Sins of Johnny X, The (Bijou Video) Review

Distributor: Bijou Video Edition Details: Standard Streaming Movie Specs: Genres: Golden Age Classic, Feature Film, Gay Also known as: Services Rendered Run Time: 58 minutes Rated: X Release Year: 1975 Director: Taylor Benson Written by: Taylor Benson Cast: Dave Daniels (as Dave Daniel), Clay Grant, Richard Locke (as Ty Winslow), Kurt Williams Release Specs: Audio: English Mono Subtitles: none Video: Full Frame, 1.33:1 Video Format: NTSC Format: Streaming Regional Code (for DVD/Blu-ray): N/A Number of discs: N/A

The Sins of Johnny X is a hardcore gay feature from the mid-seventies. The Sins of Johnny X suffers from a lot of issues that make the film a dull flop. The story is that Bob (Clay Grant) picks up Sam (Dave Daniels) and despite Sam having little interest in Bob, Sam moves in. When going through the paper, Bob finds an advert for Johnny X (Kurt Williams), who he calls to spice up his and Sam's love life.

The story for the film isn't very compelling and is filled with logical issues. This reviewer knows that this is just porn; however, the plot issues are so huge it is just plain hard to ignore them. Sam always seems uncomfortable despite being picked up and despite moving in with Bob. Why someone who appears to have such little interest in someone else would move in is not believable. Another huge issue with the story is that it is evident from events in the film that time goes by; however, the film does a horrible job of showing the time that has elapsed.

The sex scenes are also an issue. Usually, this reviewer doesn't rate the sex scenes in a gay film due to being straight. However, The Sins of Johnny X will be an exception to this since the sex scenes are clearly poorly constructed. The biggest issue with the sex scenes is that Dave Daniels always looks like he would prefer to be somewhere — anywhere — else than participating in them. The sex scenes also seem incomplete. It isn't easy to put your finger on what exactly causes the unfinished feeling, but something seems missing, more than Daniels' enjoyment. It is doubtful that most viewers will find the sex scenes in The Sins of Johnny X fulfilling.

The highlight of The Sins of Johnny X is an underwater sex sequence, which looks nice. However, that alone is not enough to save the film. The characters are flat, the story is dull, and the sex scenes look like they are a chore. This reviewer isn't sure anything else needs to be said about The Sins of Johnny X.

The edition of The Sins of Johnny X screened is the streaming-only edition available on NakedSword.com from Bijou Video. Bijou Video's release of The Sins of Johnny X has some issues. The Sins of Johnny X was shot on film, and it is evident that Bijou Video has utilized a video source as the master for this release. The Sins of Johnny X is presented in the Academy aspect ratio of 1.33:1 in 480p. As far as video sourced DVD releases go, The Sins of Johnny X has acceptable video quality. The picture isn't bad with decent colors. There are the expected artifacts and print damage also visible in the image. Unfortunately, the video source that Bijou Video used for this release was cut by 11 minutes for unknown reasons.

The Sins of Johnny X is presented with an English monaural audio track. The audio for the film sounds very crummy, unfortunately. The dialog can be understood; however, the audio is filled with distortion and has a hiss. Unfortunately, the audio quality drags down the release.

Bijou Video hasn't included any extras for the release.

The Sins of Johnny X is a poor gay adult hardcore film that has a boring story, and one of the main cast members never seems to be into the sex scenes at all. There isn't anything about this film that needs to be experienced by the viewer. Bijou Video has done a poor job with their release with an edited video sourced transfer.

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