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This is probably Lisa Boyle's best movie. She shines in the screen with many steamy sex scenes... all the positions, all the attitudes, all the scenarios. What else could you ask for? This is quality soft core porn. The cinematography is really good for a movie like this. Also, the acting isn't that bad but it's the least thing you should care about.

Lisa has sex with the same guy for almost all the scenes but it doesn't matters because it's obvious that there is chemistry between them. Well, WHO wouldn't like to have chemistry with Lisa?! The S&M and everything is great in this movie. I'm glad I bought it. If you are a huge Lisa fan, then you understand the greatness of the movie. If you are about to become a fan of hers, then you are going to be really pleased. Totally recommended.

I Like To Play Games has a claim to fame in that it was one of the handful of the (supposedly) superior titles that brought the straight to video erotic thriller to a wider audience during the 1990s - the other contenders being the trite 'Elkie' aka 'Friend of The Family' (also starring Lisa Boyle), and the absurd 'Playtime' (with Jennifer Burton, who memorably crops up in this one).

I'll leave it to others to debate whether any of this is justified, but the so-called erotic thriller usually generates some fairly jaded comments - as one look at IMDB comments will tell you - but I Like To Play Games does have one or two merits (and as many flaws). Set against these low standards, what does I Like To Play Games have in its favour?

Well, as actors Ken Steadman (who died a year after release) and Lisa Boyle (one of the decade's poster girls) might not be brilliant, but both are definitely attractive, and have a tangible chemistry between them; and if the cinematography will not win any prizes, it is at least competently and efficiently done...for the most part.

This is advantageous (but far from unique) within the narrow millenu of the erotic thriller, but the real story, perhaps, is the unexplored motivations behind the main characters (other than gratification or narcassism) within their increasingly toxic, mutually obsessive, relationship.

None of this puts I Like To Games in the same league as genuine psychological thrillers; as it is, (for those who care) this is an above average T & A flick with some good moments and a few interesting ideas it has neither the ambition or ability to explore.

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.

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 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".