Fashionistas Safado: Berlin Review

Reviewed by Zorge  on  10/19/2007

My expectations: Heading in, based on my recollection of the first Fashionistas installment, I anticipated a top knotch production, filled with hot performers, elaborate S&M set-ups, a lot of erotic psychologically charged scenes, domination themes, really sexy fetish wear, and some great hardcore sex scenes.

My initial conclusions: This movie fulfilled and surpassed all of my high expectations.
Visually, this movie is incredible. I have never seen a XXX feature with camera work, editing and visuals this stunning. The quality is astounding. The outfits selected for the performers are incredible throughout. The locations are almost perfectly chosen. And the sex, even when it is harder than I would think I could stand, is so convincingly performed, and so erotically charged that it totally held my attention.
There is a very dark erotic feel throughout, which is also helped by the well put together soundtrack. This movie builds on everything that set the original masterpiece apart from the rest of the porn pack, and takes it several levels up.

The performers: As great as their careers had already been, I have never seen Katsumi or Melissa Lauren look this good, or perform like this. All of the girls in this are stunning. The men are all perfect for their roles, too. Nacho is perfect as Safado, or Safado is the perfect role for Nacho. Either way, it definitely works. And Rocco is Antonio, a role that still seems to suit him just fine. Annette Schwarz puts in a lot of work and really heightens the energy whenever she's on screen. Everybody does a great job!

The sex: The first full on scene is with Nacho dominating the submissive Melissa Lauren, while Katsumi and Rocco watch and help video and whatnot (this is supposed to be for Safado's website). This is the most psychologically charged and physically aggressive scene I've ever watched. And while I'm normally not drawn to hard slapping and domination of this sort, I don't think I can really compare this to anything else. Whether this is a turn on to the individual viewer, I can't say. But it is so well performed and so erotically charged that I think it will challenge a lot of conceptions about what dominant and submissive can be in porn. It's a very powerful scene that, to my mind, really demonstrates the talents of Stagliano, Nacho and Melissa, to challenge and push themselves to the edge and to make it work. Really, I'm rather at a loss for words. Mind blowing.

Later, Nacho has a group of girls, with Annette Schwarz leading the way, come in to dominate Rocco while he restrains him to a bench. I believe we have Annette, Sintia, Judith Fox and another girl here. After dominating, slapping and smothering Rocco (And you know, I think I'd find it hard to complain about this punishment, what with such hot women sitting on your face and giving head.) Eventually they unrestrain Rocco and continue to service him, Annette getting her throat fucked severely. A lot of action ensues, with the girls giving the pussies and asses to be pounded. We also get a lot of ass eating, going both ways. Perhaps most interestingly, Rocco gets a blowjob with one girl sucking his dick, another sucking his balls, and Annette eating his ass. That's a lot of fucking stimulation! The girls also have at each other a bit. A lot of intensity and great work to catch all the action going on. After finally fucking Annette in the ass, Rocco has the girls gather around as he cums in Annette's mouth and deepthroats her some more.
Okay, well I tried to give a bit of detail to what happens in that scene, but I'm still not close to getting to everything. Pretty incredible. On to disc two!

Katsumi walks into some sort of dungeon room and finds a dominatrix using clothespins on two girls. This is probably the most disturbing thing to me, because it seems painful. But it still works to further the mood of the film.

Later, there is a big orgy going on with people all over the place engaged in various sex acts.
What might very well disturb people more than the rough scene on disc one with Nacho and Melissa, will likely be this scene with Katsumi and Melissa in fetish nun outfits, with Nacho as the priest, and a congregation of girls in hot fetish wear. ("Fuck me Father, for I have sinned.") If we weren't pushing the bounds of masculine/feminine already, we certainly are now with Nacho in that "priest" outfit. You'll just have to see.
Annette is all over the place in this movie, which I didn't quite expect. I don't know if any girl eats ass with the excitement of Annette Schwarz. Anyhow, she gets to work here with Nacho, too. A lot more action ensues with Nacho taking on several women, and the women taking on each other, and Annette getting a lot more throat fucking.
Oh yeah, and there's a few milk enemas.

Rocco, Katsumi and Melissa get on with the girls still in their nun fetish outfits, for what is another incredible intense scene. Melissa leaves with her ass bright red, as Rocco continues to work on Katsumi. The duo give us a really hot scene that goes through a lot of action, covering a lot of positions.

Conclusions: I haven't nearly touched on everything going on here, but I'm sure other reviewers will give a more detailed account of the story and the sex play by play.
Fashionistas Safado: Berlin is a movie which is not afraid of anything. My apologies if I am not adequate to expressing how incredible this movie is. I'm sure it isn't for everyone. There are those rare times when a great artist make a masterwork which breaks new ground and challenges the perceptions of his or her audience. This might be one of those times. This is another classic, no doubt in my mind.