The Hitman: Love is Deadly – Sweet Sinner – Director – Mike Quasar – Cast – September Reign, Kenzie Taylor, Freya Parker, Tommy Pistol, Ryan McLane.
**** 4 stars
Whenever I do the Friday reviews, I always try to look for a few standards. One, that it has appeal to couples and offers more than just sex. Two, that the stories and concept are believable and realistic. Three, that the casting has performers who can act as well as be sexually appealing. In this release from Sweet Sinner, you have all three components nicely etched all together by Mike Quasar. The fact that everyone in the cast of this film is also up for a variety of award nominations from XBIZ and AVN for their work during the past year, speaks well of their talents.
Tommy Pistol and Freya Parker are a married couple, but their union is on some very shaky ground with seemingly no chance of getting back to what it was. Pistol, has his own problems and has been seeing a therapist, September Reign, who he has been having an affair with. So, she urges him to take out a huge insurance policy on his wife, but that’s not all. The therapist sees a way to have Tommy and a better life all in one sweep. So how can that happen? She convinces him to hire a hitman to do the dirty work. Tommy’s not sure, but damn, some steamy sex can always help in making a decision. So, he goes about enlisting the services of Ryan McLane, a hired gun, to do the job for a nice big fee. What Tommy didn’t know was that Freya was going about her own business of filing for a divorce as well, but in a more legitimate way.
Nothing is easy in this setup as Ryan doesn’t immediately jump at the chance to make some big bucks so he can get away from his current life and go off somewhere with his girlfriend, Kenzie Taylor. The more he gets pressured to do the job, the more he feels something just doesn’t add up. So now you have both September pushing Tommy to get the deed done and Kenzie literally screaming at Ryan to take the money, do the job and then they can live their lives. So, against better judgement Ryan gives in and starts to plan his methods of erasing Freya and then getting out of town.
The big problem is once he meets Freya and gets to know her, he suddenly has feelings of guilt. One thing leads to another with these two and finally he can’t take it anymore and confesses to her what his original plan was but that he has fallen for her and cannot go through with it. She admits she was having feelings for him as well and forgives him. Of course, this all gets consummated with one hell of a sexual romp between them. So now that Ryan and Freya seem to have each other what comes next for all involved?
Let’s just say it is not all peaches and cream for everyone and some twists and turns take place before this story comes to an end. Does Ryan play Freya and go off with Kenzie? Do Tommy and September continue their affair? Does Ryan dump Kenzie for Freya? Does anyone meet a deadly end in this saga? Oh, there will be quite an ending to this story, but we will leave that for you to discover when you get hold of this DVD.
The story is well written by Jacky St. James and played out in fine fashion by this extremely talented and competent cast. September Reign shows why she is heavily nominated for her acting skills and Tommy Pistol is, to me, one of the best all around actors to ever grace the porn screen. Kenzie, Freya and Ryan also are top shelf when it comes to acting performances. The pacing from scene to scene is well done, the cinematography allows for some super visuals not just of the sex scenes, but the overall production and settings. Quasar’s first feature for the label is definitely a very enjoyable and entertaining sex mystery geared for couples to be pleased with. If you are looking for a good “cuddle up” movie to view, then I highly recommend getting hold of “The Hitman: Love is Deadly”.
Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves Magazine and AAN