Title: Kink Studio: Wicked Pictures Director: Brad Armstrong Cast: Devinn Lane, Sydnee Steele, Kaylani Lei, Bridgette Kerkove, Steven St. Croix, Barrett Blade, Randy Spears. Genres:: Uniform, Models Condoms: Yes Reviewer: SexHerald Staff

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The detective/cop spin is pulled off surprisingly well; most fuckflicks that try to incorporate anything vaguely serious often falls completely flat, but Devinn Lane’s award winning acting (AVN 2003 – Best Actress) and a decent script (the screenwriting debut of porn star Stormy) save Kink from a similar fate. The plot even had me guessing until the end – not something you hear often in porn reviews.

Kink gets top scores for how the plot and the sex work together – look no further for that elusive piece of smut that actually puts a little effort into building up a character/situation dynamic which works its way up and in to the sex.

You might be disappointed by the actual kink factor of the movie though. We have some latex, a chain and some spiked collars, but that’s mostly it; the rest of the sex is straight up. But, Lord have mercy, it’s across the board hot hot HOT straight up.

Plot summary: Devinn and Steven St. Croix play detective partners investigating the successive murders of a number of models. Their main lead is an erotic photographer played by Barrett Blade, who has photographed each and every one of the victims. The movie follows their hits and misses, and the copious sex each involves.

In Devinn’s brilliant portrayal of her character, what comes across is a tense, experience-hardened and somewhat jaded cop who does her job well but has known for too long that that’s not enough to fill her life. Pretty deep (very deep, by porn standards), and straight out of those cop dramas. Devinn herself has an interesting look about her; she could certainly pass as the sweet, girl-next-door type (a role she says she gets cast a lot in), but there are also things about her that match her character’s harangued persona perfectly.

It gets better too: her character and Steve’s are exes. The dynamic between the two, with all its tension – sexual and otherwise – comes off impressively well, justifying her Best Actress award. The movie itself falls short for not actually making this past relationship clear. I know it only from the optional voiceover (a nice audio option where you can hear Devinn, director Brad Armstrong and others make comments throughout the movie), and you are lucky enough to know it because hey – that’s what we’re here for.

The scene is beautiful enough as is, but knowing that this is a flashback that Devinn’s tough, lonely character is having from the better days of the relationship adds a precious – and extremely effective – touch of poignancy; it might be the thing to watch if you’re feeling (a good kind of) wistful for an old lover. This effect is doubled by some really nice lighting, adding a soft, early morning feel to what is already a very tender scene. And the first few seconds of that blowjob were shot so beautifully.

After the flashback, we follow the duo on their first lead from the investigation. Barrett is interrupted during his shoot and he reacts angrily and defensively. After the interrogation, what better way to relieve the stress by dicking his beautiful model – played by the gorgeous Kaylani Lei, adding a little Asian touch to the movie. She’s decked out in a latex, light blue kimono, wields a samurai sword, and has this matching spiked collar; thus the kink begins. It’s a hot scene too, with the hungry, voracious energy perfectly matching what you might expect from a guy blowing off steam.

Devinn decides to pose for Barrett to try and bait him, giving us a little police fetish photo shoot. Barrett hits on Devinn after the shoot, but she is a bundle of nerves and storms off, refusing to take a ride back with Steve. She ends up at a bar, where a mysterious Sydnee Steele has followed her to.

“Vodka orange juice. And it looks like the lady at the end could use another one.” Thus begins a drunken seduction that ends with Sydnee cornering Devinn in the ladies room. We’ve got Devinn pressed against the bathroom window, Sydnee on the sink, a dildo-like toy, and stocking-ripping, all in one scene. The toy inspired Devinn to make a comment in the voiceover about the availability of porn star action figures. Who knew?

Soon after, Devinn turns up a new lead: a rich guy type (Randy Spears) who patronizes Barrett’s work extensively. We cut to a scene where he’s being dominated, the only scene in the movie remotely close to your standard S&M, and a pretty lightcore one at that. It’s still good though, and starts with the mistress (the beautiful blonde Bridgette Kerkove) whipping a doggy-positioned Randy. This eventually progress to a blow job which involves latex gloves all over his body and wrapping a chain three rounds around the dick (three! and there was still space for many more; some dick), and swaying it around during the facefuck. This remote-controlled-joystick look was beautiful to behold, as was the reverse cowgirl that followed. A lot of teasing, S&M talk, and some kick-ass boots.

Right after shooting his load, Randy is picked up by our cops in a somewhat ridiculous scene involving sirens and police looking a little silly encamped around a closed mansion door – we can’t expect things to stray too far from standard porno quality. Much less ridiculous is how Devinn chooses to celebrate after the arrest. Declining Steve’s offer to “join the boys for a beer,” Devinn heads straight for Barrett’s photo studio.

Now, there’s at least a quarter of the film to go, so no idiot is going to believe that Randy was the killer. What this does for us is create the sexciting possibility that Devinn is making a booty call to a serial killer.

It’s an incredibly hot scene – I’m going to say it’s my favorite of the movie. The emotional climax is one of a hard-ass, but beautiful, cop finally letting herself go and giving in to full frontal carnality. Mmmm… The two performers have good chemistry, and that sense that this is the release of pent-up tension and passion of the bodice-ripping variety really comes across. There are about three positions, and in every one of them Devinn hits the nail on the head portraying a girl who is at long last getting and giving a good hard fucking, and loving every minute of it. Also, it’s not often that stripping involves a bulletproof vest, but there’s another added bonus for you.

Another reminder that the movie isn’t perfect. I’m starting to notice that more than a couple of these Wicked girls are leaning towards the rounded (no naming names, but Phantom Love has similar performers). I’m all about a healthy body image and I’ll be the first to say they’re still hot as hell, but given the nature of the work, I’m almost imagining that part of the sales pitch is not to make regular women feel too fat.

For the most part though, the movie hits all the bases. The angles, position variety and timing are all good (though I’m going to say still a little too many close-ups); little things like the lighting is also better than most pornos, making this one of the few movies where you find screen quality that comes close to matching box cover artistic standards. The special features are also pretty good, providing the standard behind the scenes, bloopers, interviews, and so on. Most importantly, the performers shine – that extra bit of passion is the difference between good porn and boring smut, and again this is better plot-sex interrelatedness than I’ve seen in a long time.