This highly arousing British porn ripoff of the Benedict Cumberbatch TV series is something of a surprise, merely proving that once-mighty US porn distributor Digital Playground, now operating out of Canada, has gone over the bend in its new-found emphasis on British content. One would have thought such a spoof would target "Elementary" and feature Asia Akira in the Watson = Lucy Liu role, but this one apes UK offering, right down to the superimposed "text display deductions" gimmick.
Much of the video's success is owed to casting Ella Hughes as Watson, a medical student merely seeking to employ Holmes on her case when he thrusts her into action as sort of his medical adviser/sidekick. Padded running time includes repeated credit sequences, highlights montages and recaps, as DP commissioned this as a "series" for web streaming purposes. We old fogies addicted to DVDs get in essence a compilation, as is the case for DP's sister label Brazzers.
One of auteur Bush's favorite actors, Danny D punches across the witty lines skilfully, while the episode titles are less artfully crafted, to wit: "A Study in Brown" (that signals anal); "The Sign of Whore"; "Sexbomb"; "Carnal Knowledge" and "Game On" -the last three not even trying for a joke or pun.
Revelation here is the mighty comeback of a true icon of British Porn: Lynsey Dawn McKenzie, filling the screen literally with already big boobs much enlarged, as she treats heroine Hughes to a violent BDSM tinged lesbian sex scene the young redhead won't soon forget. Watching her I could only wonder at the tunnel vision of today's pornographers, as this new look and her performance make Lynsey the odds on favorite to replace retiring Deauxma as Girlfriends Films' "Road Queen", which they could have retitled "Road Warrior" but O'Connell and Co. elected to deep-six the series instead.
Major criticism of Bush's work product, beyond my standard complaint that these dreaded "porn parodies" should be eliminated entirely, is that he doesn't balance the story set-ups properly with the action, opting for the usual 95/5 mix that many would consider an all-sex result. The non-sex material here is good enough to have been embellished, and even fully finished to the point where Digital Playground could return to its "Pirates" heights when a "soft" edition was both possible and enjoyable.
Most glaring fault of not paying attention to the story occurs when Bush mishandles a key subplot involving Watson's boyfriend who becomes her husband. This key supporting character Matthew, is not even credited and gets lost in the shuffle clumsily as a result of some plot twists.
Other femme standouts include the current Numero Uno star Stella Cox, who saved on wardrobe by playing her entire role without a stitch and another talented performer from Bush's stock company, Sienna Day. Danny handles all the cock action himself. Two promises of a sequel are injected at the finale, one of which falls completely flat, as Danny pops up in his other Bush role as Doctor Who, and comes off as identical to his Holmes, not much range and certainly no threat to one's memories of such Brit multiple role greats like Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.
