Pirate Fetish Machine: The Wild Circle. Director: Susi Medusa Gottardi. Extras: Making of:Apparently "making of" means showing some random fuck and BTS footage with annoying Euro-disco played over the top of of it. Not exactly an exploration of the filmmaking process. Trailer: The trailer for this title. Cast: The usual step-throughs of the disc's female cast. Photobook: A bunch of hi-res action stills that you navigate yourself in step format. Production Notes: Some badly-written copy, nominal credits for the cast and director. Shot in Rimini, Italy. Other Titles: Individual Previews for: Castings X 19, The Scottish Loveknot, Private Life of Rita Faltoyano, Anal Lolitas, Reality 14. Language options: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian. Subtitle options: Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Portugese, Polish. A quick note on scene ratings - unlike many reviewers of different things who tend to rate "average" as 7/10. I rate average as 5/10, this makes 7/10 from me quite a bit above average, so bear this in mind. None of these scenes feature condoms.

Well, this is one devout Private/Pirate Video Deluxe/Pirate Fetish Machine fan that absolutely disagrees with the two previous reviewers. The series has taken an unfortunate downturn with the exit of Kovi and the entrance of Susi Medusa. And, believe me, she ain't no Tanya Hyde! Sure, the women are gorgeous, and, for the most part, the sex is pretty hot, but the use of the odd, image-squeezing camera lenses was quite distracting.

The Wild circle Directed by Susi Medusa Gottardi Overall Impression Much like my good friend aybesea I had high hopes for this one. I totally share aybesea's perspective on Kovi's mishandling of Private's Pirate line. Once upon a time the Pirate Video Deluxe flicks from Tanya Hyde and Frank Thring made it my favorite series. Unfortunately Kovi seriously dropped the ball in my opinion. It's not that he is untalented, because he has made many fine movies for Private's other lines like the Black Label line, but rather he never captured the edge or kink factor that made the previous Pirate titles so exiting. So needless to say I was very curious to see what this unknown female director was going to bring to the table. Judging from the boxcover pics alone I liked where she seemed to be going. This movie is certainly a step in the right direction for the Pirate line, but not quite in sync with the level of quality achieved by Thring and especially Hyde. However Susi Medusa does show some very real promise in her Pirate debut.

Expectations I have liked the previous installments of this series. This episode marks the debut of new director Susi Medusa. I am enthused to see if she can take this series to a level that eluded Kovi. Capsule Review This episode of Fetish Machine gives a great shot in the arm to this entirely too predictable series. Susi really does a good job of pulling this volume up and into the spotlight. Technical The technicals of this DVD are up to Private's usual high standards. Much of the film is dark, but I believe this is stylistic and not poor lighting. The audio is typical Private dubbed fare. Director Susi Medusa Extras Making of, trailer, cast notes, production notes, gallery Target Audience Gonzo fans, fetish fans Scene Review Scene 1 - Sandy Style The first thing that is evident in this release is that the silly glitter face paint is gone. I won't miss it. The second thing is that Susi's direction is much darker than Kovi's... far more like the Pirate releases from Thring and Hyde.