Masseuse 3

Although I always appreciate seeing the beautiful Landon Hall, there ia a hardcore porno film with the same title. It is probably one of the very best hardcore films ever made and stars a remarkable porno queen by the name of Chloe Nicol. Her acting ability is far better than Ms. Hall's.

If you are not terribly turned off by hardcore and think it is all just trash, I would recommend it a the "real" Masseuse 3.

"Masseuse 3" is jam-packed with heavy-breathing sex scenes. Unfortunately, only one of those scenes is original. And it doesn't occur until "Masseuse 3" is about to end. It's between the leads, Landon Hall's Sheila and John Michael Vaughn's Det. Jack Gage. They're terrific together. Sexy as sexy should be. Very good. Very believable in the "Hot! Hot! Hot!" department. (The moans of pleasure emerging from both actors' performances -- especially Vaughn's -- don't seem false.)

However, the rest of this erotic thriller's -- obviously as cheap as a low-budget, direct-to-video flick can get -- is comprised of scenes clipped from an obscure 1994 release. I'm familiar with Ms. Hall's work -- and she once again impresses. Mr. Vaughn, though, seems rather new to the genre -- and he is a welcomed addition, a fresh talent.

If you're going to watch "Masseuse 3," my recommendation is to fast-forward to about an hour and twenty-two minutes. (Very helpful if your VCR can be programmed to do so.) Just in time to see Hall and Vaughn impress. The rest, most certainly, does not.

This movie has everything needed to fall asleep: poor acting, disjointed transitions, poor camera angles(see Landon's big feet as she watches the tapes from her bed), patchwork scenes from some other failed movie to fill time, and yes a cop that is even more stupid than dumb and dumber.The worst actor is some black cop who looks like the janitor on the movie set, paying his way to night high school. Landon, a pretty girl, has poor close-ups that shows her face wrinkles. Ok, how's the sex scenes? Mediocre at best as the actors connect the dots to a formula. This gets 2 stars on 10, as one needs to see this to appreciate better made movies.

Masseuse 3 (1998) (V) is a re-vamped version of the 1995 movie Virtual Desire, only this time the actual love scenes are not on the cutting room floor as they were in Virtual Desire.

Masseuse 3 turns out to be a detective yarn at first, then goes into the main character, Sheila Raines, played by the beautiful Landon Hall.

The best sex scene in the movie is undoubtedly the one between the dead detective (he videotapes all his love sessions) and a woman named Tonya.

We first see Tonya in a sheer white off the shoulder dress with no bra! Then the sex scene happens later in the movie. In Virtual Desire, this sex scene was cut out and a helicopter flying over the ocean with the woman's love sounds echoing in the background and the detective and Tonya typing away on their computers was all this pervert saw.

I give this movie three out of five stars for Annette Burger's (Tonya) scene alone made this movie.

Not a bad film for a low budget thriller. The acting of Landon Hall and John Michael Vaughn is very believable, they work well together. Richard Chance does a great job bringing the sick character of Mr. Frost to life. He is very twisted yet funny until getting blown away at the end by Sheila Raines. Mr. Frost spends much of his time trying to find a way into Sheila's house to get his hands on the valuable video tapes he has been hired to steal. He finally ends up killing the home security repairman and stepping in as his replacement only to get the security code for his own use. Richard Chance does a great job playing both characters but is really a joy to watch as he not only kidnaps Sheila Raines and Jack Gage at gunpoint but really knows how to punch a woman. There is also a great little fight scene between Jack Gage and Mr. Frost at the end of the film. It never pays to punch a woman but Mr. Frost does it well. I hope to see him in the upcoming Masseuse movies.