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The Booty Hunter, on The Movie Channel, morning 7-March-2013, was a terrible issue of cable soft-porn. Maybe TMC is trying to lower the bar. Though the plot was the usual lightweight fare, the acting was weak and the actresses were far below the beauty level seen in the films from Marc Greene, the Bikini series, and similar major soft-porn studios. There is the usual load of sex: MF, FF, & MFF, with a string of plot to hold together the story.

The lighting and sets looked fair, and sound was decent, but the severe pulchritude deficit diminished my interest, and I saw no value in watching more than a speedy Fast Forward of my recording.

Then the sparse credits at the end were a joke, only listing six actors, a producer, editor, director, and the notice "Brought to You by The Good Folks at Eros Filmz." No other personnel were listed in the credits, at start or finish. No copyright notice or date was shown either, though the required "18 U.S.C. Section 2257 and 28 C.F.R. 75 Compliance Statement ended the movie.

Don't waste your time!

Bel Ami is historically interesting, as relates to the economic and exploitative aspects of the French invasion of Morocco. The intrigue and destiny of Georges Duroy may not satisfy viewers desiring more action, eroticism, or happy endings, but it presented an engaging story. Given the impoverished background of Duroy, I thought Pattison offered an effective portrayal of a poor, bewildered young man attempting to juggle unaccustomed opportunities and beautiful women in high society. The other actresses and actors also nicely delivered their characters. Perhaps this critic is not sophisticated enough to demand more, but I believe that the movie well fulfilled its premise.

A TV talk show about sexual encounters -- what a novel notion! (wink!) Appearing on The Movie Channel Xtra late one night, the talk show is hosted by three lovely babes, who describe their outrageous escapades with enthusiastic introductions and appropriate fades to action.

The stories are grouped in themes, which include make-up (after argument) sex, anger sex, shower sex, lesbian sex, and group sex. We notice a trend .. .

The hostesses are amusing with their supportive remarks ("Go, Girl!") in emulation of the traditional talk show format. The scene acting is not bad, and the sex is provocative and realistic enough. Appearing in the scenes are the hostesses and several veteran soft-porn beauties, but several notable players are not properly credited. I noticed, I thought, veteran Kim Dawson, and a very pretty veteran playing 'Terri', but the only credited actors were the three hostesses.

It's hard to call the production a movie in the traditional sense; it's more of a "sexposition," but it "delivers the goods" for a soft-porn vehicle. The talk format is a convenient vehicle for a display of multiple sexy vignettes.

Women: B+. Pretty sexy, nice assortment.

Men: B+. Pretty good, as best I could determine.

Sex: A. About all we could ask, unless we want to watch hard core.

Story: D. You don't get a story with this vehicle.

Overall: B-. About as good as can be expected, given its premise.