The second of three T&A flicks I sat thru in a row using a radio concept for lust, mystery & murder, 'Night Rhythms' is decent. From hardcore director Gregory Dark (under a pseudonym) it's got not only the female nudity you want, but good camera work and a lite but fun tale.
DJ Nick West (Martin Hewitt) hosts a popular late night call-in show as his audience is largely lonely or mistreated women. When horny caller Honey (Tracy Tweed, sister to Shannon) shows up in studio, he sends his female producer Bridget (Delia Sheppard) home and they get sexy. Then Nick wakes up and she's dead with no idea what happened. On the run from cops, psycho strip club owner Vincent (David Carradine) he gets help from a few ladies including bar owner Cinnamon (Deborah Driggs) to clear his name.
Poised up against a microphone in a dank, low light radio studio with his pack of smokes filling the air, a sip of booze and with the right sounding voice Hewlett nails his role. You grant him the indulgence of sleeping with random but always helpful beautiful women. Won't build the story up into something it's not - the nudity is very much the focus - but this title has atmosphere unlike many of it's low budget peers. Julie Strain has a bit role as a caller, Delia gets naked once.
With stops that include a strip club (no shock), a strippers pad (ditto), sex in a bar, sex with a masseuse as a potential lead, 'Night Rhythms' is everything you think it is but done with some style. A heavy saxophone score goes into overdrive and the whole thing shot well due to director of photography Wally Pfister before he went onto bigger films.
