Something fairly new for you guys this time (after our recent run of classics) - Operation Desert Stormy. A production from the good folks at Wicked from 2007. Operation Desert Stormy is written, directed and starring Stormy Daniels. Now normally scriptwriting, or even script reading for that matter, is not your average porn starlet's strong point, so we didn't hold out too much hope for this one. Fortunately Ms Daniels is no average porn starlet and she did a fine job.
Operation Desert Stormy is (obviously) a military-themed, comedy porn. Rachel (played by Ms Daniels) is the Administrative Assistant (aka secretary) to the chief spy - Agent X (Randy Spears) in the CIA. Her gormless husband George (Steven St Croix) is a lowly agent in the same agency. They have what you might describe as a turbulent relationship. Involving constant fights and occasional tasering. She dreams of becoming an agent and screwing the boss. He dreams about her becoming an agent and screwing the boss (but not in a good way). When Agent X goes missing (presumed killed by terrorists but actually unconscious due to a coconut to the head), Rachel and George become involved in an international plot featuring terrorists, dapper British secret agents, danger, guns, explosions and lots of sex.
I really like a good comedy porn. It has to be a good one though. If the comedy doesn't work (like say... Sex Busters) then the whole thing falls flat. Good comedy is hard to do, especially when your main skill is fucking, not perfecting your comic timing, so good comedy porn can be hard to find. When you think about good comedy porn, there are some names that spring instantly to mind. They are all in this film. Randy Spears. Evan Stone (though only as a cameo). Ron Jeremy. Steven St Croix. There are also a few other names that you don't normally associate with comedy - Tommy Gunn (probably best known as the dreaded Victor Stagnetti from the Pirates series) and the esteemed Ms Daniels herself - but who prove themselves to have an excellent capacity for making us laugh at the same time as making us horny. Particularly Ms Daniels who no only acted well and fucked well, but wrote the script.
And an excellent script it was. We had intrigue. Ron Jeremy as a terrorist leader who had an evil plan to take over the world by blowing up the White House with a nuclear bomb. And if that didn't work, plan B was to make a fortune making hot lesbian sex videos with his concubines (fortunately it was only the concubines who got it on, Mr Jeremy's role was mercifully non-sex). I have to say the world would be a much better place if more terrorist leaders went for plan B rather than the large bomb option.
Nevertheless, he had to be stopped and who better to stop him that Rachel and George (actually just about anyone would be better than Rachel and George) with two dapper British secret agents in tow? Can they save the world? Can they save their troubled marriage at the same time? You'll have to watch to find out.
This is a great, fun film. Great acting (OK.. it's not going to win any Oscars but I've seen mainstream movies with worse acting than this, like anything with Keanu Reeves in it). Great sex. Great music - it was just enough James Bond to make it obvious that it was James Bond, but not so much James Bond as to get them in trouble with Mr Bond's lawyers and their licence to sue your ass off. No expense was spared on locations, explosions, guns, props and concubines. The scenes didn't go on too long and they fitted well with the story.
The only small problem I had with this film was its length. At just a shade under 3 hours (yes, 3 hours!) it difficult to watch the whole thing in one sitting. Well it is for folks like us who have kids. By the time we had put the kids to bed and had done all the things parents of small kids need to do around the house in order to make the place habitable (like cleaning up the 200kg of Lego the little dears insist on strewing over every flat surface), it's getting pretty late. By the time this movie finished (and we had finished as well, if you know what I mean) it was nearly 2 in the morning. This may not be a problem for those of you who are young and unencumbered by offspring, but we know that come rain, hail or shine, we will be woken up by the sound of kids fighting at the crack of dawn.
Anyway, that small gripe aside, this is a film that is well worth watching. We haven't seen Ms Daniels in much but we will be looking out for her in future. This is one of the best comedy porns we have seen in a while and we are looking forward to reviewing part 2 - Operation Tropical Stormy as soon as we can work out a way of getting the kids into bed an hour or two earlier.
You can buy Operation Desert Stormy here through Uncut DVDs in Australia.
