Jamie Loves Jeff

In the late 80s and early 90s, Vivid Video made a series of comedic adult videos (well, they were aiming for comedic; tastes do vary) which could be called the Brat series. There wasn't any real continuity between the films, and indeed the titular character ("the Brat") was played by three different women -- first Jamie Summers, then Nikki Randall, then Julianne James. What linked the films together was the theme song (a rather catchy "do-wop"-styled theme) and the presence of Tom Byron as the Brat's ever-suffering (but not overly-suffering, if you know what I mean) husband, Mort.

Alert readers of the cast list of this film will have already noted that Tom Byron plays a character named Mort, and that it stars Jamie Summers. In other words, this film, while not including the word "Brat" in the title or (if I recall correctly) incorporating the theme song, is really another installment in the series. It could be called "The Brat's Reunion" or "Back to School Brat" or something like that, because it focuses on the Brat and Mort's escapades at her high school reunion. (Hence, even though she's called Jamie in the film as well, I'll refer to her as the Brat is this comment.) The reason that it isn't called that, I suspect, is because of the presence of Summers' titular co-star. Jeff Stryker is a famous name in the gay porn community (or so I'm given to understand; I have about the same interest in gay porn as I do in having an unclean yak sit on my dinner.) This video, and its sequel, represent a foray into straight sex for him, one of his few, apparently.

Frankly, it's not really worth it. He looks stiff (sorry) and almost bored during his scenes with the character's wife and later (inevitably) with the Brat. He's also not a terribly gifted actor; while nobody's going to be giving Tom Byron any awards for his thespianism anytime soon, he still seems more natural in his role as the Brat's husband. While in preparation for getting it on with Jeff's wife and one of her old school-friends (see what I mean about him not being overly-suffering?) who both seem more interested in each other than him, he remarks to the camera, "This is why I hate reunions." There's a moderately sweet moment in the middle of the film, where the Brat and Jeff go and revisit their shared, high-school sweetheart past. We silently watch as they play, managing to seem completely innocent, even though we know that in just a few minutes they're going to be going at each other like weasels in heat. Still, this is at best a mediocre attempt.