A friend of mine has struck out a few times now in his selection of soft-core films from Gen X's LGBT section*, so I decided to take the reins and check out a new release flick so laughably titled I just had to see it for myself.
Ladies and gentlemen, When Porn Kills is exactly that: A hard-core gay porn flick about a porn addict who makes porn, views porn, and gets to the bottom of a murder mystery surrounding (surprise!) porn. Obviously, the acting is bad, but to our collective shock and awe, it could really have been a lot worse. Ditto goes for the man-candy: While the protagonist was neither my nor my male friend's cup of tea (receding hairline plus excessive chest hair [the video box downplays the shag, believe-you-me] against an altogether lanky physique), and at least one of the men in this film had a truly hideous mug (you'll know when you see him!) the majority were decently built and sufficiently well-endowed. More importantly, good heavens, does this film actually have a plot?
Ladies especially, I just want to take this moment to point out that everything you've been told about being "unique" in your desire for narrative to accompany your smut is wrong. Much like hetero-favourite Pirates, When Porn Kills is about 50/50 storyline/porn. Also much like Pirates, the sex scenes themselves are pretty much 50/50 for believable premises. Two boyfriends shacking up in front of the camera just to add some kink to their routine? Believable. One of the guys hooking up with randoms to satisfy his filming fetish when his boyfriend tires of the stunt? Believable, if sad. His boyfriend, upon discovery of this illicit activity, proceeding to bend a coworker over a desk and engage in hard-core penetrative sex? Not as believable. The protagonist having intense, bottoming-from-the-top penetrative sex with the central rapist/murderer because the killer essentially tells him it's sex or death? Uh. Sweet Jeebus, I hope that's not believable.
When Porn Kills is bizarre. Though I play for both teams I'm not really the target demographic for all this beefcake action, so it fell to my friend to decide if the strange balance of plot-line and hard-core sex pulled off a memorable flick on the whole. To my delight and surprise, he ultimately shared my conclusions: Namely, that this film serves both as an effective vehicle for pure sexual pleasure, and also as an hilarious, plot-driven romp into the realm of porn that can be enjoyably experienced in the company of friends-without-benefits, too.
*Please let the record show, by the way, that the LGBT section is NOT all porn, and it irritates the HELL out of me when people assume an LGBT sticker on Gen X content automatically makes it R-rated. Want some recs for quality LGBT films that aren't indie soft-core? Ask me when I'm around the store! You'll be making my day!
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