I Like to Play Games

I managed to snag a copy of this video recently. It's a bit of a collector's item because it's out of print and has gotten a lot of praise. So did it live up to the hype?

In one way, yes. This is probably the definitive Lisa Boyle video. It's one of her earlier efforts before she became too much of a "star" for more than one sex scene per video (if that). I've only seen a couple of her other videos and she definitely shows and does much more in this. She is frequently fully nude and does full sex scenes, complete with "orgasms".

However, that's about it's only standout feature. I'm guessing that in 1994 this thing was some of the most explicit softcore available. Today, Surrender and Playboy have released plenty of stuff that goes further, has more sex scenes, and with women who are every bit as attractive/siliconed as Lisa but less inhibited. And all of this stuff is readily available at reasonable prices. Now don't get me wrong, I.L.T.P.G. has held up pretty well after nine years and can still be considered decent softcore. Unlike, say, any movie made in the 1970's with the word "cheerleaders" in the title.

So overall I'm glad I ended up getting it, but mostly for its rarity. If this was remade shot for shot today using different actors I don't think anyone would be too impressed with it.

If there is a better soft-core movie out there, I can't think of one, and I've seen them all. The only one that comes close is "Play Time (1994)". Lisa Boyle's performance is volcanic and Ken Steadman can barely keep up with her. Don't miss this film. The massive amount of nudity, fetish-wear and kinky sex make this one of the most memorable films of the genre. The acting is way above average for a skin-flick and the story-line is interesting and somewhat believable (well, almost). I found that I didn't reach for the FF button at all. In fact, the Rewind button got quite a workout. Also, watch for SC queen, Jennifer Burton, who makes a naked cameo. This is a keeper !

I'm not sure why some reviewers felt that this was not erotic, unless they were looking for something more hardcore. They don't show actual penetration here.

Lisa Boyle is Suzanne, a new co-worker who plays various role-playing games with Michael, the main character. For example, she pretends to be a naive schoolgirl having her first sexual experience as she removes her clothes. Many instances of Suzanne teasing Michael in public, but in such a way that only Michael realizes what's going on (eg. what happens under the table during a meeting).

As a bonus there is a bit of plot if you like psychological thrillers (ie. when is Suzanne playing a role and when is she really herself?), but the main attraction is Lisa Boyle herself. The movie as a whole is a real turn-on.

Now, this is how you make a soft-core sex movie! Mostly, these types of films fail because they have either too much tedious plot or too little erotic action. I Like to Play Games gets the balance spot on in my opinion. The story-line is very simple but it never out-stays its welcome. It essentially is used simply as a means of stringing along one erotic encounter after another. There are two things very good about this. One, there are lots of these scenes and little time wasted in between. And secondly this movie is a Lisa Boyle vehicle. She is a pretty stunningly sexy woman and is naked many, many times in this. She plays a mysterious, highly sexed femme fatale who plays dangerous games with a lucky victim. The sexual encounters are very varied in content. But the important thing – and it's hardly a given in this type of movie – they are very sexy. There are several great sequences but special mention has to be made for Lisa's leather strap outfit – seeing truly is believing.

This is surely something of a classic of its type. A 90's sexploitation movie with a great leading lady. A film that does exactly what you hope it will. Can't say fairer than that.

I'm a big Jennifer Burton fan, and she's in it in a big way (as always), but after seeing the film and thinking about it the next day, I wondered why I sat through the whole ordeal. I saw the French-dubbed, unrated version of "I Like To Play Games", so maybe if I saw it in English, I would have tuned out much quicker.

Lisa Boyle (a nice looking lady, but not a world-beater) and Ken Steadman (complete with a cheesy 1995 haircut) play Suzanne and Michael. Both of them work at some agency. Michael is a guy who obviously played games of dare with Jeff Wise and Angela from Mike Sedan's "Mischievous", but his are all sexually charged. The whole movie is about seeing these two soap-opera rejects ruin their lives just out of boredom. They play ludicrous games of "tease" (well Suzanne does). While it's fun to see the conceited Kung Fu-loving Michael made a fool of over and over again (one scene has him running in the streets naked after she runs away from his pad, complete with a view of his jewels for the ladies), it gets tedious once they start having real "philosophical discussions" and then everything...well let's just say it steals everything from "Mischievous".

All I can say is that even in French-dubbed voices, I couldn't stand either of these two primadonnas. I would have preferred if they settled their petty "love feud" with a duel and two .357 Magnums and gave us more of Miss Burton. Still, I couldn't stay away; I had to see who won this "feud", find out if you "dare".