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Asia Noir 2Review by astroknightThis review appears courtesy of Adult DVD Talk.Used with permission Asia Noir 2 works a little around Lucy Lee, the Asiantrix. Sometimes she takes a controlling form in the scene, and other times she sits on the outside of it looking in. It's a loose idea, and might be part of a bigger picture.
Scene 1 - Jay LoDeeva, Lucy Lee, Kohl Myna, and Sledge Hammer This is a pretty hot scene. I love Lucy's dominant role in the scene, as well as Jay not being able to fully join in. She does a great job in her role, and somehow DAC makes it work. Normally I'd be really upset that I didn't see both girls in full action, and here they feel like they're both in full action without Jay ever getting fucked. I think some of it is DAC's camera work, which is nicely artistic while still having a kind of primal feel to it. It works very well here, and helps this to become a very good scene.
Scene 2 - Chai Sun and Mr. Marcus
This is a hot scene! I love Chai's fetishy outfit, and she has a great body to go with it. There's a lot of chemistry between her and Marcus, and the amount of smiling and sexy looks back and forth definitely raises this scene up a few notches. I also like how well this scene captures bathtub sex. There's plenty of splashing and things don't always look extremely easy due to the water. The camera work is a little rough at times, but with the job Chai and Marcus do here that's really easy to overlook. This is a darn hot scene despite the lackluster facial at the end.
Scene 3 - Maja Lee, Mr. Marcus, and Tiger Wood
This one started a notch down for me, just because Maja's look doesn't do anything for me. Braces have never been a turn on, tattoos are hit or miss, the hard and obviously fake tits are a definite miss, and the stud below her lower lip is nothing but a turn-off for me. That said, Maja does put a lot of effort into her scene. She's vocal and energetic, and although it's a little much at times, I have to say that she looks like she's having a good time. She does mug the camera a little, but the scene still ends up above average. I'm sure people who like Maja's look will get into it much more than I was able to.
Scene 4 - Bamboo, Lucy Lee, and Guy DaSilva
This is a fairly average scene. I was really looking forward to this scene, and although they all did a nice job I had a really hard time getting into it. The scene is a bit more artistic and slightly odd, and Lucy and Guy's changing back and forth just didn't work for me. Bamboo looks great, as always, but the scene just never grabbed me.
Scene 5 - Bamboo, Lucy Lee, and Mr. Marcus
This is an okay scene. It starts very hot for me, and then slowly falls off by the time it gets to the nearly nonexistent pop. For a group scene to really work for me, I want to see everybody looking like they're into everybody else, and I didn't get that feeling here. The girls do work back and forth with Marcus pretty good, but there isn't a lot of chemistry here. The action also isn't driving enough to make up for it and neither is the pop. It's an okay scene, just nothing too special. Asia Noir 2 is an okay porno. It does a nice job of pairing different looking Oriental girls with a nice selection of black guys (as well as Portugese Guy DiSilva). As usual, DAC has a nicely artistic look at things, and sometimes it worked for me and sometimes it didn't. It's often a little rough, and while there were times it didn't work for me there were also times when I thought it fit the scenes perfectly. The early scenes in the movie worked much better for me than the later scenes, mostly because I thought they had a bit more chemistry. Lucy Lee does a nice job throughout the movie and does an okay job holding the movie together, but I think Chai Sun had the best scene in the movie with her bathtub fuck with Mr. Marcus. Asia Noir 2 is an okay movie, but it didn't come close to the high expectations I had for it.
The Extra StuffThe photo gallery contains about twenty very nice looking snapshots and full screen photos. Bios with a photo and a little personal information are included for each of the female performers. Trailers are included for Mamacitas, Chocolate Vanilla Cream Pie, Hotel "O" 2, and I Love Lacey. There's also a couple behind the scenes featurettes. The photo shoot featurette lasts about eleven and a half minutes. There's plenty of sex talk with Lucy Lee, including a few minor demonstrations. Sledge and Bamboo also get a little talking time, but not nearly as much as Lucy. DAC also gets a few words in about Video Team. There's also plenty of footage of the photos being shot that's set to music. It's a nice little featurette that's both sexy and fun. The behind the scenes featurette also lasts about eleven minutes. It starts with a bit of Maja's scene before jumping around through the other days. You get to see a little of the scenes being shot, a little screwing around on the set waiting to see if Kohl will ever pop, and a few of the things that can go wrong shooting a movie. Lucy Lee is definitely the star of the behind the scenes featurette, and adds plenty of humor and spirit to it. It's an okay behind the scenes featurette, and not too bad for the length of the featurette.
The Technical StuffAudio /Video Quality: The technical aspects are very well done. The audio is normally well balanced, but there's a bit of the outdoor action that's a little out of balance. The video is very well done. It mixes full color and black and white footage, and is presented in the widescreen format. Unfortunately, rather than giving the video the anamorphic transfer it deserves, it's given a non-anamorphic transfer. It's nicely lit and barely shows any grain. There are a few shadows, but they normally fit the scene when there's a lot of natural light being used. Music: The music varies from scene to scene. Some of it has a very Oriental feel to it, and it always works for the scene. Unlike most scenes, the music comes and goes throughout the scene. This helps it to stand out a bit more and strengthens both the music and the movie. Disc Complaints: There's phone sex and website crap before the main menu that you can't skip. You can fast forward through it, thankfully, but you can't skip it. Even more annoying is that if you don't make a selection in the main menu in about thirty seconds, the disc stops and you have to go through all that shit again. This definitely doesn't put me in a good mood when I start watching any DVD, and I'm thankful that Video Team has stopped this practice on their current releases. Menus: The menus are pretty good. The main menu, when you finally get to it, gives a good first impression with some nice animation. The chapter menu is very generic and just lets you choose a scene based on a small clip of each scene.
The Down -n- Dirty Sex StuffThemes: Straight, interracial, fetishwear, group, lesbian, voyeurism, titty fucking, rimming (male > female), toys, and B&D (light)
The Bottom Line:
Note to Video Team: Thank you for putting the extra effort into your DVDs. It seems a lot of people look you by, and the only reason I can see them doing so here is because of the crap you forced people to go through to get to the main menu. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me. Special thanks goes out to Adult DVD Talk for giving Nunsploitation.Net permission to publish this review.
This movie is available from Adult DVD Empire
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