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4/10
Dull '70s Porn...
EVOL66625 December 2006
Warning: Spoilers
No real plot to speak of with FORBIDDEN WAYS, and nothing noteworthy in the sex department either. There's lots of sex in it, but the scenes are nothing special and in many cases are shot pretty crappily as well...

This one has Vanessa del Rio talking on the phone to a few of her swinger friends, then a buddy comes in from out of town who talks about a sexual exploit that the audience witnesses in flash-back, and del Rio replies in turn with her story of a sexual encounter, and then there's the obligatory "orgy scene" at the end...

I don't really wanna spend any time on this snoozer. As I've said many times before - I like my "roughies" sick and sleazy and with a bit of plot, and this is another that didn't deliver. Super cheap (even for this sort of thing...) with a lot of inept and out of focus close-ups on male b-holes and nut-sacks that aren't very arousing to me. I think the camera-man was drunk or something. Unless you are a real '70s era porn completist - leave this one alone. I give it four points just because it has has sloppy hardcore sex in it and del Rio taking a greasy DP - and that's better than films that don't have those elements in it...4/10
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5/10
Pretty Dull Viewing
filmbuff197428 April 2008
I purchased a collection of vintage porn from Alpha Blue Archives. This company specializes in restoring and re-releasing seventies and eighties era pornography. The set I purchased is "The Avon Dynasty: Sick 1970's Collection" which has 15 feature films of which "Forbidden Ways" is one.

I was a child during the seventies and therefore would not have been able get into an X-Rated theatre although these films were very popular. The mainstream media of the time gave the film "Deep Throat" a lot of press so it was on every body's radar. So, now that I am an adult I was curious to find out just what type of porn films my parent's generation were watching. From the collection I've been watching, it would seem that the viewing was pretty dull. Perhaps because hard core sex on the screen was such a novelty the lack of plot and clumsy camera work was over looked. Any way, here is my review: "Forbidden Ways" is pretty much a loose story line about a swinging couple who tell each other their sexual experiences they had while they were separated from each other. This plot contrivance justifies a series of strewn together, badly filmed, sex scenes that on balance are pretty dull. Worse, the porn stars are pretty scuzzy looking and it makes for repulsive viewing. It is pretty amazing that this film had the dignity of being projected onto a large screen in a theater and that patrons paid money to watch this.

If you are into the seventies nostalgia trip then check it out. If you're looking for a porn film to turn you one then avoid this film.
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