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Description: The Making of Euphoria, Euphoria PreProduction, Bad Luck on Euphoria, Behind the FX, Deleted Scenes, Extended Scenes, Al Music Video, Sydnee Steele Photo Shoot, Girls of Euphoria, Bloopers,
Interviews

Performers Director Studio Category Duration (approximate)
Brad Armstrong Director Bio Wicked  
Date Added:
02/19/2003
Production Year:
2001
Format:
DVD

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Reviewed by   02/09/09 Source: AdultDVDTalk

Euphoria

Euphoric Ecstasy.

Expectations

Euphoria won 13 AVN awards, and has gotten great reviews. I'm looking forward to it.

Summary

Big budget porn has come a long way since 2001...


Reviewed by   09/19/02 Source: AdultDVDTalk

Euphoria (2001)

Studio
Wicked

Genre
Mega Budget Feature

Director
Brad Armstrong

Starring
Sydnee Steele, Devinn Lane, Inari Vachs, Asia Carrera, Bridgette Kerkove, Ava Vincent, Felicia, Jezebelle Bond, Nikita Denise, Shay Sweet, Charlene Aspen, Tanya Danielle, April, Lee Stone, Dillon Day, Mike Horner, Cheyne Collins, Billy Glide...


Reviewed by   08/13/02 Source: AdultDVDTalk

Directed by: Brad Armstrong

Cast: Sydnee Steele, Devinn Lane, Inari Vachs, Asia Carrera, Bridgette Kerkove, Ava Vincent, Felecia, Jezebelle Bond, Nikita Denise, Shay Sweet, Charlene Aspen, Tanya Danielle, April, Lee Stone, Dillon Day, Mike Horner, Cheyne Collins, Billy Glide, Pat Myne, Evan Stone, Marc Davis, Erik Everhard, Nick Manning, Dale Dabone

Well we have waited over six months for Wicked to release it's awarding winning Euphoria on DVD and the question on everyone's mind is....was it worth the wait?

Hell yes!

Wicked pulled out all the stops on this two disc set. The ...


Reviewed by   08/03/02 Source: AdultDVDTalk

Running Time: 138 min. (cover states 140 min.)

Production Date: 7 / 8 / 2001 (cover) 8 / 10 / 2001 (feature)

Director: Brad Armstrong

Cast: Sydnee Steele, Devinn Lane, Inari Vachs, Asia Carrera, April, Felecia, Ava Vincent, Nikita Denise, Shay Sweet, Tanya Danielle, Jezebelle Bond, Charlene Aspen Bridgette Kerkove, Evan Stone, Mark Davis, Dillion Day, Billy Gylde, Cheyne Collins, Dale DaBone, Eric Everhard, Lee Stone, Mike Horner, Nick Manning, and Pat Myne

Initial Expectations: Euphoria got a lot of great attention when it came out and has been well received at almost every award show. Furthermore, David Crawford, who in my opinion is one of the top DVD guys in the adult industry, seems extremely proud of the job he?s done on the double disc set. How could I not have high expectations???

Initial Reaction: This is why I think of Wicked as one of the best companies out there and David Crawford as one of the top DVD guys in the adult industry.

Who Should Watch It : Anybody who likes sci fi and porn, anybody who likes artistic porn, and anybody who wants something to stimulate more than one part of their body

Who Should Avoid It: Anybody who wants just straight ahead fucking without worrying about a plot

Audio /Video Quality: Wicked has been well known for a long time as having some of the best technical aspects around, and they don?t hold anything back here. The audio is clear and very well balanced to the point that you can hear many things in the background that seem like they belong in the world that?s being presented on the screen. The video is presented in anamorphic widescreen and looks just as good as it sounds. There?s plenty of shadows, but very few of them seem out of place. There?s a slight grain to the feature, which gives the feature a film-like quality. There?s also a bit of pixelation when things take place in the electronic world as well as other electronic glitches that enhance those portions of the feature with some great artistic vision.

Music: The music has a dark electronic feel that fits the feature extremely well. It varies between being well balanced and on the loud side, but fits the futuristic darkness of the feature extremely well. There?s also music during the non-sex portions of the feature, which helps to strengthen those parts as well.

Menus: The menus are animated and extremely well done to fit in with the overall feel of the movie extremely well. The chapter menu lets you choose a scene based on a small clip of the scene and a title for the scene. It also lets you know if there?s a multiangle orgasm or not. The chapter menu also gives you a second menu to control things such as if the multiangle indicator is on or off and whether you want the audio to be dolby digital, DTS, or the commentary. If you?re watching the DVD on TV with a standard sized screen the choices are a bit small and hard to read, but are improved quite a bit if you adjust your DVD player to play it in widescreen mode.

The Feature: In the future, the buck rules. Unfortunately, this means if you get in debt, you?re really gonna pay. Sydnee Steele has a chance to get out of debt and jail when she tests the new sex drug U-4 (from which the name Euphoria comes from). Unfortunately for her captors, the drug unlocks things in Sydnee?s mind they never expected.

Bridgette Kerkove starts things off with a heavily made up Lee Stone in the apocalyptic wasteland. Bridgette starts out gobbling Lee?s knob before she lays back in front of him to let him bone her bald beaver. They also get busy doggie style before Bridgette takes Lee?s love lotion in her mouth. It?s a pretty hot scene with nice energy that looks like it must have been hell to film. Lee?s makeup is exceptional to the point that you can barely recognize him, and neither of the costumes look like they?d be that fun to fuck in. It isn?t an extremely hot scene, but Bridgette and Lee do make it well worth watching.

Cheyne Collins takes on Asia Carrera in virtual reality next. They exchange oral favors before Cheyne starts boffing Asia in a few of the common positions such as doggie and missionary. Finally, Cheyne unloads his cum gun on Asia?s great chest. It?s a very hot scene with Asia looking every bit as amazing as I?ve come to expect. Both Cheyne and Asia look to be having a great time, and Armstrong?s artistic eye enhances the scene even more.

Sydnee Steele finally gets a little action after Cheyne emerges from his virtual reality while Bridgette watches and diddles herself. Cheyne and Sydnee exchange oral favors before Sydnee rides Cheyne?s cock. They quickly switch it to anal, and kick up the heat nicely, while Bridgette matches them by fingering her ass and getting four fingers into it. Surprisingly, Bridgette only watches and never gets into the action, even letting Sydnee keep Cheyne?s entire pop to herself, which she takes with a nice facial. It?s a pretty hot scene that works very well. There?s great chemistry and very good energy, and furthermore it feels natural in the movie.

Back in the real world, Ava Vincent takes on Mike Horner. She makes Mike beg for her, and then refuses his begging to eat her pussy. Instead she gives him a blowjob to show how oral attention should be given before turning around for him to fuck her. They fuck in a few of the common positions before Mike sprays on Ava?s leather corset. It?s another scene with some great chemistry and energy. Ava?s dark domination comes out really great throughout the scene, and raises it up a notch rather than knocking it down as the wrong performer might have.

Latex slaves Devinn Lane and Felecia greet Sydnee at her next stop, a white mansion, and brings her to their Mistress Ava Vincent. Ava gives Sydnee a little discipline, moving her around and spanking her before letting Sydnee work on her pussy with her tongue and fingers. Ava returns the favor and then breaks out a black dildo for them to play with. Sydnee fucks Ava with the black dildo, and is then rewarded with a glass dildo for her pussy and a metal dildo for her ass. It?s an extremely hot scene with great chemistry, energy, and balance.

Sydnee joins in at the ball at Ava Vincent?s mansion next. She starts off taking on Mark Davis and Nick Manning with Inari Vachs, who looks amazing in her latex nurse?s outfit. Nikita Denise is also busy taking on Erik Everhard, while Devinn Lane joins in to give Nikita a little flogging attention, among other things. Jezebelle Bond is also in the action with Felecia, as well as Dale DaBone and Ava Vincent. There?s a bit of switching between the groups, but not a lot. It?s another hot scene that?s very nicely edited. There?s several groups here, but you rarely feel shorted among any of them.

Sydnee becomes part of a sex club next, where three acts go on at once. First is nurse Tanya Danielle working on patient Shay Sweet. Next, April and Bridgette Kerkove take on Evan Stone, with April doing most of the hard work and Bridgette mostly taking care of Evan?s nipples. Finally, Charlene Aspen takes on Billy Glyde and Pat Myne. Each scene is fairly short, and doesn?t have much of a chance to build up much. Luckily there?s the extended scenes, which give you all three of these scenes in a longer format.

Sydnee Steele and Cheyne Collins break in ?new girl? Inari Vachs as the main event in the sex club. The three of them work very nice between each other so that nobody feels left out throughout the scene. There?s some nice energy and a great balance throughout the scene once again.

Finally, Sydnee Steele joins up with Inari Vachs and Dillion Day in a tent in a desert. The girls share Dillion?s cock orally, as well as each other?s spit, before Sydnee hops up for a ride. Inari gets her turn next, taking Dillion in both her pussy and her ass, but lets Sydnee finish with the facial. It?s a hot scene and a great scene to finish things with.

Euphoria is an amazing feature that pushes the boundaries between adult and mainstream movies. The story is pretty familiar and grabs bits and pieces from many science fiction and post apocalyptic feature. It?s strengthened by the art direction, which is about as good as I?ve seen from Brad Armstrong, and the great job the cast does with it. Sydnee Steele does an amazing job as the female lead, with Ava Vincent and Inari Vachs doing a great job in their supporting roles. Dillion Day and Mike Horner do a great job as the male leads, with Mike standing out extremely well in his many roles. The sex is also very well done, and has a nice slightly warped, dark, and futuristic feel to it. The movie?s plot lets the sex be nicely varied without seeming out of place, and does a great job leading into each of the sex scenes. I can see how some people might not care for Euphoria, since it is very different in feel from many other adult features, but that?s also a lot of what I like about it. Brad Armstrong does a great job of setting Euphoria between the standard adult feature and the standard mainstream feature, by giving it a pretty strong plot, which is only strengthened by the great job the cast does, and putting some equally strong sex scenes in it. It shouldn?t take too much thought to see why Euphoria is getting so much attention and so many awards. It?s fairly unique (especially in the adult world), well thought out, and hot.

Extras: In addition to the feature, the first DVD also includes several extras, all of which are also in anamorphic widescreen. Wicked?s standard extras are here, such as the Wicked Web, Wicked Casino, company profile, and listing of Wicked?s award winning and nominated features. There?s also a trailer for Euphoria and audio bios for Sydnee Steele, Devinn Lane, Inari Vachs, Asia Carrera, Bridgette Kerkove, Ava Vincent, Felecia, Jezebelle Bond, and Nikita Denise. As usual, there?s a bit of personal information, a few stills, and a link to the star?s scene.

Several photo galleries are also included, all of which look great. The production photo gallery lasts about two minutes with about six seconds per photo, while the behind the scenes gallery pushes five minutes. Star galleries are included for Sydnee Steele, Devinn Lane, Inari Vachs, Asia Varrera, Bridgette Kerkove, Ava Vincent, Felecia, Jezebelle Bond, Nikita Denise, Shay Sweet, Tanya Danielle, April, and Charlene Aspen. Unlike the normal Wicked photo galleries, the star galleries are all manual rather than automated and contain between about twenty and fifty photos for the star. I honestly lost count looking though some of the galleries because there?s so many photos.

Unlike most of Wicked?s features, this time around there?s multiple angles for the pop shots. No, this isn?t a mirror image of the pop shot at a different point in the movie. Wicked leaves that for other studios. The multi angle orgasms give you five different true views, which basically lets you see the splooge splash from every perspective but the spooge?s. It?s very nicely done and should make fans of multiple angles quite happy.

Brad Armstrong, Sydnee Steele, and Ava Vincent also team up to give a commentary for the feature. I was thrilled to see Wicked do a commentary with more than just the director and contract girl, and ended up a little disappointed because of it. There?s a little bit of dead air, but there?s a fair amount of good comments. Brad talks quite a bit about where some of the props have also been used, using trivia since he can?t come out and say the names directly, which is a lot of fun. There?s also quite a bit of talk about what the stars like personally, behind the scenes stories, and a visit from ?DVD Dave?. It?s a nice commentary that?s every bit as worth listening to as the rest of Wicked?s commentaries.

Rounding out the extras on the first DVD is the electronic press kit. Text interviews are included with Ava Vincent, Brad Armstrong, and Bridgette Kerkove. Three of Wicked?s press releases are also included, as well as pieces on the cast, reporting form the set of Euphoria, and a biography of Brad Armstrong. It?s a nice little extra that gives a little more depth to the making of the feature.

The second DVD is devoted entirely to extras. Fans of music videos and artistic softcore porn will be very happy. First, Brad Armstrong created a music video for Ai, Asia Carrera?s character from the movie. It?s a great showcase for Asia, as it mostly shows Asia dancing to some techno music, and also has a decent introduction by Brad.

There?s also a four minute featurette on Sydnee Steele?s photo shoot, which is very music-video like and acts similar to a moving photo gallery. It?s very sexy and artistic, and matches up very well with the seven and a half minute Girls of Euphoria featurette. The Girls of Euphoria is similar to the photo shoot but feels a bit more like behind the scenes footage. Sydnee Steele, Ava Vincent, Bridgette Kerkove, Asia Carrera, Inari Vachs, April, Tanya Danielle, and Shay Sweet are all very nicely featured here.

Wicked also included quite a bit of extra footage. First, there?s the almost seven minutes of bloopers. It?s your standard blooper reel with your flubbed lines, improves, and laughs. Surprisingly there?s nothing here with Evan Stone, who always seems to have some kind of humor around him.

Next, there?s about seven and a half minutes of deleted scenes, five minutes of which is the opening lab scene with Ava Vincent and quite a bit of David Crawford and about two minutes of which is Sydnee Steele revisiting the house where she grew up. Brad Armstrong gives a nice intro to the scenes for about a minute each where he talks about why they were cut. Unlike many deleted scenes, both of these scenes have been recut so they look very natural and feel like they have substance.

There?s also twenty one minutes of extended sex scenes. All three of the scenes come out of the sex club scene, namely Tanya Danielle and Shay Sweet, April and Bridgette Kerkove taking on Evan Stone, and Charlene Aspen taking on Billy Glyde and Pat Myne, which is a great idea with how they were cut together in the feature. Tanya and Shay?s scene is the longest of the three, which is great since it seemed extremely short in the original movie.

Interviews are included with many of the stars of the feature, which lasts almost thirty nine minutes. Of course, Sydnee Steele leads things off, and talks for almost seventeen minutes about developing her character, her many different looks throughout the movie, the locations, some of the bad luck on the set, the rehearsals, her favorite scenes and her award. Unlike the other interviews, all of which took place on the set, Sydnee?s interview looks to have been done very recently. Mike Horner talks for about nine minutes about working with Ava Vincent, having fun in the movie, and the changes he?s seen in his many years in the industry. Ava Vincent talks about her first scenes of the day when the interview was done, being a porn fan herself, and her first scene with somebody she was a fan of. Lee Stone talks about six minutes about finding out about his part, getting into the industry, and his scenes in the movie. Finally, Bridgette Kerkove talks about weather problems during the shoot and how she?s changed since she?s started in the adult industry. They?re all nice interviews and worth checking out.

There are also several featurettes about Euphoria. Many of the featurettes lack a bit in the technical aspect area, but that?s explained several times. Somebody broke into Wicked and stole a number of tapes. Luckily Wicked had the tapes already put into their computers at low resolution, but this still means the technical aspects aren?t going to be up to Wicked?s normal high quality.

Brad Armstrong narrates a nineteen minute featurette on the special effects in Euphoria, which covers the cell door, Sydnee?s hand at the window, the eclipse, and Inari Vachs and Dillion Day?s disappearing. It?s nicely done and informative. There?s also a featurette on Euphoria?s bad luck that runs almost twenty two minutes. Brad Armstrong talks about dog attacks, car accidents, power problems, and the lighting grid. There?s also a little bit about the break-in at Wicked where somebody stole many of the tapes from the shooting, as well as footage from the AVN awards show, which obviously shows some of Wicked?s good luck. Finally, there?s twenty one minutes on Euphoria?s pre-production, which deals with the script, production design, wardrobe, makeup, props, and locations. These are all nice featurettes that add quite a bit to the depth of the DVD.

Finally, Wicked has also included their standard All Access: Behind the Scenes of Euphoria, which lasts just over an hour and nicely identifies almost everyone you see. Things are also broke apart day by day so you can see how the feature was shot, with Brad Armstrong frequently introducing each day with what he plans to shoot and where they are. It?s a nice look at the making of the feature complete with plenty of interviews with the stars and looks at the scenes being shot and Brad Armstrong working with the cast, what?s going on elsewhere on the set with the cast, and the other happenings around the set and shooting. Most of the featurette looks very good, but there are a few areas you can see are from the stolen footage. As usual, it?s a nice look behind the scenes.

Of course, Wicked has also hid quite a few Easter Eggs throughout the second DVD. I found eight of them, which ranged between fifteen seconds and a bit over two minutes. They include people screwing around, a couple interviews, and other happenings on the set. None of them are anything completely amazing, but they are nice little bonuses for those who want to spend the time trying to find them.

Although all of the extras might not be wildly amazing, Wicked has done a fantastic job with them. They?ve included a little something for everybody, with much of it being very well done. There are a few problems here and there, but there?s still so much here that I can?t help but be amazed at it. The few problems I had with the extras were easily covered up by the piles of other extras which were also well done.

Themes: Straight, masturbation, group, anal, voyeurism, B&D, fetishwear, lesbian, spanking, toys, orgy, and rimming (female > female)

Raincoat Factor: Medium

Overall: Although the feature might not be for everybody due to its artistic nature and large plot, it?s impossible to deny that Wicked has put together an amazing DVD here. The movie is artistic, highly sexual, and very well done, which kept me very happy. The transfer is amazing, with few shadows or other problems. The extras are enough to keep anybody busy long after the movie?s done. If this doesn?t get a nomination for Best DVD this year, there?s two things we should be able to count on. First, there should be a heck of a lot of lucky porn fans. Second, a few people should be walking with a permanent limp for neglecting this.

Note to Wicked: Let David Crawford go wild more often! The only thing I can think of that would improve this DVD would be if you could watch the feature with the extended scenes merged into the main feature.

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