Wednesday, February 1, 2023

TUBI CONTINUED… AMOR EMANUELLE (2023) * ½

You know how the old saying goes.  Fool me once into watching a Fake Emmanuelle movie that has no nudity in it, shame on you.  Fool me twice into watching the sequel to a Fake Emmanuelle movie that has no nudity in it, shame on me.  Fool me into watching the third installment in your fake Fake Emmanuelle movie series that has no nudity in it, shame on…society, I guess.  I don’t know if that’s a saying or not, but it should be.  What can I say?  My brain is pretty much jelly after watching the trilogy in the span of three days.  

Yet another new actress, Kali Kiyasumac stars as “Emmy”.  This time out, Emmy is a hooker who accepts a job escorting rich guys at a ritzy party.  An entrepreneurial madam (Allie Perez) offers Emmy a full-time position at her high-class brothel, but Emmy soon learns things aren’t quite as they seem at the shady establishment.  

Amor Emanuelle is the cheapest looking of the three new Emanuelle movies.  The inconsistent lighting is especially irksome as shots go from light to dark within the same scene.  It’s also funny to see scenes which are supposed to be crowded (a fundraising party, a bar on New Year’s Eve, etc.), but only like four people are shown  in the foreground and one, maybe two extras loitering about in the background. 

Like its predecessors, The Awakening of Emanuelle and Call Me Emanuelle, Amor Emanuelle has no nudity.  God knows there were plenty of opportunities.  Emanuelle hooks up with lots of babes throughout the film, but for whatever reason the filmmakers are so prudish that we never see below her shoulders.  

I do think it’s neat that each film has changed Emanuelle’s ethnicity.  (She’s Latina this time around.)  However, just because the series is progressive doesn’t make it good.  At least this is the shortest of the three.  

Kiyasumac is OK as the new “Emmy”.  Not quite as good as the other actresses who previous played the role, but not bad.  Fortunately, Perez is fun to watch as the calculating madam.  I almost wish they cast her as Emanuelle instead.  

I don’t know why in the world anyone would want to make a Fake Emmanuelle movie and not put any nudity in it.  These jokers have made three.  Chances are, if they make a fourth one, I’m just dumb enough to watch that one too.  

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