French Maid Service: The Lady's Maids (MARC DORCEL)

GENRE: Group Sex, Voyeurism, Threesomes, Anal, Wife Sharing, Maids, French

DIRECTOR: Franck Vicomte

STUDIO/PRODUCER: Marc Dorcel

MSRP: 34.99 (EURO) / $40.07 (US) 

DATE OF PRODUCTION: 2016

LENGTH: 2 hrs

EXTRAS: None

AUDIO/VIDEO: Menu offerings return with less options than ever before. While the menu does contain a looping clip of Anna Polina swimming in an indoor swimming pool the presentation thereof is void of many other details. There are no listings for "Extras", and the language options are scaled down to only English, and French (neither of which is selectable). Other than that you'll find a "Film" option for playing the film, and a "Trailer" option for sneak peeks into other Dorcel film offerings. What struck me as being odd was the fact that the film contains no spoken words, and no added narrative. Franck, for whatever reason, chose to make the film more artistic in presentation, and included various forms of acting, and sexy imagery to tell his tale. The film is shown in the usual widescreen ratio with an HD quality. The soundtrack is constantly playing out signature Dorcel tunes, and only cuts out to let the sexual moans, and noises take hold.

CAST: Anna Polina, Ivana Sugar, Tiffany Doll, Vinna Reed, Marie Marlo, Kristof Cale, Renato, Tyler Nixon

CONDOMS: Yes (Only For Penetrations)

My Wife is a Swinger (DORCEL)

GENRE: Wives, Milfs, Threesomes, European, French

DIRECTOR: Gazzman

STUDIO/PRODUCER: Marc Dorcel

MSRP: 34.99 (EURO) / $39.07 (US) 

DATE OF PRODUCTION: 8/4/2015

LENGTH: 1 hr 40 mins

AUDIO/VIDEO: Compared to other Dorcel feature presentations this is a truly bare bones version of said productions. While it includes the usual visual quality with the HD presentation, and accompanying widescreen ratio it fails to make the main menu inviting, or full of the extras that hardcore Dorcel fans expect. There is not BTS (behind-the-scenes) "Making of" feature to access, and as usual the main menu is crammed tightly together with sloppy audio, and subtitle options up front and center. It screams of budget crunch even with the superb video editing in place throughout the film. In the way of audio presentation I found the voice-over narrative to be too heavily accented, and quite annoying at times. It wasn't like other film's narratives in which the female voice actor was well spoken, and clear with the plot delivery. Thankfully though the provided spoken English, and the accompanying erotic soundtrack wasn't too bad.

EXTRAS: Trailers

CAST: Subil Arch, Kira Queen, Brittany Bardot, Victoria Summers, Cara St. Germain

CONDOMS: Yes

Parisian Pleasure Seekers (DORCEL)

GENRE: Group Sex, Threesomes, Orgies, European, French

DIRECTORS: Pascal Lucas & Herve Bodilis

STUDIO/PRODUCER: Marc Dorcel

MSRP: 34.99 (EURO) / $38.47 (US) 

DATE OF PRODUCTION: 2016

LENGTH: 1 hr 30 mins. + Making Of

AUDIO/VIDEO: Without rehashing the usual "Dorcel Quality" mention, which is mostly present here I want to focus on some issues that I noticed. For one thing the editing in this film was conflicting. It was definitely in-tune with a project done by two men with two different visions. At times the story that was being told through actions, and reactions would change focus in a manner that was not common with other parts of the film. It felt like one of Herve's masquerade orgy films at times, and at other times it felt like a narrative modern-day tale that would have been told by a director with a more thought out plot.

In the way of plot delivery there were some instances where added onscreen text was sloppy, and even an early point where the editor tried to do the whole PC comment displayed on the screen thing. The flashbacks at the end which were done up in a bluish-grey also felt very much out of place as nowhere else in the entire film was that effect used. Not only that, but the way the flashbacks were edited in made that part of the film seem less professional. Visually the film also had a true-to-life appearance to it. The performers didn't look as physically flawless as they usually do, and had a sort of dirty look about them. You could see the reflection of oil/sweat on one of the girl's bodies, and even imperfections that you usually don't notice with the proper lighting. As critical as that assessment sounds it's the truth, and even more so on an HDTV.

EXTRAS: Making Of & Trailers

CAST: Anissa Kate, Anna Polina, Amel Annoga, Cecilia De Lys, Lucy Heart, Kimber Delice, Phil Holliday

CONDOMS: Yes