Island Rhythms

A lovely blonde (Skye Ashton as Penny Quinn) photographs erotic encounters on `Cricket Island' and provides a few erotic scenes herself. She opens a vacation resort (the Heartbeat Inn), but her sexy maid Lana and Lana's new boyfriend angle for a piece of the action.

The plot drags. It develops quite slowly, perhaps in an attempt to build an erotic atmosphere, but there is little tension. The characters are not well developed and the story does not seem well fleshed out. Well, there is plenty of flesh in the sex scenes, but the plot is just skin and bones, and it ends quite abruptly, failing to fulfill the viewers' expectations.

Most of the ladies are quite lovely, though, and the acting seems credible, though limited. We just wanted more of a story.

Women: B-. Modestly attractive, especially Skye Ashton.

Men: B+. OK.

Sex: B-. Varied, interesting, though frequently difficult to view in low light scenes.

Story: C-. Weak, fails to inspire much emotion.

Overall: C. Dull, don't spend money for this one.

Penny, a gorgeous photographer, has reopened the sun-drenched Heratbeat Inn on the tropical paradise of Cricket Island. The Hotel offers Penny and her guests a world of sexual liberation in luxurious surroundings. Years earlier the hotel had an erotic spell cast over it and the staff and guests find the experience a sexually awakening one as they embark on an orgy of unbridled passion in every nook and cranny of this Caribbean paradise!

I find Island Rhythms to be rather cool, with the beautiful blonde Skye Ashton (playing Penny Quinn) in the lead and an exotic brunette as her friend and hotel clerk. All performers are beautiful (both women and men), with settings reminiscent of "Hotel Erotica". It was also released on DVD in the UK as "Swinger's Vacation 2".