Ashton Asylum

Club Jenna

Genre: Vignette

Director: Laurent Sky

Cast: Ashton Moore, Tommy Gunn, Melissa Lauren, John West, Sascha, Hillary Scott, Jean Val Jean, Sandra Romain, Jerry, Steven French, Kate Frost

Length: 104 minutes

Date of Production: 9/10/2005 (box); 10/9/2005 (credits)

Extra's: There were actually some good extras this time, starting off with the nearly 7 minute long Masturbation Reel that had lovely Ashton Moore using some cool glass dildo action to warm up the small screen. If you like the gal (and anyone buying this title probably finds her appealing since she's plastered all over the cover, this will be a fine extra to enjoy. There was then a cool, almost ten minute Behind the Scenes feature. It started out as a series of photoshoots rapidly edited together but then progressed to showing the cast getting ready (largely in the make up chair but not exclusively). There was a photogallery, a true double sided DVD cover, and trailers to movies like Provocateur, Insexts, McKenzie Illustrated, Sophia Syndrome, McKenzie Made, Deep In Style, Krystal Method and other projects as yet unreleased.

Condoms: None

Audio/Video Quality: Ashton Asylum was presented in a non-anamorphic, letterboxed widescreen with an aspect ratio of about 1.85:1 as shot by director Laurent Skye/Richard Hamilton for Club Jenna. I still hope future efforts apply anamorphic widescreen HD to them but I know that the industry is in transition at this writing so we'll have to see what happens (Vivid has announced releasing some truly high definition titles early next year). The colors looked accurate, the lighting was a mixture of various techniques that sometimes worked better than others, the level of grain typically minimal, and the composition of the shots about the same as Chanel No. 1 having in terms of making the performers look better than usual most of the time. There were no compression artifacts, no video noise, and while I would've liked more of a straightforward approach to the scenes, the movie wasn't bad looking at all. The only effect that I really didn't like was the great overuse of motion de-hancement; something some of his peers favor too strongly too, and the jumpy editing. The 5.1 Dolby Digital English audio track was kind of basic but the vocals instilled a sense of heat in several of the scenes and the music, offensively loud and obnoxious as ever, wasn't the worst I've heard from the company, this time provided by RCEEZ. There wasn't a lot of separation between the channels and the dynamic range lacked a bit but I didn't get the sense that the audio was blown off here at all, helping to elevate the quality of the production a bit.

Body of Review: Laurent Sky has been making a form of stylish porn for awhile now, using glaring lights and gels to color them, loud thumping soundtracks, and rapid editing to achieve a particular look, especially for his movies distributed by Club Jenna. I know I'm not generally a fan of this style but given the contract hotties the company offers up, I'd be lying if I said I'd let a mere director stand between my enjoyment of the ladies so I've learned to put up with it (though admittedly complaining like crazy as a result). His latest release is Ashton Asylum, a series of stylish vignettes that showcase the lovely and talented Ashton Moore as she and some other attractive ladies have some of the hardest sex I've seen from the company, all without condoms. The box cover said it like this: "Yet another masterpiece comes out of Skyworld's camp! In "Ashton Asylum", Laurent Sky manages to capture the innocent and sexy side of Exclusive Club Jenna Contract star, Ashton Moore. View some of her temptations as she explores her first boy/girl scene in over 5 years. Witness the intense sexual chemistry between Ashton, Hillary Scott and Jean Val Jean as the French superstar takes on this vivacious duo. Non-stop passion erupts as Tommy Gunn brings out the animal in Ashton. Cum watch Ashton's exciting sexual fantasy set against beautiful backdrops that only Laurent Sky can articulate." If this sounds good to you, you'll be pleased to note that it was a fun ride to watch and no condoms were used so here's a brief look at the scenes by cast and action to give you a head's up:

Scene One: Ashton Moore, the hot blonde on the front DVD cover with the awesome green eyes, was up first in this, her advertised "first boy/girl lead role in 5 years". She began on the revolving platform as is a standard for the company, leading to her dropping to her knees to blow muscular Tommy Gunn wearing his leather pants and high tech sunglasses. I haven't seen a lot of Ashton in movies over the years since she spent most of her career at JKP before it collapsed, but she's hotter then many of the gals ten years younger getting into porn and her blowjob was excellent; combining a lot of aggressive energy, passion, and the pure love of cock as she skillfully worked him over. This led to her pounding herself on his dick in reverse cowgirl until her pussy lips were engorged with blood. She was a screamer and used dirty talk in the several other positions, ending with him rubbing out a large load onto her abdomen. It was a solid start to the movie thanks to everything she put into her performance.

Scene Two: Melissa Lauren, beautifully made up to accentuate her ice blue eyes, fair complexion, and superior body, was up next as she took on both John West and Sascha, on a colorful set. The music was just as overstated as always, largely drowning out the vocals, but the look in her eyes as she jerked and sucked them off spoke volumes in a manner that even the lamest porn music couldn't cover up. In an interesting turn of events, the men took turns boning her (instead of her sucking one off while the other would hammer away at her cookie). She was an aggressive cock rider, taking them on hard in her pussy at first and then moving to her ass. The men did do a DP towards the end of the scene as she screamed in the affirmative for them to continue, eventually coating her face and mouth with large quantities of semen (that she promptly spit out on the camera lens and licked off). She was definitely the wild child of the bunch and it worked for me even with the technical matters bugging me.

Scene Three: Hillary Scott, one of the leading ladies in porn (and most versatile of the current generation in many ways), was up next with Ashton Moore, as the two teamed up on studly Jean Val Jean. Ashton took the dominant role but each gal gave up the mouth like a seasoned veteran and you'd never have guessed that Ashton took a lengthy break from men (on screen at least) for so long. Hillary proved once again to be a fine sword swallower (her largest claim to fame until recently was being the perfect anal princess) and I just wish that she was more of a participant when Jean was drilling Ashton like crazy. She did slob his knob clean of Ashton's pussy juices and then kicked the scene up a step by doing him just as hard with anal. Hillary took the facial at the end of the scene and Ashton licked some of it up but it proved my belief that Ashton was back with a vengeance (and I expected no less from Hillary). Whew!

Scene Four: Sandra Romain, one of the leading anal queens of Europe (and anywhere else) was up next in a wildly lit homage to the mod parties of the mid 1960's, with Jerry and Steven French as the meat puppets. She power sucked them as though she were in her latest gonzo flick, stepping out of her clothing as she worked them back and forth from a squatting position. While not generally known as an oral virtuoso, she provided some sweet oral loving for them to enjoy; leading to some anal where she begged them to fuck her ass (starting with Sasquatch junior, Steve, himself). They treated her roughly as she demanded and she worked one orally as the other would take over, providing some ATM and aggressive fucking until the DP began (removing her ability to move in large part but she sure tried). They came on a sheet of red plastic and she licked it up as though it were nectar to close another fine scene.

Scene Five: Kate Frost, another attractive women with lightened hair, was up last in a lesbian scene with hotty Ashton Moore, as the two showed why they were worthy of some lesbian loving. The fingering, the oral, and the yelling were a decidedly hotter way of acting then Ashton's body of work at JKP, and while the toys added some spice to the scene; it was not the laid back style of lesbian action most people associate with the term. They did taste testing and seemed to appreciate one another but the music really weakened this scene more than a little bit, making it the only scene that really lost a lot of credit because of it.

Summary: Ashton Asylum by director Laurent Sky for Club Jenna succeeded in spite of the overly droning music and visuals thanks to lovely ladies like Ashton Moore but also the levels of chemistry they had with their partners. This elevated the levels of fuck for the buck, the strokability, and even replay value to the point where I rated the movie as Recommended, though a bit more substance and less style would've likely boosted it up another notch. In any case, Ashton Asylum was a sweet little tribute to the skills of a beautiful lady and I hope she makes a lot more movies as hot as this one. In terms of heat and skill; Ashton was the queen of the day!