Ben (Sid Lucero) is a brutish usurer who beat his waif-like wife Emma (Angeli Khang) nightly before having his way with her. One day, an ex-con Alfred (Paolo Gumabao) moved in next door. From a peephole, he looked directly into the bedroom next door and witnessed the sexual abuse Emma had to endure every night from her husband. At first, he only pleasured himself as he watched, until one night he simply had to have her himself.
At first, this film had a vibe of Peque Gallaga's classic sexy drama "Scorpio Nights" (1985) with a peephole as the way the boy next door meets the girl of his dreams. However, this new film directed by Mac Alejandre had a story that went into a different direction, written by no less than master screen writer Ricky Lee. As expected, there was still a lot of sleazy sex and bloody violence as it had been in the Vivamax universe for most of last year.
Veteran Sid Lucero and newcomer Paolo Gumabao both gave intense animalistic portrayals of their respective characters. Lucero's sadistic mama's boy Ben was a demon beast personified, as effortlessly conveyed by his swarthy and hirsute face and body. Gumabao's Alfred was played as a valiant voyeur coming to the aid of a damsel in distress, but this man, who survived prison by being a pimp, was not going to be one-dimensional.
It was unfortunate that nymphet Angeli Khang could not get a handle on her character, the woman caught in the middle of this sexual tug-of-war. Sure, she had a body to flaunt and she was daring to bare it all in front of the camera. However, her portrayal of Emma was very shallow and by-the-numbers. Her face was so vacant even in the scariest, most emotional scenes. A more experienced actress could have taken this character further
Director Alejandre went beyond the boldness of his last Vivamax bold film "My Husband, My Lover." His three main actors were practically naked for the entire first half of this film, engaged in all sorts of sexual acts. Gumabao had spanked his monkey in all of three of his films, and this time he even showed off the whole banana (likely a prosthesis). And so it goes, the sordid game of salacious one-upmanship continues on Vivamax. 4/10.
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