Flash

Flash is a hardcore adult feature that tries to also have an action plotline. This mix works only about half the time (see the John Holmes/Johnny Wadd series). Unlike the Holmes epics, this show tries to be too serious, and the actors weren't up to it. The sex is pretty good, it's just getting through the acting and storyline that makes this less than a good movie.

I used to attend drive-in movie theaters regularly in the '70s and '80s, and this Adult feature from that period is actually better than many of the mainstream (rated R) action pictures of that era. But that is a bit of a left-handed compliment.

Director Jack Genero made some fine pictures during porn's theatrical era, but this is hardly among his best. The acting is subpar, sex scenes hardly memorable, and cast distinctly Z-grade. Hilary Summers is okay but hardly strong enough to carry the picture in the lead role, and Genero wastes cult favorite Connie Peterson (one of the most popular loops' stars for Swedish Erotica and a true anal-specialist) in his deficient femme supporting cast.

Title refers to Hilary working for a magazine in cheesecake still photography, getting caught up in a convoluted blackmail scheme involving the daughter (unpretty Jane Lindsay) of a politician. I especially didn't like the way the script too patly tried to tie up plot threads, making the publisher turn out to be the gangster behind the blackmail, way too much of a coincidence.

Action scenes including action footage involving a light airplane are okay, the sort of content no longer included in porn where all scenes are about stuck in mansions or out by the pool.

An adult movie is here mainly for the sex. In the 1980's they did mix quality production values with the sex, and many times got a very good movie for the effort. Most of these were the comedies. Some times an action movie (note the John Holmes/ Johnny Wadd series), and once in a while a drama. Flash is an action-adult movie that tries, but, doesn't really make it.

If this had been done by the pros (Leslie, Thomas, Haven, Hart, et all), it most certainly would have been better. The sex was fair, but, even that lacked the fire that those listed put into a role. Possibly, as with the Holmes flicks, if they'd put a little more tongue-in-cheek in the story it would've worked better.

A plus: if you like small breasts, most of the females are slight of build.