Barbarella XXX

Axel Braun strikes an out-of-this-world balance between campy and carnal in Barbarella XXX, a spoof of the French science-fiction comic that inspired the iconic 1968 Jane Fonda film. From the video’s opening sequence, with its oh-so-groovy theme song and ’60s graphics, Braun hits the perfect retro-futuristic tone to honor the source material. Of course, in porn, great production values without hot sex are the equivalent of a gold-plated turd, but Barbarella XXX delivers plenty of groin-stiffening action as well. Riley Steele, a stacked, bright-eyed blonde with an ass like a sweet apple, leads the charge as the titular space explorer. Dispatched to a far-flung location to track down a rogue weapon, Steele is subjected to a dual alien probe by a pair of space goons. She ravenously chokes down their gleaming flesh helmets until her pretty little visage is lacquered with space gunk. Later, a long, hot lesbian loin-lock between tight-bodied, tawny-skinned enchantress Asa Akira and Rachael Madori steams up the screen, punctuated by fervent scissoring, passionate toe-sucking and Akira sawing four fingers in and out of Madori’s clam-cove. A ball-gargling, sputum-inducing blowjob by ebony enchantress Chanell Heart likewise satisfies, as do the trippy aesthetic and occasional sly, knowing nod to just how silly this whole endeavor is. By the time Barbarella XXX is over, the viewer won’t care if Barbarella finds that weapon. His meat missile will already have exploded in his lap.