Liquid A$$ets

Liquid A$$ets (1982)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

If you've seen Mel Brooks' THE PRODUCERS then what you're getting here is basically a porn spoof. This Roberta Findlay film has a man putting on a dirty play in hopes that it will bomb but we all know what happens.

It's always hard to make a spoof of a spoof and that's basically what LIQUID A$$ETS is. After all, the Brooks film wasn't really a comedy, per sa, but instead of a spoof of the genre itself. With that in mind, this film here is a mildly interesting seeing how they rip on the Brooks film but at the same time I really didn't find the comedy to work all that well. There are a few funny moments here and there but for a film that was meant to be a comedy I think it doesn't completely succeed at that.

Where the film does work is as a pure porno piece. There's no doubt that Findlay did a very good job with the sex scenes as most of them are either creative, erotic and sometimes both. It also helps that you've got such a strong cast here for fans of the genre. Fan favorites Samantha Fox and Veronica Hart are on hand, both as attractive and as fun as you'd expect. you've also got Robert Kerman and Ron Jeremy who probably steals the film during a sequence where he takes on a blow up doll. Finally, fans of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT will see Fred J. Lincoln in a small role.

The film is certainly shot well, features a nice song/score and for the most part it is entertaining enough for what it is. Fans of the genre will certainly enjoy it but I do wish the comedy had been a tad bit better.

Saw this a few years after it was made. Back in those days, porn films more often than not had a plot, which made them even better cuz one minute you're watching the characters go about their normal lives la dee da and the next minute they're getting buck naked, which is more of a turn-on than just straight sex.

The comedic plot involves a Mel Brooks' "Producers" style scenario about a wealthy guy deliberately puts on a flop play as a tax write-off (the play is about the Russian revolution, and this is probably the only porn film ever where someone uses the word "mensheviks").

As I recall no full frontal nudity but lots of undulating flesh nonetheless. Ron Jeremy is amusing as the lawyer who sets up the whole tax write-off. There is a rather obvious and none-too-subtle satirical scene about a hypocritical judge who lambastes the sex trade. You get the impression that the guys who made this thought they were gonna be doing something a bit better than the average porn film, (sorta life Jack Horner in Boogie Nights)and for the most part they succeeded.