Saturday, May 7, 2022

Vivamax: Review of DOBLADO: Doubling Down Dirty

May 7, 2022



Ronan (Josef Elizalde) followed the advice of his libidinous cousin Tommy (Jiad Arroyo) and became a member of El Gimikero, an online gentlemen's club run by Madame Alexis (Gwen Garci) and her husband Daddy-O (Kier Legaspi). Ronan chose Ishtar88 (Denise Esteban), a girl who resembled his ex and liked to do cosplay and role playing. 

Ishtar88 is Jaira, a college student by day. Ronan and Jaira got along so well that their relationship soon became serious. However, one of her disgruntled customers Mr. L (Mark Anthony Fernandez) turned out to be the father of one of her classmates. He began to use this information to blackmail her to do things beyond her set boundaries.  

After being introduced in "Kaliwaan" just a week ago, Denise Esteban immediately got to become the leading lady this week. In contrast with her illiterate victim character before, Esteban gets to play it sophisticated and confident as Jaira, someone who can get her men to obey her limitations (at least at first). She may not be as voluptuous as the other Vivamax sirens, but she is as bold and fearless as the rest of them in showing off skin.

In a major career move since his start as a housemate on "Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition" back in 2008, Josef Elizalde unexpectedly became the newest stud in the Vivamax stable just last March in the film "X-Deal 2." His fair skin and white-collar look set him apart from the other guys rotating in the leading man slot. The character development of his vanilla Ronan may be corny, but it did give Elizalde a chance to show off some acting range.

Mark Anthony Fernandez is already becoming the go-to bad guy in Vivamax. Gwen Garci is once again in one of her loud, high-strung roles as a lesbian mama-san. Kier Legaspi is still rusty after years of showbiz inactivity. Jiad Arroyo, ex-member of the band The Juans and contestant of TV noontime show pageants, makes his Vivamax debut. Katrina Dovey was given her introductory showcase as Jaira's fellow call girl Pinky. 

This was again one of those typical Vivamax sexy offerings with a violent twist. This is GB Sampedro's fourth film in this streaming service. He had light sex comedies "Kaka" and "Crush Ko si Curly" last year.  The tone of his newer films got significantly darker this year, with "Kinsenas, Katapusan" and now this new one. Coincidentally (or maybe not), both films involved lusty liberated school girls wearing seductive uniforms.  4/10. 

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