Stripped: Carmen Luvana

As Adam & Eve's Numero Uno contract star, Carmen Luvana gets both top billing and title recognition in this well-made Stuart Canterbury feature, but the show belongs to Lezley Zen.

Zen has been working in porn for nearly 20 years, but has never been accorded the recognition she deserved, let alone the big-deal contracts with major labels of her peers like Luvana. They both play strippers (natch) in this one, but the story and dialog revolve around Zen more than Luvana, even though Luvana is the center of attention.

Luvana is star attractionat a strip club run by Kyle Stone, but Kyle's old nemesis Tyce Bune shows up, trying to steal her away to headline his own new club. That's the sum total of Canterbury's script, but the characters and sex between them are interesting enough to maintain interest in the 90-minute feature, right up to a surprise and satisfying finish.

Evan Stone is surprisingly subdued in his role as a bouncer for the other Stone, not permitted by director Canterbury to chew the scenery this time out. Zen is super-sexy and quite sympathetic in her performance, unlike Carmen who is rather wooden early in her superstar career. The strong femme cast includes Euro beauty Sophie Evans, delivering anal-sex as expected, and a young Jessica Drake.