January 21, 2023
Bosom buddies Paolo (Aerol Carmelo) and Chino (Ali Asistio) rented a beach house in Sto. Tomas town. Paolo's girlfriend Nadine (Yen Durano) was supposed to bring other girls along with her, but her two girl friends both backed out. Feeling sorry that his friend would have no partner, Paolo was willing to "share" Nadine with Chino. The game and liberated Nadine was more than willing to oblige the boys' threesome fantasy.
Reluctantly tagging along with the group was Martin (Clifford Pusing), Chino's 17-year old younger brother. Since he cannot stand his brother and his lusty shenanigans, he would mostly go out on the beach by himself. He caught sight of the mysterious woman who lived next door, Adele (Franki Russell) as she rose out of the sea. From then on, the awe-struck teen became obsessed about his lovely but lonely neighbor.
Like his first Vivamax sex drama "Secrets" (2022), director Joey Javier also set his second Vivamax sex drama at a seaside beach house. There were several similarities in the treatment of the two films, with beautiful shots of the sea as the picturesque backdrop for the stories he was telling. This seemed to be two separate shorter movies, barely connected only because Chino and Martin happened to be brothers.
With his disheveled curls and naughty grin, Ali Asistio is getting typecast as a lusty bad boy, pretty much like he was in his first two films "Kara Krus" and "Alapaap" last year. Newcomers Aerol Carmelo and Yen Durano fared better. They were quite natural as actors, giving lively and energetic performances. Durano had no qualms about baring her body playing an uninhibited free soul with no hang-ups, but her Nadine still had empathy and sensibility.
Franki Russell is no doubt beautiful of face, but her performance had no passion at all. Even her intimate scenes with her young sugar daddy Robbie (Marc Acueza) came across so lifeless. This is already Russell's third Vivamax film after "Pabuya" and "Laruan," and Adele is perhaps her most challenging role. However, it was too bad that even Reyes was not able to motivate a more fully-realized portrayal from her.
The story of teenage boy who came of age one summer when he fell in love with a beautiful older woman was reminiscent of "Summer of '42" (1971). However, Reyes' version here was dark and joyless. In his Vivamax debut, Clifford Pusing was trapped in a character with limited emotional range and unintentionally funny facial contortions. His very casual delivery of voice-over narration did not sound very good, wasting the dramatic impact of his final words. 3/10.
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