Love & Marriage by Digital Playground - review by KnK

Front Cover:

The front displays Kayden Kross in red lingerie. The rest of the cover is in a sepia tone and includes a shot of Kayden entering Manuel Ferrera’s office; near this shot it reads, “passion waits for no one,” in small print. The other shots include a picture of Manuel holding Kayden from behind and a shot of Lisa Ann displaying her breasts and vagina.

Back cover:

The back is full color and includes the following shots: Manuel and Kayden having a session, the dinner scene, the birthday party scene, a headshot of Kayden, and some sex scenes from the movie. Lisa Ann and Kayden Kross get two sex shots each but Breanna Benson and Jessie Andrews share three pictures. The description for the movie is brief and very small.

Menus:

The menus are easy to read and easy to navigate. The main menu features a picture of Kayden Kross in red lingerie on the left-hand side. Scenes from the movie cycle in the background, some of which are sex scenes, but the majority of the clips involve talking.

Plot Overview: With potential spoilers

Kayden Kross and Manuel Ferrera meet in his office for counseling. She tells him she has a perfect husband (Scott Nails) who has a giant cock and is great in bed, but for some reason, she’s not happy.

In the next scene, Mick Blue and his coworkers celebrate his birthday. His office workers sing to him and give him a cake. Scott Nails surprises his friend with a half-naked chick (Breanne Benson) on his desk who’s ready to fuck. Scott stays in the office while they fool around; later, they take turns with her. Although this is a two-guy-one-girl scene, there is no double penetration. The scene ends with a money shot.

Kayden Kross is applying her makeup topless. Scott asks her how her day went, she coldly tells him nothing exciting happened. He seems confused by her passive aggressive attitude. She tells them that they're going out that night to have dinner with friends.

Tommy Gunn finishes up a story at dinner. He and his wife, Lisa Ann, excuse themselves to get desert. They begin eating whipped cream off each other. They leave their clothing on and have a quickie involving vaginal penetration and oral. The scene ends with a facial.

When Tommy and Lisa return from the kitchen, Lisa still has some jizz on her mouth. Scott makes a motion that there’s something there.. Lisa looks to Tommy who wipes it off with a smile.

Kayden and Manuel have another session. Kayden tells him that things have changed in her relationship with Scott. She doesn’t love him anymore and she thinks the marriage was a mistake. She leans in and kisses him, but he’s startled. She apologizes.

Kayden and Scott talk in the bedroom. She asks him why he loves her. He replies that she’s hot. She’s dissatisfied with his answer. He tells her how great she is at fucking and begins undressing her. They begin making out and groping which leads to vaginal penetration and oral. The scene ends with a facial.

Kayden has another session with Manuel. She admits that she has closed off herself emotionally from Scott. She also feels jealous of Lisa and Tommy who are very in love. Manuel encourages her and tells her she is a smart, beautiful, wonderful woman.

Scott introduces a sexy lady (Jessie Andrews) to Breanne Benson. They go into his office and have a three-way. There is vaginal penetration, oral, and lesbian action. The scene ends with a facial.

Kayden decides she’s going to leave Scott. She walks in on him while he’s on the toilet and tells him she’s done.

Kayden visits Manuel’s office and tells him that she’s left Scott because she wants to be with him instead. They kiss, undress, and fuck like animals. The scene includes vaginal penetration and oral. There is some spanking too. The scene ends with a facial.

Camera work:

The picture quality was mostly perfect, except between scenes when they showed the outside of the building where Kayden has her sessions. The building looks pixilated and blurry, but in every sex scene, the action is clear and in focus.

Sound work:

I had difficulties with the sound the first time I watched this movie. The sex scenes were loud, but the dialogue was muffled and hard to understand. I watched it again and that time the audio was fine. The music in the movie is dramatic piano playing that sounds reminiscent of a soap opera.

Bonus Features:

DVD + Blu-Ray
High Definition
16 x 9 Widescreen Format
Bonus Trailers
Slideshow/Photo Gallery
Motion Chapter Index
Behind the Scenes
5.1 Digital Surround Sound
No Regional Coding

Personal Comments:

As soon as the dramatic opening music played, I knew that this would be a cheesy porno. There's marriage in this movie, but there's really not any love for our main characters. I can only presume that the title was an ironic device. A more appropriate name would be: Lust and Loathing, or perhaps Two Cheating Spouses and Dr. Freud.

I was disappointed with this porno. The sex scenes were incredibly hot (although repetitive), the setting was great, the actors and actresses were sexy and enjoyed themselves, but the plot got on my nerves. After the sound started working, I couldn’t stand listening to the dialogue. If you’ve ever watched an American soap opera or a soap on Univision or Telemundo, you have a general idea of how this porno was. The actors and actresses did a great job with the script they had, but the dialogue and plot are complete schlock. I never thought I’d say this about a porno, but there was way too much talking. I wanted to yell at the screen, “shut up and fuck already!” I turned off the sound so I wouldn’t have to listen to the long and unnecessary dialogue and turned on music instead. I liked the porno better when I couldn’t hear it.

This porno is not ideal for happy couples. The appropriate audience includes anyone who is a hopeless romantic and a horndog or those who are into cuckolding, but even then, I’d consider this a stretch for a cuckhold-loving audience since she just leaves for good. Somehow I feel that DP directed this porn with a female audience in mind; likewise, somehow, I find that incredibly offensive to my sex and intelligence.

While I have many complaints about the movie, there are some things I liked. Although Lisa Ann has very augmented breasts, Breanne Benson actually has naturals. In the special features you find out that she was 18 and still in high school when this was being filmed, so for all I know she might decide to get implants for a career move, but I hope she doesn’t. Her petite breasts look cute just the way they are. Maybe I’m creepy, but she can work the nymphette look. Kayden also has a very sexy body. I can’t tell if her breasts are natural or not, but they look rather nice.

In other reviews, I noticed some reviewers complain about all the things they saw in high definition that they didn’t want to see. I had no problem with seeing blemishes, scars, stretch marks, shave bumps, or stubble. They happen, so what? I found it rather refreshing to see the imperfections. It just goes to show that even porn stars and sexy people aren’t perfect. The fact that they didn’t airbrush that stuff out or cover it up with makeup actually impresses me a little.

I was fairly neutral about this porn until I suffered through the dialogue again. Skip through the dialogue and plot, and the porn is decent. I'm thinking that this might end up on eBay. I haven't decided yet.