Title: Brand New! #2 Studio: Red Light District Cast: Katerina McKenna, Soma, Francesca, Nadia Dreams, Kinzie Kenner, Vanessa Valenzuala, Mr. Pete, Scott Lyons, Darren James, Joel Lawrence, Dick Delaware, Brian Surewood, Lexington Ste Genres:: Young Women, Anal, Blowjobs, Double Penetration, Straight Condoms: No Reviewer: SexHerald Staff

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As easily surmised from the title, Brand New! #2 is one of those "first-timers" videos, featuring young girls being welcomed to the industry by cock, cock, and more cock. Sometimes it's brutal, especially when an eager young thing is teamed with some heavily tattooed dude who escaped from a Rocco Siffredi production, but sometimes the results are much better than that. Sometimes we witness fresh-looking girls experiencing and displaying natural sexual reactions, often more natural than those of one entrenched in the industry for longer. It's nice to see girls before they get jaded or, worse yet, bored with the whole thing.

Is that why we watch, then? The question of why, by the way, is brought to us courtesy of Miss Kinzie Kenner, who addresses the camera directly in the third scene. She asks us, the eager viewers, exactly why we bought the DVD and why we're now watching. "Is it because I was on the cover?" she asks. (Bad news, Kinzie: Katerina McKenna is on the box cover, not you. I hope you weren't promised anything there.) "What are you looking for?" It's one of the rare moments where the fourth wall is broken entirely, and instead of enjoying Kinzie on her knees sucking cock, the viewer has to first assess the situation and come up with a reasonable justification, one that at least satisfies himself.

Well, we watch, dear Kinzie, because it's fun to watch. We get to see the girls before they get bored and learn to act for the cameras. Maybe some of us also really dig milestones in life, though it's doubtful these girls will keep a copy of the DVD around to show later generations ("Look, everybody! This was my first DP.")

Whatever your reasons for enjoying the genre, however, they certainly won't be fulfilled by Brand New! #2. The girls are reasonably young, sure, and some are doe-eyed and cute, like Katerina McKenna and the oddly-named Vanessa Valenzuala, but you know, they don't look very brand-new. At least two have got some incredibly funky rashes on their crotch, a few already have their pornstar tattoos in place, but they're all instructed to use the phrase "brand-new" like the mantra it is for the series. We don't just hear about how the girls are brand-new; the adjective also applies to their pussies (and asses, in a few select "first-time anal" scenes.) This means we get to hear young Kinzie and her pals say things like "Oh, yeah, fuck my brand-new pussy," as if they just had a new one installed or something (and if that's the case, the girls with rashes ought to take theirs back, since I'm reasonably sure repairs like that are covered under the 90-day warranty. But anyway.)

The girls were also directed to play entirely to the camera, keeping eye contact with us, the impressionable viewers, as they suck cock or get slammed. Frank Booth would hate this video. The girls also address the camera directly with every position change, which appeals to exactly one kind of audience member: The guy who gets off pretending he's fucking the girl onscreen. I do not fall into this category, and was suitably annoyed every time a girl looked into the camera and asked "Do you want to fuck my brand-new pussy from behind?" The real problem here, besides invoking wisecracks from cynical viewers ("Don't ask me, ask the guy you're fucking!") is that the feeling of natural spontanaiety has been completely removed from the video. We wanted to see these girls before they had to learn how to act for the camera? Too late, they've already received their lessons, and in my case, the lessons are ones I don't wish aspiring young porn starlets to learn.

And what of the men in these scenes? They do their best to keep their faces out of the shots, furthering the intention of the video being a one-on-one between the girls and the viewer. It doesn't work, especially in the threesome scenes or, most notably, in Kinzie's scene, where she takes on the aforementioned heavily tattooed dude. Golly, but he's an active young fellow, and rowdy to boot. He grabs her by the throat, holds on to her tongue piercing at one point (ouch!), uses his penis as a bludgeon (that's a purity point lost there) and not only sticks his fingers in her mouth so she can make that hilarious "blaaaagh" froggy face, but also spits right down her throat. I really didn't need to see that.

I can't help but wonder if the men were told to be a bit less, well, genteel with the girls, as if the physical bits are meant to show a bit more of the hazing side of film initiation. Not all the guys are cool with being rough, though, but for every dude who keeps it cool, there's one who just decides to go all weird. So when one man takes some of Francesca's hair, wraps it around his dick, and jacks off a little with it, Francesca actually gets to show one of the few honest and natural reactions in the video: she briefly flashes this sweetly confused "ohhhh-kaaaay?" look at the camera and I'm right there. Right there with you, sister. I have no idea what the fuck's going on here, either.