Corporate Assets (1985)

Corporate Assets: Directed by Thomas Paine. With Tish Ambrose, Eric Edwards, Robert Kerman, Rachel Ashley. Sadistic businessman with political connections has some beautiful women working for him, and treats them badly. One of the girls, in love with an ex-Vietnam soldier, impotent because of a war injury, decides to free herself and run away with her lover.

“This was one of the adult blockbusters of 1985 when the Golden Age was drawing to a close. It was the directorial debut of Thomas Paine, whou0026#39;d been working on the mainstream side of the movie industry and remains active in the adult part of it to this very day, and presented one of the best possible combinations of plot and porn ever concocted. The always underrated Tish Ambrose delivers a career performance as Jill, mother hen to a handful of call girls used (and that is the right word for it) by wicked Robert Bolla for corporate blackmail schemes. The other girls are fan favorites all, ranging from an unusually sweet and sensuous Amber Lynn to the elegantly debauched Rachel Ashley, hot off her triumph on Edwin Durellu0026#39;s EVERY WOMAN HAS A FANTASY. Most memorable though is the multi-award-winning Sheri St. Claire (Bob Bullocku0026#39;s object of obsession in Chuck Vincentu0026#39;s VOYEUR) as new kid Babette who soon learns the ins and outs of Bollau0026#39;s set-up the hard way. Though the storyu0026#39;s involving, it may disconcert some viewers that there is occasional violence to be found, sometimes in conjunction with the sex. Nowadays the adult industry tends to avoid such mixture for legal reasons and I understand that the current video version omits some of the nastier stuff that befalls St. Claireu0026#39;s character even though I always felt that none of it was gratuitous and indeed essential to understand that characteru0026#39;s evolution. Ah well… This should in no way discourage you from seeking out this beautifully made, very well-acted adult classic, a tribute to days gone by when the u0026#39;adultu0026#39; tag meant more than just explicit sexual content.”