Why am I reviewing this movie now? Well, I've never seen it before. Flashpoint was filmed in 1997 and debuted on VHS in 1998 (I think); the eagerly-anticipated DVD followed in 1999. After enjoying Loaded (featuring Jesse Jane) recently, I thought I'd give a shot at one of the most celebrated adult feature films in the last five or so years.

Without a doubt, Jenna Jameson is the biggest adult film star since the late Nineties, but to be honest, I can't count myself amongst the Jenna worshippers. I don't know why this is; she's actually a decent actress and her sex ...

For many reasons this film works. it is hot, literally. the fire is everywhere -- and the soapy story is entertaining enough for this kind of feature.

scene by scene, it is a hot ordeal. The first fuck for Jenna is by the numbers but hot nonetheless. The 2-on-1 with Jill and Johnni is stellar. Though the buildup is odd, without provocation, the results are tour de force for both. Hearing them talk dirty is intense. The orgy fantasy sequence hits the spot. Sindee usually doesnt do it for me, but fucking alonside Jill and Johnni made her good enough. Next is my favorite scene, the 4way with ...

Flashpoint is my favorite porn flik of all time. The main reason is that the sex is what I like to see.

To be honest, I don't think I've actually ever watched the "story" all the way through. I kept getting bored with it. But when it's time to have sex, it's awesome.

The sex is my favorite. My favorite scene of all time is in this movie. The one with Sydnee Steele, Asia Carerra, Jon Morgan, and Eric Price. That scene keeps me coming back time and time again. It's the best!

The Jenna/TT Boy scene is also intense and keeps me coming back. I also like the Missy/Jon ...

This is an example of a movie being more than the sum of its parts. Or in this case, less than the sum of its parts. The individual elements wouldn't make a bad flick, but mix them together and you've got salmon flavored ice-cream. I like salmon, and I like ice-cream. But I don't like salmon flavored ice-cream.

Once a week my girlfriend and I cuddle up and watch some porn together. The problem we had with this flick was that the plot was somewhat interesting and the sex was good, BUT the plot was not sexual or erotic. The plot was downright depressing. Long dialogs describing ...

Running Time: 111 min.

Production Date: 9 / 28 / 1997

Director: Brad Armstrong

Cast: Jenna Jameson, Jill Kelly, Johnni Black, Sindee Coxx, Missy, Brittany Andrews, Sydnee Steele, Asia Carrera, Brad Armstrong, Mickey G., Mike Horner, Steve Drake, Eric Price, T. T. Boy, Jonathan Morgan, Anthony Crane, Veronica Hart, and a bunch more people in non-sex roles.

Initial Expectations: Wicked and Jenna have put out some amazing movies that have turned into top-notch DVDs. From what Ive heard, Flashpoint is one of those.

Initial Reaction: Wicked and Adam & Eve really pulled out the stops for Flashpoint and it shows. This is a great DVD.

Audio /Video Quality: The picture quality is excellent. I didnt notice a single blur in the entire movie. The audio is very good, but theres a spot or two that appears to be dubbed. Theres also a few spots where the audio seems hollow and echoes.

Music: The music is great. Theres a lot more music than in your average adult films and because of it someone walking in on it at the right times may actually think theyre watching a mainstream movie. Theyre in for a big, but pleasant surprise.

FALSE ADVERTISING: The cover claims theres a 60 minute "The Making of Flashpoint" featurette. Its only 36 minutes long.

Review: Well, lets get the obvious out of the way. Flashpoint is one hot movie. Jennas smoking! Somebody hose me down over here! Okay. I think thats out of my system for the time being. For the few people who were in a coma the last few years and havent heard of Flashpoint , its pretty much an adult version of Backdraft or the old Emergency! TV series. Of course, neither Backdraft or Emergency! had nearly as good looking of a cast as Flashpoint does. There isnt a bad looking person in this movie. Its even got a plot that you cant fly a DC-10 through. Okay, you probably could since the plot would be on a whole bunch of little pieces of paper and a DC-10 is a big plane, but thats reality! This is porn! The wonderful world where you know that if youre a person in that world, youre probably going to bag a beautiful babe! If lucky, youll bag a bevy of beautiful bleached blonde big boobed babes in bikinis.

Flashpoint is the story about a crew of feisty female firefighters plus a few guy firefighters. It mostly revolves around Jenna, a firefighter who is apparently so afraid of water that she had huge personal flotation devices implanted into her chest. Either that or she thinks that if she gets in a bad fire, she can pop them and have enough saline to put out the fire and save herself.

From the start of Flashpoint it was pretty obvious that this wasnt going to be your standard porno. Ten minutes into it and I wasnt quite sure if I was watching a porno or not. There was already a small action sequence with a car fire and a death in the ranks followed by a decent funeral scene. There was even some character being set up. Ten minutes in and Flashpoint was already looking better than several B-movies Ive seen. I was starting to expect Jesse The Mind Ventura (since hes now a governor and well renowned for his, um, intellect) to walk on screen at any moment. Its clear to see that Mr. Armstrong put quite a bit of thought into things and this is only ten minutes into the movie. Thankfully he continued to think as he wrote the rest of the movie. Theres even twists in the plot such as Jennas nametag being found at an arson scene when her unit wasnt sent there as well as dead ends. Normally the only twists I expect in an adult film are during a handjob or blowjob, but Flashpoint has them when people are fully clothed! The dead ends are in the plot too, rather than having a dead end being a performer whos let their figure go.

Thankfully, Wicked cared enough about Flashpoint to bring Adam & Eve in to help finance it so Flashpoint could be done as it deserves to be done. The biggest problem with the budget for Flashpoint is the special effects. Adult films are notorious for being low budget and that normally means the special effects are cut down. Fireman movies where people have a bunch of child-proof lighters jimmied so they stay on wherever a fire is needed just doesnt work. Mainstream special effects people are needed and theyre put to great use here. The effects in the final scene are better than what youll see on some of the current syndicated TV shows. Theres exploding windows, the building falling in on itself, and firemen fighting with axes around electricity.

Well, all that plot and effects stuff is great, but this is still a porno, and that means naked people doing the nasty! Better yet, hot (no pun intended) naked people doing the nasty and Flashpoint has plenty of them. Wicked put as much effort into the cast as they did the plot and effects. There isnt a single person in Flashpoint that I think of avoiding in a movie. Heck, most of the cast are people Id put in my ideal adult film cast. Tina Tyler, Stacy Valentine, Serenity, and Kylie Ireland are about the only ones who are missing. The talent does their job well enough that there isnt a bad performance in Flashpoint .

Jenna does her normal great job, and mixes it up pretty good, with the exception of not taking part in any group scenes. She has a very good scene with Mickey G. on the bench in the station as well as a great scene with T. T. Boy and one with Brittany Andrews. The scene with T. T. is a fantasy scene with Jenna in red PVC wearing a spiked collar in a warehouse with flames all around them. Its a great scene and really shows why Jenna is such a stroke queen. The Brittany Andrews scene is also really good. Theres some great chemistry between them and I dont know how they didnt set off the smoke alarm in the bathroom. I think Im going to have to pick up a copy of Jennas Built For Speed to watch these two in action some more.

Johnni Black is another of my current favorites. I havent seen her in a bad scene yet. Johnni always seems to put a lot of energy in her performances and seems to remain a real person at the same time. Its kind of like Asia Carrera, only with a dirty blonde. Luckily shes in two scenes here, both of which are group scenes with Jill Kelly, who needs nothing said about her and Steve Drake. The first has the three of them relaxing in the lounge at the station. Theres a great balance between Jill and Johnni in the scene that makes this a really great threesome.

The second scene with Jill, Johnni, and Steve is the fire truck scene. It occurs as part of Mickey G.s dream after taking a few painkillers. The timing of the scene is slowed just enough to give the scene a slightly choppy, dreamlike feel. Its not a style I particularly care for, but it works great in this instance. Sindee Coxx joins the girls on the fire truck as well as Brad, Mike, and of course Mickey. Something would be wrong with Mickey if he didnt involve himself with this scene. This is one of the best orgy scenes Ive seen. Brad does a great job of balancing everybody so that nobody overpowers anybody else in the scene. At the same time he gives enough of each coupling that the scene maintains its heat.

Theres a few great ladies left. At the time Flashpoint was made, Sydnee Steele was still pretty new, rather than one of the leading ladies of porn today. Her scene with Asia, whos one of the greatest actresses in adult films, Jonathan Morgan, and Eric Price is very good. Theres a little switching around but not much lesbian action. Asia has all the charm in the world, as she normally does, and also does a great job. I suppose one should have seen it as a great sign that at this point of Sydnees career she was already working with talent like Asia.

Finally, theres Missy. Im not sure, but this might have been the year Missy won starlet of the year. If not, its close to the time and she shows why she earned the award. This scene with Jonathan Morgan also puts the fire truck to good use, and Missy adds a little extra twist by bringing a video camera along. I always enjoy watching Missy. She has a great animalistic feel to her sex scenes, and there are times I think shes going to grind her partners cock right off.

Flashpoint is still considered one of the top adult films of recent times and theres a reason for it. Theres an amazing cast, great sex, and attention paid to things like the plot and technical aspects. If Wicked didnt do a great enough job with the movie, theres also some amazing extras.

Extras: As usual with Wickeds Brad Armstrong DVDs, theres a commentary by Brad Armstrong. He talks about some of the changes in the adult film industry that were just starting to occur at the time, such as mandatory condom usage. He also talks some about tattoos. It was really interesting hearing about the fire station where most of the movie was shot, which was built in 1912 and is now a historic landmark. Of course, theres also quite a bit of information on the stars. I think this might be the best commentary Ive heard from Brad. Part of it is probably because it didnt seem as bound by lawyers as some of the current commentaries.

The interview with Brad Armstrong lasts about seven and a half minutes. Brad gives more information on several things he briefly mentioned in the commentary, such as the involvement of real firefighters and the special effects. He goes from the idea and financing of Flashpoint to putting things together for the DVD. Its kind of neat because you can tell that this is an early DVD and everybodys really into all of the extra things they can do on a DVD. Perhaps the most interesting thing is when he talks about Adam & Eve and their participation with the movie. Its nice to hear about studios who respect each other and do what they can to work together to make a great product rather than staging publicity stunts as some other studios do.

The Making of Flashpoint featurette gives a very good look at the behind the scenes aspects of Flashpoint . It lasts about 36 minutes and is broke into day by day sections. Its kind of interesting seeing how some of the things are done as well as getting a look at the personalities of the stars. The worst thing about the featurette is the picture is really bad. Its comparable to about a third or fourth generation VHS copy.

Of course theres a photo gallery. It lasts about three and a half minutes with about nine seconds per screen. Unlike most current photo galleries, Flashpoints phot gallery is normally a split screen showing two pictures at once. There are very few full screen stills. Although my first reaction was What the heck is with this split-screen crap? I have to admit that by about the third screen I really liked it. Smaller stills gave a better quality picture and there were plenty of them. Id really like to see more of this style photo gallery in the future.

Theres also audio bios for Jenna, Brad, Missy, Asia, Jill, Jonathan, Johnni, Mickey, Brittany, Sindee, and Sydnee. Whoa. I almost went into Cubby and Annette there. I think theyre about the only ones left out. There are a few stills with the audio bio and a list of the performers other Wicked movies. This is one of the early audio bio formats and it doesnt have the link to the performers scene (also because almost all of the extras are on the B-side of the DVD).

In addition to the audio bios and photo gallery the other common extras for DVDs here as well. There are trailers for Flashpoint, Conquest, Crazed, and Satyr . The web link is also there for those who cant find Wickeds web site.

Themes: Straight, lesbian, group, anal, rimming (female > female, and trash talking

Raincoat Factor: Medium high.

Overall: Currently, Flashpoint can be found online for between $20 and $30 with several retailers offering it for under $25. Dont even consider renting Flashpoint . Its earned a place on your shelf with a great movie, great transfer, and a ton of extras.

Note to Wicked: Please change your covers so in the future you have correct information on them. Youve been a high quality and extremely reliable company in the past. Please dont do stupid things like making false claims about the extras that can ruin your reputation.

If you have any questions or comments, please e- mail me .

Once in a long while we get a movie like Flashpoint. In fact, the last time we got a movie like Flashpoint, it was called Backdraft and it only had one sex scene on top of a fire engine. (All movies about fire fighters need a sex scene on a fire engine) Someone decided that what the adult industry needed was a movie with the plot quality of Backdraft and the sexual heat of Conquest. Lo and behold, Flashpoint is created upon the forge of horny Jenna fans everywhere!

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First I have to say Jenna Jameson is great, But this movie is not good. One problem I had with this movie was the director keept moving the camera around way too much. Secound, Jenna was not in it enough. The best seen IMO was the second scene that Jenna wasn't even in. This was a high dollor dvd and IMO it wasn't worth it. The girls were hot with awesome looking bod's. The extra's were pretty good. But for what I look for (HOT pussy/anal fucking that lasts longer than 2 mins)it wasn't worth the dough.

Wow, what a DVD. Flashpoint may be the best all-around adult title that I have seen. It has great looking performers, great sex scenes, a half-decent plot and Jenna Jameson. What else could you ask for?

Flashpoint is about a fire station full of gorgeous, horny firefighters. It's like the hottest porn stars in the industry are firefighters in their day jobs. Brad Armstrong has created a title that will be high on most people's favorite porn list.

I really liked the alternate audio track feature of Flashpoint. You can listen to the director's commentary throughout the movie. It...