Read Online Movie Review of Elektra Luxx (2011)

Read Online Movie Review of Elektra Luxx (2011)

There is a movie which wants to depict the women “inside”, and Elektra Luxx is that movie. As the sequel of the previous one, with different title: Women in Trouble (2009), Elektra Luxx pictures the lives of women who were once there and now go to play again in the next level of the story. There are indeed some comedy films in Hollywood film industry which process sexuality to be the art of story telling about women, and Elektra Luxx has used the same way.

The story follows the main character of the previous film, named Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino), who has now retired and gotten out of the porn business because she’s pregnant. She then dedicates her life to teach women in a sex self-help class. There are also some other female characters here, Holly (Adrianne Palicki) and Bambi (Emmanuelle Chriqui) who are still porn stars having vacation far in Mexico, and Cora (Marley Shelton) who wants Elektra to seduce her fiancé to erase the guilty feeling of her own. Nevertheless, there is a certain leading man here played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, named Bert Rodriguez, who is running a blog about porn things. The stories of them are interwoven in some cut scenes that have to be understood little by little for its scenes are not arranged in normal sequence.

The comedy was not made to trigger some laughter, it was somehow made to trigger some thoughts about how women use their sexuality in many ways for many purposes. Though there are some sex scenes and nudity provided by the film director Sebastian Gutierrez, they are not only done to please the male moviegoers, but also for all the audiences to get the idea that women’s sexuality is, more often than not, women’s power. Very much feminism. It is explicitly appeared in a case when Cora wants Elektra to seduce her fiancé to overcome her own problem. And for more about women’s sexuality (towards anyone), the characters of Holly and Bambi show that sexuality also works on the same kind of sex.

The actresses playing here in Elektra Luxx are so great portraying each of their character. Carla Gugino is fantastic as Elektra. Not only physically fit her sexy character, but also her talent in expressing sexiness in her face is so believable. Adrianne Palicki and Emmanuelle Chriqui are also great as women who depend on their sexy body to work. But, the most oustanding one here is the only noticable male character, Bert Rodruguez who played amazingly by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It seems like he has indeed talent in playing comedy like this. Overall, this comedy is worth watching, better than the other recent movie releases which are in comedy genre. It has some idea to put forwards. It is not a comedy about sex or porn thing, it is a comedy about women. Say, it’s a meaningful comedy.

 Source: themoviezones.com