In Search of the Ultra-Sex (2014) Poster

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3/10
Stupid but nice idea
blumdeluxe16 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
"A la recherche de l'Ultra-Sex" is a porn parody that cuts together scenes from old porn movies and dubs them in order to create a new, silly storyline, in which humanity is threatened by a virus of infinite lust and a space commando has to be sent in order to free them from this plague.

I value the idea and you can't but state that there are indeed quite a few funny scenes that have you laughing. Nevertheless, it is of course a testimony of true stupidity with very sexual humor and an absolute lack of a serious plot. You can say that for an online video this would be brilliant but as a film you can't really give it a high rating in comparison with other, more serious films, even within the genre of comedy.

All in all this is still worth a watch if you don't have a problem with nudity and very explicit humor. It is at the very least an expression of great creativity and you can see that a lot of heart was put into it.
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8/10
Outrageously funny
grantss27 May 2016
Some sort of outbreak has hit planet Earth - libidos are through the roof and it's even affecting toys! Sounds like fun, but it's hardly good for productivity. Luckily a team are on the case, aiming to get to the bottom of the strange pandemic. They are a team of astronauts, out in space so as to be safe from the affliction.

Outrageously funny. Initially the movie looked incredibly silly, using what appeared to be scenes from 1970s porn movies with a voice-over. At this point the only good thing was the voice over, as it seemed to be done by one, at most two, men and used for a variety of characters, including women. It reminded me of Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" where Allen took a Japanese action movie and overdubbed it with his own English narration and dialogue, turning it into a comedy.

However, as you go on you realise there's a method to the silliness. The gratuitous sex and nudity scenes are more parodies of porn than actual porn. The dialogue itself is incredibly funny, with all manner of cultural references thrown in. After a while you also realise that most, if not all, of the scenes were shot for the movie - they're not from existing movies. (The Edward Scissorhands scene gives away the fact that not everything is from the 70s).

Halfway though I was thinking "So bad, it's good" but that opinion improved. The thought that it's so bad, it's good does the movie a disservice, as it implies that writer/directors Nicolas Charlet and Bruno Lavaine accidentally made a good movie. No, it's better than that. The clever dialogue, the irreverent porn-like scenes - there's a wonderful over-the-topness and free-spirited humour to it all. Reminded me a bit of Danger 5, the Australian comedy series.

Certainly not to everyone's taste, but, if you're not a prude, you should find this very entertaining.
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