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Forbidden

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Forbidden is another of the seemingly inexhaustible and growing supply of softcore flicks. So what's Forbidden about? Anybody that rents this kind of movie for the plot is going to be sorely disappointed but still, it has a plot, so I will describe it. The story centers around four people, Andy, Jason, Lisa and Monique. A couple days before Andy's impending marriage to Lisa, Andy's best friend, Jason, throws a bachelor party for him in a local hotel room with his buddies and a couple strippers. Andy can't seem to get into the swing of things so he goes outside and sits at a table by the pool and orders a drink and starts up a conversation with an attractive tall slender girl named Nikki (Renee Rea). Andy left the bachelor party because he intended to remain faithful to his fiancee Lisa (Tracy Ryan) but he gravitates to Nikki and though both their intentions seem to be honorable, they inevitably end up in bed for a memorable night. They both agree this was a one time fling, expecting to go on with their lives, never to see each other again. Unfortunately, Nicki really got under Andy's skin and he still thinks about her, even three years later when his friend Jason invites Andy and his now wife Lisa, to his family's vacation house for a long weekend and to meet his fianc`ee. Now Andy is the consummate player, who swore never to marry, so both Andy and Lisa are anxious to meet the woman who captured this confirmed bachelor`s heart.

Andy and Lisa arrive first and one thing leads to another and Andy starts shagging Lisa on the Billiard table. When Jason and Monique arrive, while Andy and Lisa are flagrante delicto, they make a mad dash to retrieve their clothes and dignity. After the embarrassed couple get dressed Jason introduces his fianc`ee Monique who to Andy's surprise it's his dream girl Nikki (Nikki is short for Monique). Unbeknown to Andy, Jason and Lisa have a past and unbeknown to Lisa, Andy and Nikki also have a past and what evolves is an almost comedic situation of musical partners and an anticlimactic climax.

Conclusion

Obviously with softcore movies, one has to use a different yardstick to review and rate them. The unstated but ultimate purpose of softcore movies is not so much to entertain but to stimulate the viewers, while entertaining them. If you do not believe this, I admire your naivety. With that in mind, I take this criterion into my reviews of softcore films. While sex scenes are supposed to be erotic in nature some succeed more than others. Of the ten or so sex scenes within the film, a single shower scene reached true eroticism for me. The other scenes while still "entertaining" seemed to be too choreographed and were, somewhat, devoid of emotion and even worse intensity.

Overall the flick had a relatively weak plot, an attractive cast who performed decently. The directing was acceptable, while cinematography was very good although it shot and edited in a straight forward manner..

Report Card

Story - C-
Acting - C
Directing - C+
Cinematography - B
Cast - B
Eroticism factor - B-
Entertainment factor - C

Final Rating 3.5 stars (B-)

Movie Data

# Starring: Renee Rea, Tracy Ryan
# Format: Color, Closed-captioned
# Rated: NR
# Studio: Razor Digital Entertainment
# DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004
# Run Time: 83
# Director: Robert Kublios

Jason is a young man at a crossroad in his life. He is about to marry his beautiful and adoring fiancée Lisa. But first he has to survive the ultimate bachelor party being thrown for him by his best friend and best man Andy. However, Jason is committed to remaining faithful, and slips away from the festivities to hide out at the hotel coffee shop. There he meets Nikki, a fascinating woman with whom he forms an immediate bond. The two of them end up sharing the perfect intimate night together and agree that it will remain their erotic secret locked away in time forever.

Two years later, Jason and Andy have not seen each other since the wedding and Andy relocated to the other side of the country. The old friends plan a reunion weekend at a fantastic Malibu Beach house that Andy has rented. Jason brings his wife Lisa and Andy brings the woman he is planning to marry. When the four finally meet up, Jason is shocked to discover that Andy's fiancée is none other than Nikki (now Monique) the woman from his bachelor party - the very woman he has not been able to shake from his fantasies for the past two years.

Jason's thoughts and feelings run amok..."I'm married", "Monique is engaged to Andy my best friend", "I am still ridiculously attracted to her and not a day has passed that I haven't thought of her". It is obvious to Jason that to pursue his feelings for Monique would be wrong. But sometimes the most tempting fruits are the ones which are Forbidden.

There are multiple sex scene, nudes in this movie which I give a rating of four(for those whom likes to watch multiple sex scenes in a movie). I give a rating of 3 star for the story in the movie.

Forbidden is absolutely the cream of the crop of American softcore, a position which I used to grant to "Play Time" with Jennifer Burton. This film goes way further than that one, and out-performs even the kinkiest of Skinemax's erotic soap operas. The skin factor here goes off the scale, and gets extremely daring and explicit, moreso than all the other American softcore that I've seen (and trust me, I've seen a LOT!). Shannon Whirry, Shannon Tweed, and Monique Parent films should be on Disney compared to this. Zalman King, the publicly accepted king of American softcore, is put to shame by this film. I don't want to get too graphic with my descriptions--I CAN'T--but let's just say that this is the closest I've seen an American product get to duplicating the great euro-sleaze genre typified by Jean Rollin and Walerian Borowczyk films. Beautiful women with absolutely no shame in exposing themselves entirely!!!

Not much for plot and storyline here. This movie was great, if you like to watch T & A. Believe me, there were alot of it. At his bachelor party, Jason has a one-night stand with Nikki(Renee Rea) who he forms a bond with immediately but can't continue because he's due to marry. Fast forward to 3 years later, Jason and his wife Lisa (Tracy Ryan) and Andy and his fiancee Monique/Nikki plan a reunion weekend together. Jason is surprised to discover that Andy's fiancee is none other then Nikki/Monique. You can probably guess the rest. Very good with alot of T & A action.

This movie is completely one-sided. The females in the movie are filmed from all angles--T, A, and crotch shots--with nothing left to the imagination. The males, however, are filmed from the back, leaving everything to one's imagination. This movie is great if your a man--a disappointment for women. The only thing forbidden in this movie is showing frontal male nudity.

wow, what can I say... I'm impressed. FINALLY after many soft-core movies this is the best one by far. Not only the sex parts are really good but the whole story will get you into it. Yeah, I'm the kind of guy who fast forward to get to the sex scene parts and never cared about the story, but this one actually caught me. Renne Rea (the one on the picture) reminds me of Britney Spears, so.. yeah.. THAT IS QUALITY.

The basic premise as explained by other reviewers was made believable in the movie. The actors made the brother/sister connection work. Unfortunately it takes up to scene 13 before any good sex enters the movie. From there on the story is much more interesting, especially the kitchen scene; and her action when she realizes their parents know what's been going on.

Forbidden is another of the seemingly inexhaustible and growing supply of softcore flicks. So what's Forbidden about? Anybody that rents this kind of movie for the plot is going to be sorely disappointed but still, it has a plot, so I will describe it. The story centers around four people, Andy, Jason, Lisa and Monique. A couple days before Andy's impending marriage to Lisa, Andy's best friend, Jason, throws a bachelor party for him in a local hotel room with his buddies and a couple strippers. Andy can't seem to get into the swing of things so he goes outside and sits at a table by the pool and orders a drink and starts up a conversation with an attractive tall slender girl named Nikki (Renee Rea). Andy left the bachelor party because he intended to remain faithful to his fiancee Lisa (Tracy Ryan) but he gravitates to Nikki and though both their intentions seem to be honorable, they inevitably end up in bed for a memorable night. They both agree this was a one time fling, expecting to go on with their lives, never to see each other again. Unfortunately, Nicki really got under Andy's skin and he still thinks about her, even three years later when his friend Jason invites Andy and his now wife Lisa, to his family's vacation house for a long weekend and to meet his fianc`ee. Now Andy is the consummate player, who swore never to marry, so both Andy and Lisa are anxious to meet the woman who captured this confirmed bachelor`s heart.

Andy and Lisa arrive first and one thing leads to another and Andy starts shagging Lisa on the Billiard table. When Jason and Monique arrive, while Andy and Lisa are flagrante delicto, they make a mad dash to retrieve their clothes and dignity. After the embarrassed couple get dressed Jason introduces his fianc`ee Monique who to Andy's surprise it's his dream girl Nikki (Nikki is short for Monique). Unbeknown to Andy, Jason and Lisa have a past and unbeknown to Lisa, Andy and Nikki also have a past and what evolves is an almost comedic situation of musical partners and an anticlimactic climax.

Conclusion

Obviously with softcore movies, one has to use a different yardstick to review and rate them. The unstated but ultimate purpose of softcore movies is not so much to entertain but to stimulate the viewers, while entertaining them. If you do not believe this, I admire your naivety. With that in mind, I take this criterion into my reviews of softcore films. While sex scenes are supposed to be erotic in nature some succeed more than others. Of the ten or so sex scenes within the film, a single shower scene reached true eroticism for me. The other scenes while still "entertaining" seemed to be too choreographed and were, somewhat, devoid of emotion and even worse intensity.

Overall the flick had a relatively weak plot, an attractive cast who performed decently. The directing was acceptable, while cinematography was very good although it shot and edited in a straight forward manner..

Report Card

Story - C-
Acting - C
Directing - C+
Cinematography - B
Cast - B
Eroticism factor - B-
Entertainment factor - C

Final Rating 3.5 stars (B-)

Movie Data

# Starring: Renee Rea, Tracy Ryan
# Format: Color, Closed-captioned
# Rated: NR
# Studio: Razor Digital Entertainment
# DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004
# Run Time: 83
# Director: Robert Kublios

Forbidden is a softcore film that gets praised a lot as one of the "must haves", but it's difficult to find a copy. I didn't think that the film lived up to all the hype, but it is still a good softcore film and a worthwhile purchase.

The movie gets off to a great start. There are a couple of scenes from a bachelor party where two strippers show off their beautiful bodies. This is followed by three boy/girl scenes and one boy/girl/girl shower scene. At this point, you're just short of the halfway point in the film. However, instead of keeping the momentum going, the film stumbles at this point. There are only two more full sex scenes for the rest of the film. There's still a lot of nudity and some "sort of" sex scenes, but none of it generates much heat.

So you end up with six scenes. All of them are good, and two of them are fantastic. There's some interesting locations, good camera work, very explicit shots, and the actors and actresses are always audible.

There are two women who are the focus of most of the movie (Tracy and Renee). Both are beautiful and give great performances. There are three more women, who are all also beautiful, but we only see them briefly.

This thing could have been really great. It only runs for 83 minutes. All the "sort of" scenes could have been developed into full sex scenes and the film still would have come in at only 90 minutes. I would have liked to see better use of the other women.

This is good, but there are many other softcore films out there that are better, and easier to aquire.

This film, Forbidden is highly erotic from the very beginning with naked women galore at the bachelor party and all the way to the twisted ending. This story is about forbidden sex which turns into love. Jason had sex with and fell in love with a woman named Nikki (Renee Rea) who he met at his own bachelor party. Despite several years pasting, his memory of Nikki and the time that they shared briefly remained in his fantasies even while he had sex with his own wife. Unable to shake his memories Jason accepts his life with his wife but continues to fantasize about his chance encounter with Nikki.Several years later, Jason's best friend Andy invites Jason and Lisa (Tracy Ryan) to a mini vacation at his family vacation home. To Jason's surprise Andy's fiancee turns out to be the woman that Jason can't seem to get out of his mind; the same woman he had sex with on the night of his bachelor party.Jason continues to struggle with his desire to make love to Nikki (who is now going by the name Monique) despite him now being married and she engaged to his best friend. Throughout the movie several forbidden secrets are revealed. (Jason is not the only one who has a secret affair)). Jason finds himself in a dilemma. Does he stay with his wife or does he take a chance on love and start a life with Nikki?This film is a soft porn movie (This movie is a true T and A movie). The acting in the film is okay. The film receives it's high marks for the NUMEROUS sex scenes throughout the movie. This movie is geared more towards men, primarily due to the vast amount of nudity of females throughout the movie. However, I did find this movie extremely erotic and easy on the eyes.If your looking for a soft porn movie with lots of T and A along with an interesting yet predictable plot, than this might be the film for you. But if your looking for a little more depth in terms of story line, and overall acting skills, than this might not be the movie for you.

Four stars out of five.
Reviewed by Natasha Brooks, editor-in-chief, Bare Back Magazine
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