely trying to 
widen your horizons."  Although, it does seem to him that he has a role for a
petite redhead in the next play he's producing.  "Am I the one?" she smiles,
getting closer to him.  "You should be," he grins.

- Flame is definitely a cute and perky redhead with a penchant for anal sex.  
First Mike goes crazy tonguing her clit and pussy then she lets her hair down
(it was in a bun before) and gives him head, however brief.  They do a mish
and doggie, then eventual anal (with condom) in which Flame turns very vocal.
For the cumshot, Mike's back in her pussy and pulls out, letting go all over 
her right buttock.  Poor body display sort of brought the heat down.

In her home, Charlene's on the phone with Julie.  "You were right Julie," she
says.  "Why fight it?  If Mr.McAllister's going to ruin my play, so be it."
She figures she's going to make a fortune anyhow.  She hasn't surrendered her
integrity but has come up with a brilliant new idea.  "Mr.McAllister is gonna
find out how it feels to be ruined," she grins.  She promises she's not going
to involve Julie in her scheme and tells her she'll just have to wait.  She
calls up Henry next and lets him know that she loves the changes he made.  
Then she invites him to her house for the next day, which he accepts.

The next day.  Henry meets up with Estella and Andrew to rehearse Act IV.  At
this point, Bartholomew has been trampled to death by cattle because he 
couldn't yell for help.  Angelica is heartbroken and Igor (Andrew), a Russian 
blacksmith, comes by her side to console her.  After Andrew clarifies 
something about his character, they move on with their lines.  [IGOR]: 
"Angelica, my darling.  I feel so terrible.  The death of Bartholomew must 
have devastated you."  [ANGELICA]: "I myself cannot believe it, Igor.  I mean,
one minute he was herding cattle and the next..."  [IGOR]: "It's ok, Angelica.
I'm here for you.  I've also loved and lost and I know your pain."  
[ANGELICA]: "Oh, Igor!  Console me!"  Both Estella and Andrew toss their 
scripts aside and kiss wildly.  Henry watches on but not for long, letting 
them continue with the scene.

- What could've been a really hot scene was made just average because of poor
angles and body display.  After giving eachother head (when Cody does it, the
camera is mostly behind Randy and all we see is his ass for a few moments - 
thank goodness for the invention of fast-forwarding) they get into missionary
and doggie.  Randy sticks a thumb in her mouth to suck on then she eventually
cums and when they flip over for doggie, she cums again (hot!) and he then
pulls out to shoot all over her ass.  

"Well quite honestly I was surprised when you said you wanted to see me," says
Henry, who's at Charlene's.  She tells him the changes he made were excellent  
and she raves about the casting decision of Andrew Argyle.  Then she says she
didn't invite him over for business.  "You see," she says.  "Well... I just 
cannot resist you anymore."  Confused, he asks, "What about your integrity?
What about all the things you said before?"  Grabbing his tie and pulling him
closer she says, "I guess you're just too much of a man.  You know, my 
sister's a really big fan of yours.  She'd love to have your autograph."  She
pulls out a book with a folded sheet of paper in it.  Crawling all over her,
he says he can barely spell his name under the influence of passion so she 
puts the book away for later.

- Another 'could've been really hot' scene ruined by less focus on penetration
and more focus on their faces (thus, lots of Mike Horner's grimace-like facial
reactions).  He slips her pussy a fast tongue, she gives him head (again, more
focus on the male performer's ass) then a short, hot mish and a searing doggie
before Sunny gets her asscheeks plastered with cum.

Charlene whips the book out and gets Henry to autograph the paper.  "Oh 
Henry," she smiles.  "You know you have just made my sister and I very, very
happy."  She unfolds the paper and looks at it.  "What's that?" he asks.  "Oh,
it's just like a... release form.  You know, that allows me to take everything
you've said and written and put it down in my new tell-all book," she grins.
"Tell all??" he asks.  "Yeah," she replies.  "You see, I've really called it
the game of snakes and ladders of success.  And... if you haven't already 
guessed... you're the snake."  He gets all paranoid about it and she says 
she'll never forgive him for what he did to her play.  As she gets up to make
a phone call to her producer, he tells her, "I'm gonna have my lawyers all
over you!"  She grins and says, "Well, I hope they're better than YOU were."
Henry looks into the camera and tells us, "I hate this fuckin' business!"  
All's well that ends well for Charlene.

A below-average porn offering with a typical storyline, what we have in this
video are scenes that could've worked much better if the cameraman (or 
director.. or both) called for better shots.  I somehow managed to put that 
behind me and tried to enjoy watching all four natural women rutting it out 
(what I could see of them, anyhow) but most of you would probably call it 
quits early.  I didn't think this video was the worst I've ever seen but I 
was disappointed more than not.  The cast did their best to burn up the 
screen.  It was the crew who made it impossible for them to shine as bright 
as they should have, proving that when you play with fire the results can be
very tragic (and what a tragedy it is to waste resources like these!).


Joey Markham
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