Sweet Sinner is a porn label famous for its series of romantic porn titles like THE STEPMOTHER and EXCHANGE STUDENT, some running up into double digits in sequels. The stand-alone entry THE SOLDIER benefits from being a one-shot story, though it does feature a surprise open-ending.
I will be careful not to spoil the twists, and don't read (I didn't|) the DVD box liner notes that do give away the surprise. Samantha Ryan, more familiar from lesbian screen assignments but passionate here in her boy/girl scenes, stars as the wife of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. Picture opens with brief location (California, obviously) war footage of her hubby Alan Stafford and his best buddy Joey Brass at the time of the incident where Stafford is blown up, leaving just his dog tags and pieces of clothing.
Back home in America, Brass humps his lovely wife (Sweet Sinner's go-to star Darla Crane in a supporting role for a change), but then goes to comfort Ryan, whose tears and hug turn to torrid sex with this more than friend of the family.
Stafford appears in a sequence back in Afghanistan bedding a friendly local girl Persia Pele (a striking beauty born in Teheran who reminded me a bit of Persis Khambatta -of STAR TREK movie fame, but who never made a name for herself in porn).
The film's requisite four sex scenes are all arousing, and I particularly enjoyed the quickie surprise ending. Stafford, especially in profile, is a dead ringer for mainstream star Guy Pearce, which adds to the enjoyment. Both he and Brass have a host of tattoos which fit the military roles they are playing. Stafford's tattoos are mainly on his arms, leaving plenty of room for additional messaging should Nica ever do an XXX version of the Guy Pearce film MEMENTO.
I will be careful not to spoil the twists, and don't read (I didn't|) the DVD box liner notes that do give away the surprise. Samantha Ryan, more familiar from lesbian screen assignments but passionate here in her boy/girl scenes, stars as the wife of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. Picture opens with brief location (California, obviously) war footage of her hubby Alan Stafford and his best buddy Joey Brass at the time of the incident where Stafford is blown up, leaving just his dog tags and pieces of clothing.
Back home in America, Brass humps his lovely wife (Sweet Sinner's go-to star Darla Crane in a supporting role for a change), but then goes to comfort Ryan, whose tears and hug turn to torrid sex with this more than friend of the family.
Stafford appears in a sequence back in Afghanistan bedding a friendly local girl Persia Pele (a striking beauty born in Teheran who reminded me a bit of Persis Khambatta -of STAR TREK movie fame, but who never made a name for herself in porn).
The film's requisite four sex scenes are all arousing, and I particularly enjoyed the quickie surprise ending. Stafford, especially in profile, is a dead ringer for mainstream star Guy Pearce, which adds to the enjoyment. Both he and Brass have a host of tattoos which fit the military roles they are playing. Stafford's tattoos are mainly on his arms, leaving plenty of room for additional messaging should Nica ever do an XXX version of the Guy Pearce film MEMENTO.