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The Hustlers is another movie which the Prof was kind enough to include in our Xmas box. It was released in the early to mid 90's by Midnight Video and features Savannah (in apparently her last role) and Buck Adams (also the director). The Hustlers lays some pretty big claims. "Shot on film" screams the box which implies a big budget production with real acting and stuff. Unfortunately they omitted one key word - badly.

Let's just say that no Oscars for cinematography were won here. Or acting. I suspect they had some old film stock they needed to use up and didn't have time to write anything decent. Or hire anyone who could act. Don't get me wrong, there is a plot. Just not much of a plot. It certainly doesn't live up to the big budget claims. The Hustlers also features the worst attempts at acting I have ever seen in a porn. I don't mean the stilted dialogue in a low-rent all anal extravaganza. That's OK... in that type of porn you don't expect acting. Just fucking. This one though, has just enough of a plot that they need to act (beyond "Hi.. let's fuck.") but most of them, especially Tony Martino, just can't do it. We are talking Keanu Reeves wooden here. Sly Stallone can deliver his lines with more emotional depth.