Stripped: Carmen Luvana Review

Reviewed by astroknight  on  9/29/2003

Running Time: 89 min.

Production Date: 6 / 13 / 2003

Director: Stuart Canterbury

Cast: Carmen Luvana, Lezley Zen, Jessica Drake, Angelica Crystal, Sophie Evans, Alison Wyte, Tyce Bune, Evan Stone, Tristan Seagal, and Kyle Stone

Initial Expectations: Although I haven’t been completely impressed with Carmen Luvana, Lezley Zen, Jessica Drake, and Sophie Evans are always hot enough to get my hopes up!

Initial Reaction: It’s one of the best couples films I’ve seen in quite a while!

Who Should Watch It : Couples who want a bit of plot with their porn

Who Should Avoid It: Anybody wanting a heavy emphasis on the stripping

Audio /Video Quality: The audio is well balanced, and normally fairly clear. At times it gets a little scratchy, almost as if it was maxed out when recorded, and there are a few background noises as well. The video is much the same way. It’s normally nicely lit, but there’s just enough grain to be noticed and a few soft focus blurs.

Music: The music has a bit of a rock feel, and rests very nicely in the background. Unfortunately, if you’ve seen quite a few of Adam & Eve’s movies, you’ll probably recognize some of it. It also works in music outside of the sex scenes, which adds some nice depth to the non-sex portions as well as the sexual scenes.

Borderline False Advertising: The cover strongly hints at threesomes and lesbian action. The only lesbian action is part of the stage show at the strip club and there isn’t a threesome in the movie. It’s mostly semantics, but I didn’t feel that the movie quite fulfilled what it was advertising on the cover.

Menus: The menus are pretty good. The main menu nicely blends some of the movie with the cover, and gives a very nice first impression. The chapter menu lets you choose a scene based on a small clip of each scene and a chapter number, which is nothing special, but at least does so in a little different layout to help it out.

The Feature: Tyce Bune is back in town, and that has strip club owner Kyle Stone more than a little worried. They used to be partners, and now Tyce is showing way too much interest in Carmen Luvana, the prime draw for his club. He sends Lezley Zen off to spy on Tyce, but he can’t be sure of which side Lezley’s playing.

Lezley Zen starts things out with Tyce Bune. They suck on each other’s tongue before Lezley drops down to mouth something longer and stiffer. She stands up and lets Tyce fuck her as she removes his shirt before bending over so Tyce can eat her ass. Tyce fucks Lezley from behind before decorating her chest.

This is a pretty good scene. Lezley and Tyce put some nice energy into it, but the chemistry seems to lack at times. Most of this seems to be due to Lezley overdoing things, but that also fits her character as she’s a stripper who hooks on the side.

Carmen Luvana gets it on with Alison Wyte as part of their stage show in the second scene. They start out with a masturbation tease with a vibe before Carmen sits on Alison’s face. Carmen breaks the vibes back out and turns one loose on Alison’s pussy before letting Alison return the favor. Finally, the scene ends as people start clapping with the girls looking like there’s more to go.

This scene didn’t do much for me, but I think that’s mostly due to the style. There are very few scenes set up as strip shows that have done anything for me, and there wasn’t anything here to break that streak for me. It seems like there’s decent energy and chemistry, but nothing about this scene grabbed me. The sharp ending where it looks like there’s much more to go also didn’t help things.

Kyle Stone gets busy with dirty blonde Angelica Crystal on a towel next to his pool in the third scene. He licks her holes and then lets her hop right on for a reverse cowgirl ride without her giving him any oral loving in return. Angelica hops off to give Kyle some nice head before laying back and letting him fuck her ass. Finally, Kyle gives Angelica a nice ball blast on her tits.

This is a pretty good scene. Angelica is extremely hot, has a great body, and really seems to know how to take a cock in her ass. The chemistry isn’t the best between them, but they put some okay energy into the scene. In many ways it feels just like your typical porn scene, but at least it feels like a well done one.

Next up, Sophie Evans takes on Tristan Seagal in the dressing room. Tristan gropes her before Sophie puts her great oral talents to work on his prick. Sophie’s worked over with Tristan’s tongue and four of his fingers in return before climbing up for a cowgirl ride. Sophie turns around so Tristan can slam her backdoor from behind, and even lets Sophie fuck herself with a jelly dildo to give herself the technical DP. She also takes a reverse cowgirl anal ride with her jelly dildo joining in before hopping off and stroking Tristan onto her stomach.

Not surprisingly, this is one heck of a hot scene! Sophie Evans has been appearing in a few movies for Adam & Eve now, and I don’t think I’ve been disappointed with a single one of her performances. This one is no different, and just might be the hottest scene in the movie. Sophie can take it in the ass with the same ease as many people down a pint, and has a fantastic body as well. This is a hot scene!

Carmen Luvana and Tyce Bune get it on in the penultimate scene. Carmen starts things off giving Tyce some nice head, and even looks like she takes the time to eat his ass (although it’s sadly never shown). Carmen climbs up to ride Tyce cowgirl style while he spanks and plays with her ass before turning around to ride him reverse cowgirl style. Finally, Tyce fucks Carmen missionary style before decorating her tits.

This is a pretty hot scene, and I think the best scene I’ve watched from Carmen Luvana. There’s nice chemistry to the scene as well as great energy. Carmen really seems to be into this scene rather than going over the top, which is what I’ve normally felt from her scenes. I’ll admit that I frequently wondered what many people saw in Carmen other than an overinflated set of tits, but here I understood!

Finally, Jessica Drake and Evan Stone get it on in the club after everybody’s left. Evan sucks Jessica’s toes before eating her bald beaver and sixty-nining her. Jessica rides Evan in both cowgirls before finally letting him decorate her tits.

This is a nicely done scene. I’ll admit that I’m a little surprised that Jessica and Evan finish up the movie, but it’s also nice that the movie doesn’t fall into the normally predictable pattern of having the main star finish up the movie. As one would hope with a real life couple, there’s very nice chemistry here, as well as some decent energy. Perhaps the thing which stuck out most to me, however, is the sixty-nine and how well it was captured. It’s not a common position to film, yet I thought it was done very well here.

Stripped: Carmen Luvana is a very nicely done adult film. The plot develops nicely over the course of the movie, and actually does more than just give the cast reasons to fuck. It feels a little shy here and there, but was enough to keep me fully interested throughout the entire movie. At the time when I started watching Stripped: Carmen Luvana I was a little tired and didn’t think I’d stay awake long enough to finish it, but it grabbed me nicely and I couldn’t let myself not finish the movie in one sitting. The sex is also pretty well done, but never gets into group sex. It normally seems that when couples features focus on couples the positions seem very limited and the scenes start to blend together. That never happens here, as it mixes things up nicely with some good anal and a nice variety of positions. My biggest problems with the feature was that first, Carmen Luvana seemed to be almost a sidenote to the feature, and second, I don’t really care for movies about strip clubs. Despite this, Stripped: Carmen Luvana is a nicely done couples film that shows that you don’t have to be slow and boring to make a movie to appeal to couples.

Extras: Trailers are included for Emerald Rain, The Fiesta, Sex Spell, and The Puppeteer. The photo gallery contains nearly three dozen very nice looking snapshots and full screen photos. The eleven minute interview with Carmen Luvana can be viewed in either English or Spanish and comes from Rawhide, where she talks about herself and the making of that movie. Finally, there’s weblinks and a bonus scene.

The bonus scene stars Avy Scott and Cheyne Collins and comes form Hot Rods. While looking around a scrap yard and snapping a few photos, Cheyne and Avy talk about urges and controlling them. When she catches Cheyne snapping a few pictures of her ass, they both decide to give into those urges. Avy squats down to wrap her luscious lips around Cheyne’s cock, and even takes him into her throat a few times. Cheyne helps Avy strip down, and takes the time to worship her fantastic rack and ass before sliding his tongue into her slit. Cheyne starts out fucking Avy from behind before she rolls over on the stack of tires they’re fucking against so he can nail her missionary style. Finally, Cheyne pulls out and pops around Avy’s bush. This is a nice scene. Cheyne and Avy have very nice chemistry together, and it has a nicely romantic flow to it. Yes, I would have liked another position, but things move nice enough here that I’m still happy with it.

Themes: Straight, stripping, tease, rimming (male > female), toys, lesbian, anal, DP (technical), and toe-ing

Raincoat Factor: Medium high

Condom Usage: None

Overall: Currently, Adam & Eve’s DVDs can be found online for between $8 and $25, with several stores offering this line of DVDs for around $15. At the low end, this is a nice buy. The movie is nicely done and has a good plot as well as some good sex. The technical aspects are lacking a little, but there’s some decent extras.

Note to Adam & Eve: A little more attention to the technical aspects would have been really nice!

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