After Forever

Somehow this 2018 release from Wicked Pictures' since-defunct "Passions" label got lost in the shuffle, but I watched it and added it tardily to IMDb today.

It's a corny, unimaginative romance from Mike Quasar that never takes flight, as a familiar cast of porn regulars go through the motions. They're on their best behavior, since this is Vanilla Adult content aimed at a couples' audience, but Quasarman fails to navigate the usual breakup/reunite pattern of romance with originality or credible twists.

The seven-year marriage of Penny Pax and Derrick Pierce breaks up and six months later they rekindle the spark at a home they shared for getaways located in Big Bear. The appealing supporting cast is merely along for the ride, with tall Alexa Grace the standout in her pair of sex scenes. Sum total is bland and uneventful, yet in the corrupt industry known as Adult Entertainment, this Wicked Pictures release garnered many award nominations - I smell payola!

One of my pet peeves surfaced: Quasarman gives Ryan McLane (a guy fixed up as a date for now-single Penny) the character name Richard, while co-star Britney Amber's steady boyfriend Chad Alva is named Ryan. Often in porn, where the actual character names are rarely listed on screen, such assigning of a first name to somebody else seems intentionally confusing to the viewer, because at least half the time the cast portray characters lazily named after themselves.