andyblake's Digital Playground Movie Reviews with Trailers (5)
Release date: 4/11/2008
Reviewed on: 10/14/2006
Studio: Digital Playground
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Starring: Evan Stone [I] (straight), Devon, Tera Patrick, Eric Masterson, Barrett Blade, Jesse Jane
Directed by: Joone
Review brief: This is a two-disk set, with one of the disks being HD. I played the HD disk on my computer and was completely blown away by remarkable video quality. It is super-sharp and brilliant, and takes full advantage of the incredibly beautiful backgrounds in Tahiti and Bora Bora. Of course, this is strictly couples fare with routine, non-edgy sex. The star is the Hi-Definition presentation and the incredibly gorgeous scenery. The Tera Patrick scene with Barrett Blade is not shot in HD, nor on an island, and it does not really belong in this movie. It seems as though they used some old footage so they could put Tera's name on the box-cover. That brought the overall rating down for me.
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Release date: 12/11/2002
Reviewed on: 10/10/2005
Studio: Digital Playground
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Starring: Mike Horner, Devon, Cheyne Collins, Alexa Rae, Robby D., Jezebelle Bond, Lezley Zen, Aria, Avy Scott, Barrett Blade, Lancaster Merrin, Omar Montana
Directed by: Nic Andrews
Review brief: I was blown away by "Loaded" and very impressed by "Devon Stripped," so I as really looking forward to this feature. I guess since I had already seen the outstanding production values in those films, I was expecting them in this one, and wasn't really that impressed. (Admittedly, if you've never seen one of Nic Andrews' Digital Playground films, you'll be very impressed with the high production values.) This is a ploty-heavy feature, and although Devon and Barret Blade do a nice acting job, the plot and the acting were not quite up to the standards of "Loaded," so I was disappointed. I was particularly turned off by the ending, which made no sense whatsoever. Also, the sex is extremely weak--short scenes that are standard and have no edge to them. For some reason, this didn't bother me with respect to "Loaded," but it began to annoy me this time around.
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Release date: 3/2/2004
Reviewed on: 5/5/2005
Studio: Digital Playground
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Starring: Asia Carrera, Mike Horner, Tyce Bune, Eric Masterson, Cheyne Collins, Lea de Mae, Lee Stone, Brittney Skye, Barrett Blade, Jesse Jane, Chris Weber
Directed by: Nic Andrews
Review brief: This is one of the most intelligently written and acted xxx rated movies I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them. It's a buddy cop movie, which is a stereotype in mainstream movies, and has been done many times in adult, as well, but never this well. Barrett Blade and Eric Masterson approached director Nic Andrews saying they wanted to do a buddy cop flick, and Andrews wrote the script with them in mind, reproducing the way they normally talk to each other. Barrett and Eric then did an outstanding job bringing the thing to life. There's also an astonishing amount of shooting, explosions and pyrotechnics. Andrews also did an amazing job with the title sequence and some transitional helicopter shot sequences. This is one slick, very professional looking production. It must have had a generous budget, and the whole budget is on the screen. This is definitely a couples film, not a raincoater, because there is no anal sex, and the five sex scenes are all pretty much plain vanilla.
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Release date: 12/16/2003
Reviewed on: 3/23/2005
Studio: Digital Playground
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Starring: Jay Ashley, Alexa Rae, jessica drake, Herschel Savage, Sunrise Adams, Barrett Blade, Dolorian
Directed by: Robby D
Review brief: Robby D. cut his teeth doing a series of gonzo videos called "The Watcher" for Vivid Raw (Vivid's gonzo label) in the late 1990s. Although the series was obviously copying John Leslie's "Voyeur" series, and was also derivative of John Stagliano, Ben Dover, Seymore Butts, and Tom Byron, I remember being very favorably impressed with Robby D.'s product. He wasn't original, but he was very good at the gonzo stuff he was doing, and clearly had tremendous talent. Robby D. subsequently went to film school, and further honed his craft, and now Digital Playground is allowing him to put out very high quality films. I have recently seen a couple of his very original sex comedies, "Sex in the Valley" and "The Hitman," both starring Barrett Blade. In this movie, Barrett plays a hitman who works for Herschel Savage. He has twin .45 calibre automatic pistols that he has named "Mary Kate" and "Ashley," but when it comes to women, he can't seem to pull the trigger. He gets seduced into having sex with his intended victims, and then . . .
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Release date: 6/28/2002
Reviewed on: 3/7/2005
Studio: Digital Playground
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Starring: Julian, Ginger Lynn, Nakita Kash, April, Devon, Daniella Rush, Holly Hollywood, Herschel Savage, Monica Mayhem, Monica Sweetheart
Directed by: Nic Andrews
Review brief: Someone, in commenting on classic porn from the 1970s, said that the goal was to make a movie that was still watchable with the sex taken out. That's the way Nic Andrews makes porn films. From the standpoint of plot, writing, acting, and cinematography, this film is way, way above average. This movie is worth watching even without the sex. It is an outstanding couples film, or film for people who are newbies to porn. Don't get me wrong, the sex is good, it's just that it isn't raunchy or cutting edge. Also the sex scenes are a little short; each should have been about five minutes longer. Digital Playground has done a really nice job with this disc. It has a commentary with Devon, Ginger Lynn, Nic Andrews, the screenwriter, and Barrett Blade. There is also a behind-the-scenes featurette, a bloopers reel, a slideshow and bios for Devon, Ginger Lynn, and Nic Andrews.
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