Recipe for Luscious:
Ingredients: Three gals (in this case,
Samantha Fox, Lisa DeLeeuw and Champagne), four lucky guys,
one hotel resort and one great hotel manager (where do I
check in?)
Instructions: Simply mix all the
ingredients together, add some great sex scenes to one
hair-brained plot containing one script. Film it. Edit. Serve
heated.
It's cold. So naturally out three frigid heroines stroll out
of work (singing "La Cucaracha," no less – a moment
that's at least worth the price of a video rental), and take
off for the Caribbean. There they check into the Casa
Luscious (where else?). Yes, folks, it's the old girls
go on vacation and get into crazy hijinks trick, as
predictable as it's old. In a role that will not maybe earn
her a nomination – except in maybe the best prop in
an adult movie category – Vanessa Del Rio, a
personal favorite plays the hotel manager. Well, maybe
"plays" is too strong a word. She stands behind the check-in
desk and that's a more accurate description. In fact, I've
come to the conclusion that Vanessa is a first porn method
actress. I wonder if she studied under Strasberg? Joe
Strasberg, that is.
Anyway, after the girls check in, they waste no time finding
suitable partners. In a clever fantasy sequence, we see a
male model-type, Russian spy (Michael Knight) being
interrogated by two of our stars. They undress and seduce him
in a scene that is not in line with our current foreign
policy.
If the writers have continued from there, this film would
have been more fun. But the plot gets stranded. The couples
have sex, take a boat trip to a nearby island, have sex, get
stranded on an island, have sex, get trapped in a cave,
escape from a cave (seconds later) and return home. Every
plot turn is pointless and predictable. Fortunately, the sex
scenes are steamy, especially a bedroom romp with Vanessa Del
Rio near the end.
Although the plot leaves everything to be desires, there are
a few good reasons to see Luscious. The best one is
being the ultra-realism of the sex. These girls are pros and
it shows. They have all developed a screen presence and,
better yet, a real flair for comedy. Everyone in
Luscious looks great and performs sexually as if it's
their first time. Now that's acting!
Overall, more could have been done with this star-studded
cast. The photography is high-priced but what we're left with
after sex could be outtakes from Fantasy Island. They
could keep pretty tropical travelogue and provided a better
structured plot.
Review from AVN
