Bankable Review

Reviewed by vodka tonic  on  11/1/2004

Director : ChiChi LaRue
Cast : Briana Banks, Kylie Ireland, Wendy Devine, Lola, Kody, Dasha, Bobby Vitale, Rafe, Colt Steele, Lee Stone

DVD Extras : Chapter selection, positions room, behind-the-scenes, bonus clips, photo gallery, weblink, multi-angles on/off

5 Bonus Clips :
Briana Banks & Marc Davis in "All There Is"
Briana Banks, Cherie & Tony Tedeschi in "Chatterbox"
Briana Banks & Bobby Vitale in "Flick"
Lola & Julian in "Artemesia"
Kylie Ireland, Herschell Savage & Jason McCain in "Bad Wives 2"

Behind-The-Scenes extra : (20 min) ChiChi coaches Briana & Bobby for the 1st scene, then rehearses a comedy bit with Kylie Ireland and the rest of the cast. As with most of ChiChi's behind-the-scenes, the set looked both professional & very relaxed. The rest of this featurette is the filming of the sex scenes, which is quite redundant.

Short Story : The sexual shenanigans of a naughty bank teller and her bitchy boss, which is all you need to know about this story which stops trying to make any sense after 5 minutes, but this is ChiChi Larue, and you should not give a damn.

SCENE BREAKDOWN :

1) BRIANA BANKS & BOBBY VITALE

Couch potato Bobby strokes his knob under his pants while watching a scene from "Haze" (also directed by LaRue). His eyes barely stray from the boob tube when girlfriend Briana interrupts and puts his lovestick in her mouth. He soon comes back to his senses though and they switch to a nasty 69, where Bobby gapes Bri's tunnel to the max while his girl tongues his bunghole, when she's not too busy choking on his dick. They stand up on the couch, and Bobby goes straight to the A with the TV still on. He slaps his dick on her butt cheeks, then re-enters her backdoor even more furiously. Briana's head bobs every which way under her lover's assault. My, those legs are really thin. She keeps her white high-heeled mules as she sits on his dick in anal cowgirl, throwing a glance every now & then on Dee, Keri & Eric going at it on the TV screen. They keep at it for a while until Briana jacks him off to a small pop on her mouth. A hi-energy (if a bit faked) opener.

2) KYLIE IRELAND, WENDY DEVINE & LOLA

Out three girls are sipping a cocktail in a hammam, wrapped in white & pink towels. If this is a hammam, I am Queen Elizabeth, but you should know better than to look for a budget in a ChiChi movie. The towels soon drop as a very assertive Kylie encourages her girls to twiddle her twat. Wendy inserts 4 fingers and Lola 2, which totals a hand and then some, but as long as it's not from the same wrist, all decency is saved. Kylie's big, plump boobs look fabulous as tickled by Lola, one of the most dependable carpet-muncher in the business. There's a bit of foot playing as Lola swallows Kylie's right foot then strokes it on her pussy. Wendy & Kylie share the same physique and fans of shapely red-headed minxes will be in lezbo heaven. More positions ensue until this enjoyable and inspired all-girl threesome comes to its end.

3) KODY & LEE STONE

Briana, in a bathrobe, doesn't want to disturb Bobby, who's once again fallen sound asleep on the sofa in front of a porn movie. Briana grabs the beer out of his hands, sneaks her fingers under her bathrobe and decides to enjoy the action anyway. Which leads us to Kody on TV (pre-boob job) in sexy black silk underwear groping Lee Stone's massive tool under his boxer shorts. The scene happens in a bedroom. The lingerie drops too soon as Kody squats over Lee's face while he tongues her labia. Cools shots of her tight, barely legal body. After she reciprocates the favour, they tongue-kiss for a while then she squats again, but this time on his imposing tool. More great full-body shots. Lee picks Kody up from the bed and fuck her standing up (a position I think should be called the Lee Stone from now on), which gives bone-inducing views of Kody's tight buns smashing against his cock. They come back to bed for the missionary, then he comes on her chest. A nicely shot scene that suffers from a massive lack of energy. Too bad.

4) DASHA & COLT STEELE

Inside the bank, Dasha, looking gorgeous with upswept hair cascading on a black slip, enjoys an out-of-shape Colt while Briana masturbates in a corner. My God, what happened to Colt ? Briana's boobs look absolutely massive in a light-blue bra as she spreads her long, thin legs on the floor and enjoys the view. Colt barely laps Dasha's pubes that she moans like he's got a 12 inches tongue, which is not the case. Our blonde beauty looks too much like she's faking it. She sucks him through his green tighties , and Briana's legs look like they're gonna touch the opposite wall. Dasha sits on a table and tries to make the best of an uninspired doggy, but I can't believe for a minute she's enjoying this. Mish and a brief titty-tunnel round up this disappointing romp, and he comes on her chest. Briana's legs continue to lengthen.

5) BRIANA BANKS, DARLA CRANE & RAFE

I'm not sure this threesome happens for a reason, but I can guarantee that it's pretty hot, so whatever. Rafe, in a cop uniform (yummy !), shows Briana and redhead Darla how stiff the law can be. Briana lays on a sofa, Darla on one end gorging at her twat, Rafe on the other end bending his dick for a reverse blow-job. Darla removes her teller uniform to reveal a pair of implants that could rival Briana's, and begins to eat at Rafe's dick like she's been on a pecker diet for the last month. Briana, barely envious, jumps at it too, but Darla swiftly imprisons the dick between her massive breasts before driving it into her twat. What else can Briana do than squat at the edge of the sofa and finger herself over Darla's face out of frustration ? Fortunately, Rafe, always the gentleman, dives into her muff while still pounding Darla in missionary. A good sport indeed, Darla lets Briana at Rafe's dick for some hot doggy pounding before he comes on her butt. Excellent interaction and energy. This show's winner !


THE LOWDOWN : 3 good scenes out of 5 ain’t half bad, but « Bankable » suffers from basic narrative & visual cohesion. I’ve expected impeccable framing & tempo from cost-efficient director ChiChi LaRue, and though his ‘storylines’ can usually be written on the back of one’s hands, one can always rely on a strong visual identity, which is sorely lacking here. As such, ChiChi followers may as well skip this one, but it remains a very safe purchase for Briana’s fans.