Woman Under Glass Review

Reviewed by vodka tonic  on  12/3/2004

Director : ChiChi LaRue
Cast : Savanna Samson, Michelle Michaels, Nicole Sheridan, Dru Berrymore, Taya, Randy Spears, Lee Stone, Eric Masterson, Manuel Ferrara, Ken Ryker (masturbation only)

DVD Extras : Unskippable ads, chapter selection, positions room, bonus clips, photo gallery, behind-the-scenes, trailers, multi-angles on/off

Trailers : "Garage Opener", "Girligan's Island", "Udderly Ridiculous", "Massive Cocks & the Girls who love them"

5 Bonus Clips :
Savanna Samson & Steven StCroix in "Grand Opening"
Savanna Samson & Steven StCroix in "Long Story Short"
Savanna Samson & Nick Manning in "Swoosh"
Kody, Krystal Steal & Lezley Zen in "Center Stage"
Zana & Steven StCroix in "Jenna Loves Kobe"

Behind-The-Scenes extra : (9 min.) Short interview with Savanna during a break outside. She explains she had lots of customers like Randy Spears' back when she was a stripper at Score's. At the end of her tryst with Manuel, she apparently hurts her nose, which has just been surgically enhanced. All focus is on the blonde beauty, with no appearance by the supporting players.

Short Story : A peep-show patron obsesses over its main stripper, as sexual hi-jinks unfold behind the glass partition.


SCENE BREAKDOWN :

1) TAYA & ERIC MASTERSON

The sex starts in medias res. Taya (aka Tiffany Mason) wears a red bandeau over her tiny tits as Eric bangs her from behind on a closed set. All scenes happen over a black background, with little or no props. Interesting low-angle shots of Taya's lithe body bumping on Eric's dick during the doggy, then they briefly switch to reverse cowgirl, before they finally get to foreplay, which is either an editing mishap or a strange director's choice. Anyway, it's all very forgettable and Eric comes on her chest.

2) MICHELLE MICHAELS & LEE STONE

Behind the peep-show window, curly-haired Drew Barrymore look-a-like Michelle and überstud Lee Stone play a hot show for patron Randy Spears. Michelle has a natural, soft body and taut B-cups, and tests her gag reflex on Lee's impressive tool in the slow-moving but enjoyable oral segment. The shadows nicely compliment Stone's statuesque physique, which gets ample screentime during the whole sequence, a LaRue self-indulgence that may be lost on the average straight audience. Michelle then lays on the sofa and Lee grabs her ankles for the missionary, plunging in deep strokes into her tiny body. They play some more in reverse cowgirl, then back to mish before he comes on her mouth.

3) SAVANNA SAMSON & MANUEL FERRARA

In a dream sequence, Savanna taunts the viewer by licking Manuel Ferrara's huge basket over his jeans. Manuel has a thick, uncircumsized hell of a schlong which only happen in dreams anyway. Savanna almost smothers on his sauerkraut, rendered even bigger by wide-angle close-ups reminiscent of current gonzo filmmaking. Manuel tongues her little hole, briefly using her thong as a strapping device for his donkey dong. Some f2m rimming and more oral action later, the stud proceeds to tease the blonde beauty with his tool, barely inserting it then removing at the last moment, or stroking it between her thighs. Finally comes cowgirl relief, as Savanna bumps on the hooded monster in standard & reverse position. She keeps her ankle-strapped sandals through the subsequent pounding doggy, and Manuel once again uses her thighs to help relieve himself of a very decent load, which Savanna bends to lick off. A very nice b/g, muted by the absence of decorum.

4) DRU BERRYMORE & NICOLE SHERIDAN

Dru & Nicole are 2 strippers that fondle each other behind the window for Ken Ryker's enjoyment. Nicole looks awesome with curly hair, wearing silk zebra bra & panties and black stockings. Dru, in a black corset, spreads Nicole's cheeks for the audience's view, and both cuties smash their bodies on the glass partition to arouse Ryker’s interest. They move to a sofa, licking and caressing each other until Drew uses a purple vibrator on Nicole. They step back towards the window as Nicole sits on Dru, who’s turned upside down, and they grind their pussies against each other in order to make Ryker come on the glass. Two thumbs up for the lingerie and the girl’s overall presentation.

5) SAVANNA SAMSON & RANDY SPEARS

Savanna wears a studded bra and matching garter belt over black stockings for the supposed climax encounter. It’s all a bit of a letdown, capably filmed but devoid of passion or imagination, running an uninspired course of oral foreplay, cowgirl, missionary and hasted pop shot that never gets off the ground. Ferrara elicited much more reaction from Savanna, which does make the audience think that the contract girl is a bit of a size queen.


THE LOWDOWN :A collection of vignettes weakly bound by the slightest pretence of a storyline, "Woman Under Glass" suffers from a massive lack of budget and ambition. Savanna Samson lacks the white trash quality that director LaRue excels in elevating. Her encounter with Manuel Ferrara, though rich in grind, deserved more glitter, as did the rest of the prop-free movie. An exercise in bareness, "Woman Under Glass" fails to fill its aesthetic void with hypersexual acrobatics the way gonzo succeeds in doing, and will utimately disappoint couples in search of more sophisticated thrills. A stab in the water.