Calumny Jane wrote on 10/19/2006:

Holy shit… People fantasize about what porn movies would look like if they were made by mainstream Hollywood. I think they might look very much like Corruption.

I never thought I’d see the day I’d watch a four-hour porn movie all in one sitting. Not only did I do that with Corruption – without chapter-skipping, mind you (okay, I stopped to pee, make a sandwich, and, no bullshit, masturbate three times) – but once I picked my jaw up off the floor, I tore into the “making of” documentaries that run well over an hour, and the bloopers reel.

I think it’s safe to say Corruption might be the best porn feature ever made.

The. Best.

If there’s a more professionally acted, directed, and most importantly, written, porn movie in existence, I’ve never seen it.

Corruption tells the story of David Walker Helms (Bryn Pryor), a psychotic, perverted California senator who keeps his pretty young sex slave, Natasha (Hillary Scott), by his side in case he might need her to suck his cock or blackmail a rival. Unfortunately, Helms’ wife Caroline (Kylie Ireland) wants her husband to shoot for the presidential nomination in 2008, and she realizes Natasha could be a problem. When David won’t put Natasha aside, even temporarily, Caroline takes matters into her own hands and all hell breaks loose.

Everything about this production is amazing, and completely unlike any porno I’ve ever seen, except, perhaps, for some of Paul Thomas’ darker work. The cast all perform brilliantly, with Alana Evans, and even more so Kylie Ireland, giving the best performances of their careers; but the real surprise is Hillary Scott who shows genuine acting chops in this movie, from her smoldering glares at the beginning to her heartbreaking collapse at the end.

And then there’s Bryn Pryor, who is nothing short of breathtaking. If Corruption were a mainstream movie his turn as Helms, which manages to be super-creepy and pussy-dampening at the same time, would be Oscar-worthy. As this is a fuck-flick, it needs to be said that there’s no one in all of adult more deserving of a Best Actor trophy come January than Pryor.

It was all the more shocking, then, to learn while watching the BTS that Bryn Pryor and Eli Cross are one and the same! Now I’m really impressed!

Corruption is beautifully shot, skillfully edited, and looks more like a professional mainstream movie than anything I’ve seen in adult. The script is tight and well written. And then there’s the sex…

This is a nasty, dirty, filthy movie, and I’m just as shocked and impressed by the fucking as I am by the story. Everyone expects Hillary Scott to be an anal queen extraordinaire, and she certainly doesn’t disappoint. Every scene she has is a real killer, from her anal with Hershel Savage (during which she cries “hail Mary full of grace” with each thrust – it makes sense in context, but it’s no less twisted) to her scene with Mark Davis and Stacy Thorn, where she submits to being brutalized, takes an anal creampie from Davis, and then squirts it into Stacy Thorn’s hand and licks it up.

What I wasn’t expecting was the truly raunchy turn from Kylie Ireland, who seems to have decided to dispense with her contract girl veneer. First, Ireland essentially rapes Hillary before handing her off to Steve Holmes and Seth Dickens (I think), then she does an incredibly rough DP and double-anal with Dickens and Alex Sanders – and loves it. Just to prove she’s not fooling around, Kylie gets fisted by Sandra Romain in the final orgy sequence with one hand in her pussy and one in her ass! (and no, I’m not watching the European version; this is the regular American DVD).

This isn’t the Kylie I remember from One Sleepless Night.

That’s not to say every sex scene is completely off the hook. There’s something for everyone with a straight BJ that opens the movie (well, it’s really more of a story/character sequence than sex scene, but the uncut blowjob is included on the disc, without dialogue I presume), two straight boy/girl scenes, one from Alana & Tyler Knight, the other featuring Hillary and James Deen, and there’s a Sophia/Kelly Wells anal fourway with two guys I couldn’t identify. Also, the majority of the orgy, while heavy on the anal and squirting, is incredible, straight sex.

All of these “normal” sex scenes are the equal of anything you’re likely to see this year, they just pale in comparison to the one-upsmanship displayed by Hillary and Kylie in their scenes.

My favorite scene, however, is Alana Evans' solo which is fantastically stylized and deeply disturbing. When Helms catches Alana’s character, Perkins, colluding with Caroline, he psychologically dominates her into degrading herself by first stripping for him, and then fucking herself with a pair of dildos, with Alana sobbing raggedly through the entire experience.

Call me a girl with issues, but OH MY GAWD was that ever HOT! Not only is the scene cut to really twist the knife of what a sick fuck Helms is between your ribs, with multiple takes of him repeating his soulless patter, Alana’s performance is stunning. When she crawls across the floor to beg Helms to love her, I blushed and crossed my legs all at the same time.

Which, maybe tells you more than you need to know about me.

This is an unbelievable movie with a serious, realistic story, terrific performances, and a dark, gritty, wonderful script. I can’t wait for the sequel.

--Jane