The second of three T&A flicks I sat thru in a row using a radio concept for lust, mystery & murder, 'Night Rhythms' is semi decent. From hardcore director Gregory Dark (under a pseudonym) it's got not only the female nudity you want, but good camera work and a fun tale with David Carradine as a greasy villain. Went in with low expectations, but came out mildly impressed.
DJ Nick West (Martin Hewitt) hosts a popular late night call-in show where his audience is largely lonely or mistreated women. When a horny caller Honey (Tracy Tweed, sister to Shannon) shows up in studio, he sends his female producer Bridget (Delia Sheppard) home and they proceed to have sex that makes it on the air. Then Nick wakes up on the floor with her dead next to him with no idea what happened. On the run from the cops, a psycho strip club owner Vincent (David Carradine) he gets help from a few ladies including bar owner Cinnamon (Deborah Driggs) to clear his name.
Poised up against a microphone in a dank, low light radio studio with his pack of smokes filling the air, a sip of his choice of booze and with the right sounding voice Hewlett nails his role. You grant him the indulgence of sleeping with random but always helpful beautiful women. I don't wanna build the story up into something it's not - the nudity is very much the focus - but this title isn't a boring mess like many of it's low budget peers. Julie Strain has a bit role, Delia gets naked once.
With stops that include a strip club (no shock), a strippers pad (ditto), sex in a bar, sex with a masseuse as a potential lead, 'Night Rhythms' is everything you think it is but done with some style. A heavy saxophone score goes into overdrive at times and the whole thing is well shot due to director of photography Wally Pfister before he went onto bigger films. Enjoyable.
