This is the DVD Review of Dream Quest. As a plot/couples DVD, it played much better than when I watched it on video as a smut movie...
ROGER T. PIPE'S DVD REVIEWS #251
DREAM QUEST
OVERALL RATING: A
PICTURE QUALITY: A
DVD EXTRAS: A+
125 Mins.
DIRECTOR: Brad Armstrong
Wicked
THEMES: Costumes, Couples Porn, Plot Porn.
2000 (10/99)
STARS: Jenna Jameson, Stephanie Swift, Alexa Rae, Temptress, Asia Carrera, Sydnee Steele, Amber Michaels, Johnni Black, Felecia, Inari Vachs, Jessica Drake, Teri Starr, Bridgett Kerkove, Devin Wolf, Herschel Savage, Brad Armstrong, Randy Spears, Evan Stone, Dale Dabone and Anthony Crane.
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BONUS MATERIAL-
Cast- Twelve of the cast members get the full star treatment. There is a full bio read over a slide show of the star. You can also jump right to a scene with that star and check out a Wicked filmography. Very nicely done feature.
Photo Gallery- High Quality slide show filled with hard and soft core shots. Again, very well done.
Audio Selections- You can listen to Brad Armstrong's takes on the movie on the commentary track. I listened to most of it and it's pretty good. I especially liked that you can still hear most of the dialog even with this audio track selected. (No subtitles for the hearing impaired though?)
Special Features- This is where the meat of the bonus material lies.
Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery- Candid shots of the cast and crew, again done as a tightly edited slide show.
Behind the Scenes Video- Full behind the scenes feature on the making of Dream Quest. The forty minute feature takes us into all aspects of the movie and is another very well done bonus.
Special Effects- Takes a closer look at five of the special effects sequences, complete with audio commentary. Great for the 'how do they do that?' crowd and a nice touch to show how much effort was put into this movie.
Deleted Scenes- Extra non sex footage.
Dream Quest Trailer- Well put together trailer for the movie.
Bonus Scenes- Alexa Rae and Evan Stone do a very hot boy girl that would have come right before Jenna gets captured. (As a climax to their sword battle.) Sydnee Steele and Temptress take on Brad Armstrong and Dale in a four way ritual scene. Both of these scenes have a lot of heat. A nice feature would have been the ability to play the movie with these in their place within the movie.
Wicked Web- Add for Wicked's Web Site
Wicked Casino- If your computer has a DVD Rom drive, you can play the Wicked Casino game.
Company Profile- Text on the history of Wicked Pictures. Interesting, but could have used the voice over used in the Bio section.
AVN Awards- A slide show list of all the AVN nominations and winners from Wicked. Pretty impressive list. (Trailers for some of these movies would have been nice.)
Quite simply, the bonus material alone is worth owning on this DVD. I liked Dream Quest as a couples video, but as a DVD it really is a must own disc. The use of the bonus material is wonderful and should set the standard for such big budget flicks.
REVIEW:
This movie marks the return of Jenna Jameson, without question, the biggest star in porn for the last half decade or so. If the rumors are true, it could also be her final movie for the company that made her a star, Wicked Pictures. I just reviewed this title on video last month, but with such a huge release, it needs to be done again on the DVD format. Besides, there are two additional scenes that were not in the video version of the movie. Director Brad Armstrong teams with Jenna again as he did with 'Flashpoint' for another high budget, mainstream style film. Joining Jenna is a huge cast of Wicked contract girls, big name stars and lesser name hot performers. Though Armstrong is best known for his MTV looking style porn, he has tackled a project heavy with make up, costumes and dialog as we follow Jenna on a journey through a mystical land to save Fantasy.
Jenna starts out as a very uptight young woman who has to fight off the amorous advances of her dates Devin Wolf. His roving hands at the drive in prompts Jenna to demand an immediate drive home. Just about the time she is convinced that there is no romance left in the world, Jenna is visited by two fairies (Felecia and Stephanie Swift) who need her help. She must travel through the mirror into their world to save fantasy in both worlds.
On the other side of the mirror, Jenna finds herself in the lair of Arachna (Asia Carrera) a spider woman who weaves a web of seduction of the innocent blonde. With Evan Stone trapped in a web nearby, Asia begins to undress Jenna slowly, unlocking forbidden fantasies and starting her on her journey of sexual self discovery. Jenna may be innocent, but a few licks on her shaved lips and she's more than a little ready to open up to new experiences. Leaving Jenna panting, Asia works her way over to Evan and the real fun begins. Great squatting blowjob here as Asia puts a lot of effort into keeping Evan very happy and hard in her skilled mouth. Jenna sits by, rubbing her pussy while Asia mounts her willing prey. Even in a dark lair, this beautiful creature knows how to light things up. Evan really drops the hammer on her from behind, banging Asia with all he's got while Jenna lends a finger or licks nipple. Finally dismounting, Asia holds her face close to his cock while Evan unloads on her gorgeous face. With cum in her mouth, Asia plays with it for a while, giving us one her best facials ever.
Handing her off to Randy Spears, Asia's work is done, but Jenna's is just beginning. He shows her through a huge castle, finally stopping a door guarded by Johnni Black and Amber Michaels. There is a riddle for Jenna to solve, but even when she's figured out how to get through, Spears must stay after and keep the two guards busy for her to continue. (Is this what is commonly known as taking one for the team?) Both Johnni and Amber are hot blondes who know how to handle a big hard dick. All Spears has to do is lean back and let these two first class cock suckers do their stuff on his throbbing knob. Few women are nearly as good at slobbering on shaft as Johnni, but Amber makes it a very close race. Frankly, even one of these women would make for a great roll in the hay, but both of them is nothing short of molten. Johnni uses her flexibility to pull her legs back to her ears during mish, then Amber's pussy gets plugged from behind. Usually feature film sex is pretty bland, but Amber taking it in the ass, then getting her tits blasted while Johnni licks jizz from her rack is pretty fucking hot if you ask me.
Herschel Savage is the evil king who has Fantasy trapped. Even though he's busy waiting for Jenna, the heavily made up Savage makes time to fuck one of his little sex slaves, Bridgette Kerkove. Compared to the first two scenes, there is no way this one can live up. Bridgette just isn't that good looking and after nearly four hundred scenes, she is probably the most played out porn star on the market. (As I've said, once you've seen Bridgette take Lexington Steele up her ass, you've the full extent of her talent and charm.) Rather than bag on Bridgette, we'll just call this one another nicely shot scene that you might like if you want to watch Ms. Kerkove fuck again.
Continuing her quest through the forest, Jenna follows Swift and Felecia towards the castle. They stop for a little three way lesbian in the middle of the woods. As much as I really love watching Ms. Swift in scenes, the mere fact that Felecia is around makes me want to use this chance to get up and get a snack. Are there no other women who can be hired to lick pussy? There are certainly a lot of women who look and fuck a lot better. So instead of a great Swift/Jameson scene, we get a three way where one leg is totally lame. Like the last scene, if you aren't sexually allergic to the very sight of Felecia, you might enjoy the scene. Personally, I can only enjoy the parts that have Steph and Jenna working on each other.
After fucking Jenna, the two fairies hand her off to two more, Teri Starr and Inari. When the three women come across the bridge keeper, Brad Armstrong, a toll must be paid. He lets Jenna pass, but keeps the blondes for himself. Inari is one of those really pretty women who is so nasty you can't quite believe it. Teri is all that minus the great beauty. Sure she's better looking than Felecia or Bridgette, but Ms. Starr makes her money by being a super hot suck and fuck slut. She and Inari got head to head keeping Armstrong happy with a couple of talented, willing mouths. I really like Teri, but Inari really steals the spotlight in this scene, taking most of the dick action while Teri plays with herself nearby. A switch of partners and we get some anal action to finish out another well shot three way. These two fairies share a nice facial to help pay the toll.
Jenna continues her search, riding her horse and stopping to bathe in a pond. This is great tease footage and again shows the main stream qualities that make this movie so impressive. Watching Jenna swim naked may not be as hot as watching her suck cock, but I'm sure there are plenty of couples who enjoy something different now and then. The next scene takes place between a heavily made up woods creature (Anthony Crane) and a very willing cocksucker. (Jessica Drake) She does a nice job on her knees, but ends up lying flat on her belly on a tree stump to finish off this lucky dude. A little bit of slo-mo, but mostly it's just a well shot, straight forward blowjob scene ending in a nice facial popshot.
Jenna makes her way down a well and ends up running around in circles. With the plot now revolving around Jenna actually making it to the castle, we find ourselves following her into an ice cave where Alexa Rae appears for an inevitable lesbian scene. Yes, it's another veggie pairing, but Alexa seems quite intent on driving Jenna wild. Enthusiasm does count and the results are quite hot. Alexa does some really hot finger work on Jenna, then lies back for some of the same treatment. If we didn't already have our veggie quota, I would have been pretty excited by this scene, but to be honest, don't you think it's about time for Jenna to take some dick?
When Jenna finally meets the evil king, he makes her an offer. Fantasy will be returned only if Jenna stays with him to be his bride. She refuses and is tossed into a jail cell to rot. Devin shows up to rescue her. Someone explain why Jenna would insist on fucking when she should be getting the fuck out of the cell. Hello, evil king and his blood thirsty minions. At we finally get to see Jenna work some man meat. She is literally drooling for his love. (All over his chest as a matter of fact.) Devin puts some serious effort into licking her pussy, tongue fucking Jenna until she is more than ready to return the favor. If there is one thing Jenna has always done well, it's suck dick on camera and the two years off haven't hurt her game at all. Too bad it doesn't last very long before Devin leans back and lets Jenna ride his lap. Quite active, Jenna seems to really like taking it from behind, though the best close ups come in a modified mish position. For a couples flick, the shots are quit close and of course Jenna takes a big load on her face. Welcome back baby.
By this point, I'm sure you don't want me to give away the end of the movie, so we'll just wrap this puppy up. I've already gone on about the bonus material on this disc, so we'll just discuss the movie. You have to take Dream Quest for what it's supposed to be, a high budget, couples friendly porn. As such, it's perfect. The script drags at times and could use a little cutting here and there. Costumes, make up and locations are huge strengths for this movie and are as impressive as any adult film I have seen in years. There are special effects galore and production values that clearly set new standards for porn. Now, what about the sex? Jenna's much talked about comeback isn't a total loss. She's only got one boy/girl scene, and her blowjob is cut way too short. Still, it's worth waiting around for. Earlier in the movie, Johnni Black, Amber Michaels, Inari and Alexa Rae turn in sex scenes that carry enough weight to make this better than the average couples slop. Purely as a stroke flick, I still say 'Double Feature' is the best combination of quality, script and smut, but this one is a close second. Brad Armstrong set the bar high for this movie and he cleared it with room to spare. Dream Quest is a DVD that should find it's way into every collection.