Dirty Deals (Alexia & Cie) Review

Running Time: 130 min.

Production Date: 7 / 3 / 1999

Director: Marc Dorcel

Cast: Silvia Saint, Nikki Anderson, Laura Angel, Kate More, Gili Sky, Olivia de Treville, Maeva Exel, Claudie De Moro, Philippe Dean, Kevin Long, Francesco Malcom, Bruno SX, Rodolphe Antrim, Sebastian Barrio, and Hugues Robert

Initial Expectations: What I’ve seen of Wicked’s releases from Marc Dorcel have been great so far. Adding Silvia Saint and Nikki Anderson to what I’ve already seen is about to short me keyboard out from drool.

Initial Reaction: It’s the best of Marc Dorcel’s work that I’ve seen so far and the DVD holds its own against some of Wicked’s other top releases with the exception of the Making of Dirty Deals featurette being in French only.

Who Should Watch It: Fans of hot sex with Euro stars.

Who Should Avoid It: Anybody who’s turned off at anal sex.

Audio /Video Quality: The English dubbing is very clear and well balanced, as is the original French track. Although the video does have some slight pixelation and soft focus problems in very few places, for the most part it’s crystal clear.

Music: Surprisingly there isn’t music in all of the scenes. What music there exists is well balanced with the rest of the audio.

Disc Problems: NO TIME CODE!!! I know that this is one of my personal pet peeves but it always annoys me. Also, the Behind The Scenes featurette only has French audio. This really annoys me as it looks to be a great featurette. I contacted Wicked about this and they informed me that it’s the first they’ve heard of it. They only distribute the Marc Dorcel films and don’t actually produce them. They were interested in these problems and say they’re going to bring it up with Marc Dorcel Productions so hopefully we won’t see these problems in the future.

Review: Laura Angel plays the owner of a top notch modeling agency being blackmailed into helping a dirty old man known as The Baron take pictures of top government officials in compromising positions for blackmailing them in Dirty Deals . Throw in a subplot about one of her models (Olivia de Treville) and her boyfriend (Philippe Dean), who’s also Laura’s top photographer, trying to leave and start their own agency, some inter-office romance, and a little extra sex and you’ve got a hot movie with a pretty good plot. Sadly, I don’t know all of the cast so I can’t give a complete run down of all of the sex scenes.

The storyline is very well done in Dirty Deeds . Surprisingly, the plot even has a few nice little twists to it. It’s not anything that causes too much thought, and is fairly predictable, but it is enough that it adds to the overall movie. I don’t want to go into the plot too much as I hate to ruin any possible surprises.

The sex in Dirty Deals really reminds me of the sex in classic porn in many ways. The scenes blend in with the plot very well. Yes, there are times when it just goes into people fucking, but it isn’t too often. Also, just because two people meet it doesn’t mean they’re going to fuck. The scenes also very in length and style like many of the classic movies. Sometimes it’s a quickie and other times the scenes are drawn out. It’s a great way to keep the scenes fresh and not have it feel like you’re watching the same scene over and over again.

Don’t take the comparisons to classic porn to mean that the sex is tame or boring. The sex follows the normal style seen in European porn which means there’s an extreme amount of anal sex. Actually, there’s only a couple scenes that don’t have anal sex. Surprisingly, and unlike American porn, there weren’t any rim jobs. I always enjoy the rim job leading up to anal sex, so I was a little disappointed, but the ladies did such a fabulous job taking it up the ass that I soon forgot about the lack of rimming. Mr. Dorcel also pays attention to one of those little details that most guys really seem to like. Virtually every girl wears white panties. Thanks to the great camera angles you can see them and everything else very clearly.

The sex starts off very hot in Dirty Deals and continues that way through almost all of the movie. The opening sex scene has a redhead and a short haired brunette thanking a guy for picking them up to give them a ride into the city when they’re hitchhiking. As does any other hitchhiker, the redhead carries a blindfold with her that they talk the guy into wearing for an added twist while they “thank” him in the woods. Unlike most women who do this to guys, these two stay to have sex rather than steal his car and it’s very fun. The guy does a great job enjoying himself while trying to figure out which woman he’s with. The women also make it fun by staying just out of his reach but close enough to tease him while they undress. Sadly there isn’t much interaction between the women, but they both take it up the ass with style before the guy gives the brunette a great facial.

Since Laura plays the lead you know she’s going to get quite a few scenes, which she does. Her first scene (the third in the movie) really stands out (although the others are great also). After landing a great deal she feels a need to celebrate with Philippe, who’s girlfriend is gone at the moment. They go into the next room, which happens to be more of an open porch and have a very hot fuck. Laura reminds me a lot of Anna Malle only without the tattoos. She’s a little quieter and more restrained, but she still gives a great performance. Mr. Dorcel does a really great job catching some great camera angles. The reflection from a table top is used a bit which is a nice twist on the normal mirror view. While they fuck, the girlfriend returns and watches from outside. Later, another model joins her and masturbates while watching. This added a nice voyeuristic feel to the scene that worked well. This was the first scene with Laura that I’ve seen and I was eager to see what else she’d do later in the movie. Sadly, she only has one other scene in Dirty Deeds , but she makes the most of it with Bruno SX and another guy although she doesn’t take a double penetration. Hopefully we’ll see a lot more of Laura Angel as she can do a great job both acting and fucking

Olivia de Treville plays the other main female lead which allows us to see just how much she can do also. Most of her scenes are a little shorter but also a little nastier. She starts out with a quicky anal fuck on the beach with Philippe with most of their clothes still on. Later she also takes on Bruno SX and another guy. Unlike Laura she does take the double penetration and looks great doing it. Finally, we get to see her take on another girl in another very short scene. I have a feeling that we’re going to see quite a bit more of Olivia as she does a very good job acting as well as fucking like a bunny.

Dirty Deals also puts together three of the top Euro starlets in one scene. Nikki Anderson, Silvia Saint, and Kate Moore all have a lovely lesbian lickfest while Sebastian Barrio watches. I’ve heard a lot about Nikki Anderson but I haven’t really watched her knowing who she was until now. She’s amazing! Put her with Silvia Saint and you’ve got an instant winner of a scene here complete with anal but lacking toys. I would have liked a few toys, but they weren’t needed here. Kate Moore also does a great job and holds her own in this scene with these two powerhouses of Euro sex. The momentum flows very well through the scene helping to make it one of my favorite scenes in the movie. Nikki also appears in the next scene with Sebastian Barrio alone showing that she can do it and them all very well. It’s obvious that she’s earned pretty much every compliment she’s received and I’m amazed that she doesn’t have the following Silvia Saint does.

Dirty Deals does a great job of blending a decent plot with really hot sex. There’s a couple twists in the plot, but most people won’t care too much as they’ll probably still be drooling over the scene they just finished watching.

Extras: The bios are fairly short and cover Nikki Anderson, Laura Angel, and Kate Moore. There isn’t a lot of information on any of the ladies but there are some nice pictures where you can see who’s who.

The photo gallery contains approximately 29 snapshots. It’s done very nice with each snapshot being done as seen through a camera viewfinder. They even included a little audio snip of the camera advancing. It’s a nice little touch that sets the photo gallery apart from others.

Finally, there’s a featurette on the making of Dirty Deals . It includes several short interviews with Marc Dorcel, Laura Angel, Philippe Dean, and Olivia de Treville as well as a few others. You also get some extra sex footage. It really looks like a great featurette. The problem, as I stated earlier, is that it only has a French audio track. AAARRRGGGHHHH! If it wasn’t for only having a French audio track I would have given the extras a 5.

Themes: Straight, anal, group, lesbian, DP, and masturbation

Raincoat Factor: Very high

Overall: Currently, Dirty Deals can be found online for between $21 and $25.50 with an even spread of prices in between. If you’re a fan of Private titles or Euro porn you’re going to love Dirty Deals . The movie as well as the technical aspects are very good. The extras are okay if you don’t speak French but if you do understand French I think there’s a great behind the scenes featurette there for you.

Note to Wicked: The few problems in Dirty Deals seem like they would be easily solved. The few picture problems were fairly minor but were noticeable. Having the Behind the Scenes featurette in French only really ticked me off as it looked very well done but I know that you didn’t have anything to do with that. If the featurette would have been in a language I could understand, it would have been a tough decision whether to give Dirty Deals a 4.5 or a 5 overall. I can’t wait to see what you bring out from Marc Dorcel next and hope that I can understand all of the DVD.

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