All for Lust (2003)

Just kind of a start, I wrote this on my IMDb account back in 2011:

Brandon and Julie (John Busse and hardcore porno actress Samantha Sterlyng) are about to tie the knot. Brandon and his guy pals, Chase (Nikki Fomosa) and Eric (Micah Bradshaw) have a bachelor party at a kind of "sex resort" where hired girls give the boys plenty of action, a "bang for the buck" so to speak. One of the girls there, Sonja (Jacklyn Lick) becomes "attached" to Brandon and decides that she wants him for herself, causing much mischief (including seducing his soon-to-be-wife, Julie!) and problems along the way. Notable for its *many* sex scenes (of a softcore variety), "All for Lust" is standard midnight fare for those who get a thrill out of undemanding sleaze. The "thriller" portion of the story is absolutely weak, the idea that Sonja will ruin Brandon's life because she feels "scorned" (even though she is supposed to know that the boys aren't there for full term relationships, but for no other reason but to get laid). A lot of softcore shows and movies on Cinemax have featured the plot element about the "wager" of "which one of us can have sex with the most women". It results in ill will, and rightfully so. Chase tells Sonja he is Brandon; Sonja just loved her sex with Chase. Sonja proceeds to harm Brandon believing it is Chase. Somehow Julie is dragged into it as Sonja assumes the identity of a woman working at her place of employment. The two of them hit it off, eventually leading to a lesbian encounter. Easily the best moment in the film for me personally, the lesbian conquest (just to further her revenge of Brandon) was all kinds of smoldering, the way Sonja makes a move, waits to see if Julie responds, confirmed that this married woman is in fact interested in having sex with her. The softcore genre isn't known for strong storytelling or performances of a particular quality; it's the simple truth. "All for Lust", however, is loaded with sex scene after sex scene—most who watch these films fast forward through the moments of dialogue anyway. Mia Zottoli shows up for a sex scene but doesn't have an important character in the movie other than her role as a "purveyor of pleasure". A lot of lesbian encounters in movies of this kind are lifeless because the actresses involved actually prefer men (it shows), but the scene between Sterlyng and Lick looked like the two genuinely enjoyed making love to each other; I'm more turned on when the two actresses on screen seem to be into each other, than going through the motions.

I used to order some Erotic movies when I had "digital cable" back in my early twenties and not just watch them on Cinemax. All for Lust was one of those films. It is cheaply made, and the movie seemed to follow the trend the softcore genre was becoming: less emphasis on developing a visual style and purposing itself towards a semblance of plot to accompany the sex. The sex perhaps closer to hardcore that what you might have seen seven years earlier during the Shannon Tweed / Andrew Stevens era where the naked body and emoting passion took precedence over further  emphasis on oral pleasure and trying to get as close to real as possible. Lesbianism, to me, was given a substantial bit more rub as the 2000s encouraged not just men and women to be featured in sexual developments but two or three women as well.