Sex, Lies, and Politics

There are a few interesting things I think you should know before we get to my review. Sex, Lies & Politics is the 3rd release of the Click Studios/Alain Siritzsky Softcore series (based on the Milo Manara “The Click” book series). However it’s actually the 2nd episode of the series meaning it came right after the story that takes place in The Ultimate Attraction (according to director Rolfe Kanefsky).

To make things even more confusing the first (The Ultimate Attraction) and fourth part (Rod Steele 0014:Balls Of Thunder) of this series were already relased a year or so before it. My point here is that The Click films can really frustrate the average softcore viewer. Don’t get me wrong, I actually like The Click (both this film series and the books by Manara). It’s a good, clever, funny and YES sexy series of episo…er, films but they do have some real problems. Now let’s get to my review.

So who’s got the Clicker this time and more importantly how hot is the sexy fun they’re having? Well this time Dr. Fez (John La Zar) wants to use the Clicker’s erotic powers for a good purpose. So he decides to give it to an influential lobbyist in Washington D.C. politics, Ron Slick (Kevin E. West), in the hopes that he can use it to change the minds of politicians in DC to do good. If you even think for a split second about how smart this move was on Fez’s part (or about how sleazy most lobbyists are in real life) you’ll only hurt yourself so please don’t do it and let’s move on. Slick obviously doesn’t believe him and therefore needs a demonstration of the Clicker’s powers. And from here on till the end the sex scenes vary in heat but remain clever.

Fez and Slick go to a movie theater and use The Clicker on some unsuspecting female movie goers. The scene is good as one of the ladies actually gets it on with Slick during the film. Slick is obviously convinced of The Clicker’s powers and happily takes it from Fez. From there on Slick uses the Clicker to get certain Washington politicians to change their mind on a bill involving a forest getting cut down. His main target? a cold hearted politician played well by Kim Dawson. Slick spends the first part of this film making Dawson go “crazy from the heat” in hopes that she’ll veto the logging bill that she supports. Once Dawson finds out she hunts down Slick forcing him to flee to the West Coast. En route he meets a cold hearted TV news reporter played well by Jaqueline Lovell. He then uses the Clicker on Lovell hoping she’ll help him stop the logging bill.

Before I get to the problems of Sex, Lies & Politics let’s get to the heat. Most of the sex scenes are good especially the ones with Jaqueline Lovell. Lovell’s highlights include sexy masturbation scenes on an airplane and at her news desk and best of all, a fling with her sexy lesbian cellmate in jail. Dawson gets turned on as I mentioned before (at a press conference and a radio interview) but the results end up being more funny than sexy. The best sex outside of those? Slick’s “fantasy” segment with some ladies on Madison’s bed in the White House (!)

Sex, Lies & Politics is the WORST of the 4 Click films out now for many reasons. #1 the sex scenes are actually more funny than sexy (Dawson is one of the hottest actresses ever and we barely see her. Lovell’s scene makes up for it a little but not much.) #2 we now have a brand new candidate for the awful “Pump-N-Pose Sex Scene Hall Of Fame” with Jennifer L. Burton’s character limply grinding into a near comatose Ron Slick in a hotel room. That scene was NOT funny or sexy or anything but ANNOYING. #3 this film actually brings a NEW annoyance to the world of softcore. The problem? A 360 degree circular view of a sex scene. That’s right the camera is run on a track around the love making area while it films the scene. I never liked the Merry Go Round as a kid and I certainly didn’t need a scene like that in this film.

Last but not least #4 is a gripe about the Clicker itself. Fez tells Slick that it can change people’s minds. Well guess what DOESN’T happen to Dawson’s or Lovell’s character in this film? (and does anyone remember or care about the logging bill?) And I thought sex comedies were supposed to be fun.

Even though Sex, Lies & Politics is very disappointing after the promising start of The Ultimate Attraction it still gets a passing grade (at least a C- at best a C) because most (NOT all) of the sex scenes are warm and clever (& yes some of them are mildly funny).