"Drive" establishes Kayden Kross as the most adventurous Adult Cinema filmmaker of our day, with several firsts established by this erotic thriller.
It's the first major feature that successfully integrates previously segregated niches of porn, as Kayden includes XXX scenes of not merely boy/girl and girl/girl variety but adds in the currently trendy transsexual content (via a three-way involving TS superstar Aubrey Kate) and even crosses the line by having boy/boy homosexual explicit sex too. Featuring Gay Porn stars Pierce Paris and Dante Colle, this last-named subject matter is artfully presented as part of an hour-long group-sex extravaganza involving the film's star Angela White.
And for good measure, Angela and Joanna Angel also don strap-on dildos for some pegging of Wolf Hudson, another sort of fetish porn rarely included in so-called "straight" shows.
Last breakthrough is the crucial casting of statuesque Maitland Ward in the mysterious role of Angela's alter ego, as we encounter Maitland first as a fortune teller (dressing in fetish-gear), then a dominatrix and later a fantasy nurse. Her acting performance, as well as Angela's, is magnificent, matched by unbridled sexuality from both of them. Much to my surprise, after watching the film I was apprised in Ward's IMDb bio that she was a successful mainstream actress both in TV and on film two decades ago, her recent crossover into Adult roles somewhat groundbreaking.
Without spoiling the suspenseful feature, note that Angela's character is leading a controlled life married to co-worker Manuel Ferrara, but after meeting Maitland she ventures into unknown erotic territory, her sexual drive eventually getting the better of her.
Kross, after packing in a ton of sexual content featuring a vast cast of players, leaves us hanging at the end as to how much of Angela's experiences were real and how much was merely in her mind, perhaps simply erotic dreams. There are hints, as in her frequent X-rated nightmares as well as a trip to the shrink (played by Frank Bukkwyd), but the cleverly pre-telegraphed finale lets the viewer come to his or her own conclusions.
