Monday, September 16, 2024

LET’S GET PHYSICAL: INVISIBLE CENTERFOLDS (2015) ** ½

FORMAT:  DVD

A stuffy professor (Frankie Dell) is working on an invisibility potion in his stately mansion.  However, the women he manages to lure back to his abode balk at being human guinea pigs.  That changes when he meets a shy model (Christine Nguyen) who jumps at the chance to be invisible.  She then uses her newfound powers to spy on her backstabbing roommates, who are all in the running to be the latest Miss February.  Problems arise when a shady mobster tries to get his hands on the formula. 

Invisible Centerfolds is your typical late night cable comedy fare from Dean McKendrick.  It’s not great by any means, but it’s anchored by a fun performance by Nguyen, who certainly gives it her all.  The supporting turns by lovely ladies like Krissy Lynn, Scarlett Red, and Misty Stone are all sold too.  

The invisible woman effects would’ve seemed out of date in 1933 when the original Invisible Man was released.  Doors shut by themselves (probably a crew member just off camera) and Nguyen appears and reappears via simple dissolves.  Oh, and there’s a scene where someone turns into a gorilla, which would’ve also looked right at home in a movie from 1933. 

Although McKendrick and company never really take advantage of the invisibility concept (the title is misleading as Nguyen is a model, but she never does get the centerfold job), it remains mildly amusing throughout.  Besides, the real reason you’re probably watching it is for the softcore sex, which is better than average as far as these things go.  Dell and Stone have a decent pairing, and Nguyen has a hot coupling with Dell as well.  Lynn and Red cause sparks to fly in their sultry scene together, and Christine and Scarlet also have a lively romp in the bedroom that culminates with some scintillating scissoring.  While the action isn’t quite steamy enough to push Invisible Centerfolds into the win column, the abundance of skin alone is worthy of a marginal recommendation. 

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