The Director Reviews... Stiff Competition


This review follows the the Imperial Scale.



Cabellero/Swedish Erotica 1984
Directed by Paul G. Vatelli

Cast:

Gina Carrera (billed Jenna Carrera), Cyndee Summers, Patti Wright, Bridgette Monet, Kitten Natividad, Kevin James, John Leslie, Herschel Savage, Dave Cannon, Ron Jeremy, Paul Thomas, Nick Balboa

Synopsis:

Kevin James and John Leslie are rival managers who prepare their "fighters" for the "Super Bowl of Suck- Offs"

Scene Breakdown:
Girl/Guy

In an underground blowjob competition, the Mouth has to get a guy off inside of 8 minutes. She has a tantrum after Kevin james makes a coaching suggestion and storms off.

Gina Carrera/Guy

Gina Carrera steps in an gets the guy off. He cums on her neck.

Cyndee Summers/John Leslie

The Mouth calls John and interrupts his sexual escapade with SilkThroat to tell him that a new girl is on the west coast and she has promise. His conquest takes the call as he puts on an LP(!) and they settle down to fuck. First some nice slow mish (watch her hips buck!) then doggie and spooning. She has some great pubes and it is not at all what we have come to expect in the go-go 90s. John cums on her box. An understated scene.

Gina Carrera/Kevin James

After a dinner where she says she's only doing this "for fun... not for the money."

She does a slow striptease for him. He then eats her for awhile. Very nicely shot. She too has a nice set of pubes. She blows him with her hat on and then the hat comes off. She mounts him for some long body shot cowgirl. Then to some doggie, and a well-captured BJ. SHE jerks him off onto her lips and chin.

Various guys/Gina Carrera

A pretty funny montage of Gina training -- tongue exercises, blow jobs, some orgy footage ("swinger clubs are a great place for practice"), her in the center of a circle jerk, one cumshot is looped to like many.

Ron Jeremy

An *amazingly* svelte Ron Jeremy is the Suck-Off's promoter. He gets a quick no cumshot BJ under his desk from his secretary.

Bridgette Monet/Dave Cannon

The always lovely Ms. Monet and her husband do a little deep throat. She wears the ubiquitous blue Swedish Erotica scarf (in this case a bandanna) around her neck. Most of the BJ is no hands. He eats her on a workout bench. ("I wish they wuz havin' a pussy eatin' contest!" Dave sez) They go at it doggie style then he goes for a little cornholin' which ends with him cumming on her ass.

An Orgy/Kevin James/Gina Carrera/Herschel Savage/Patti Wright

Kevin and Gina show up for a little training. ("Hey look! It's Tammy the Tongue! Can I get an autograph yell the groupies...) Herschel Savage makes an appearance as a rival coach (his ward: Patty Cakes) Leslie and SilkThroat spy on Gina, trying to sum up the competition.

There's an impromptu bet between Kevin and Herschel, so Gina and PattyCakes suck it off... until it is broken up because of the businesslike qualities attached to it ("This is a *pleasure* party, not a *business* party!")

Gina Carrera/Kitten Natividad

Some light lez stuff here. The bizarre nipple-to-clit move is exercised here (Kitten's nipple to Gina's clit, of course... Gina is a bit outclassed by Kitten in the tit department)

Ron Jeremy/Herschel Savage/Patty Wright

Ron directs the scene. He's getting blown as Herschel fucks Ms. Cakes. She couldn't DT Ron on a good day, it seems... They switch places, and Ron takes her anally. Ron cums on her ass. Herschel shoots a looped shot onto her eyebrow. Ron sticks it back in the backdoor just for good measure.

Gina Carrera/John Leslie

Gina caught Kevin cheating on her with SilkThroat (a set up by Leslie) so she has John "take her home." Some good sexy talk from John gets the scene started. There's some breast play as John sys "I'm gonna jerk off to you." The dirty talk continues as he taunts her by not fucking her. Eventually, naturally, they *do* fuck. And well. A smoldering scene.

Tom Byron/Gina Carrera and Bridgette Monet/Steve Drake-Dave Cannon

The great suck-off. Paul Thomas is the faux-Howard Cosell ringside announcer. Tom looks like he's about 15 and Steve Drake has some mighty interesting hair. Steve gets kicked out by a desperate Dave Cannon who sees Bridgette fighting a losing battle. According to PT, he "comes all over her face" but I missed any skin/cum contact.

Patty Wright/Tom Byron and SilkThroat/Guy

We don't see a lot of the BJ competition between these two. SilkThroat wins it by a stroke.

There are some great shots of old ladies at home and some guys in a bar watching the suck-off on cable TV.

Gina Carrera/Peter North and Cyndee Summers/Greg Rome(?)

Good Bjs all around. Of course, I won't tell you who won but Gina got a faceful of Peter :-)

CONCLUSION:

What a movie. Not a fake tit or horribly trimmed bush in the bunch. There wasn't a lot of gyno shots which usually detract from the heat, IMHO.

This was definitely made in a different time. Everything about the movie is the antithesis to today's style. Long takes, many REAL sets, *lots* of extras, etc. F.J. Lincoln's sequel the imaginatively titled Stiff Competition II had none of these things and suffered predictably.

I would recommend this to couples just starting out or the jaded viewer who wants to remember what the industry is capable of. There was actually some acting (John Leslie, Kevin James) and artistry in the direction (the training montage) something that is all too rare these days -- artistry is not equal to a lot of cuts Mr. Ninn or Dark.

There was a nice pacing to the film, and there was also a lot of sex. A very enjoyable way to spend 90 minutes.

RATING:

Since Excalibur is selling this movie for under 10 bucks, there's no reason why you shouldn't add it to your collection. So, on the Imperial Scale, I'd give it a respectable 3.35


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