Page 78 - AVN August 2016

editor’s choice
Cruise Control
AAAAA
Axel Braun Productions/Wicked
Pictures
WickedB2B.com
Director: Axel Braun
Cast: Carter Cruise, Asa Akira, Aiden
Ashley, Steve Holmes, Tommy Gunn,
John Strong. 133 Min
Category: Star Showcase
with a good pal over for a late-night hang at her
medieval crib. The scenes themselves are less
extreme than the opener, but plenty hot in their
own right, proving (as if any fan of hers didn’t
already know) that Cruise is just as scintillating
in more conservative scenarios as she is in the
wild ones.
To get specific, the scenes are a passionate
girl/girl with fellow Axel Braun Productions
contract star Aiden Ashley, followed by a boy/
girl with Tommy Gunn set in what appears to
be a castle spire. The set-up in the latter makes
little sense but is irresistibly cute regardless:
Cruise, in pigtails and a red slip, sucks on a
matching red lollipop while attempting to
get the attention of a stoic Gunn—wearing
only black chaps and a leather gimp mask.
Getting increasingly pouty over his failure to
acknowledge her, she finally pulls him to the
center of the room and replaces her lollipop with
his cock. A lot of furious fucking unfolds from
there, capped off with a pop to her extended
The consummation, so to speak,
at long last of superstar Carter
Cruise’s contract with super
director Axel Braun is a cause célèbre
indeed. And Cruise Control—which
shares its name with the series of
electronic party mixes Cruise has
released through SoundCloud—
delivers on the promise of this
union.
Never one to take a standard
approach to a star showcase,
Braun opens this one with a very
inventive lead-in that plays with
the convention of the interview
segments these movies usually
place before scenes. As Cruise
talks about the excitement of
having sex with people you’ve just
tongue.
The fourth and final scene returns to the
filthiness of the first, and pushes it further. To
start, we find Cruise locked naked inside a small
cage through whose bars she blows and briefly
plays Chinese finger trap to the silver-masked
duo of Gunn and John Strong, after which she’s
freed so the two can vigorously double penetrate
her, only to put her back in the cage and give her
a one-two facial creaming.
ball cap and a tank-top reading “Don’t tell my mom”—a couple appears way
in the background, heatedly making out and trading oral favors in soft focus.
With Cruise continuing to reflect on sexual dynamics, the couple moves closer,
and we see that it’s none other than Wicked Girl Asa Akira—the centerpiece
of Braun’s last showcase, Asa Goes to Hell—and Steve Holmes. Finally taking
notice of them, Cruise naturally invites herself to join in, and the sort of
unhinged debauchery one would fully expect from these three ensues, replete
This return for AVN’s 2015 Best New Starlet
after about a half-year hiatus from shooting is
a bang-up across the board. Clever, infectious,
with a highly engaging soundtrack and an all-
KO display of Cruise’s range as a performer,
it comes as a very welcome reminder of why
she continues to be, and always has been, in
complete Control.
— Carlos Colon
met—perched in a leather chair
on a loading dock looking out on a
train track, wearing her trademark
with scads of anal, ass-eating, cum-swapping and more.
For the next two pre-scene clips, Cruise is sprawled on her stomach across
an ornate-looking bed, cheerily dishing stories of past sexual exploits as if
ratings guide>
‘Control’ Freaks Carter Cruise (left) is joined in her star showcase
by Aiden Ashley (top right) and Asa Akira.
review guide>
AAAAA
AAAA 1/2
AAAA
AAA 1/2
A rare honor bestowed on only a handful of releases each year.
Outstanding. The sex is scalding; production values are top-notch.
Excellent. Multiple orgasms assured. Stock several copies.
Above average. Definitely strokable. Unambiguous recommendation.
All-Girl No boys, maybe some toys.
Interactive DVDs that allow viewers to choose from a range of actions and performers.
All-Sex Nothing but wall-to-wall action, baby.
Interracial For fans of dark and light meat.
Amateur Performers you’ve never heard of, shot with equipment available at Target.
Oral All about the pleasures of the mouth.
AAA
Anal Banging on the back door, mostly.
Parody Mainstream titles seen through the porn lens.
Average. Run of the mill. Par for the course. Get the picture?
AA 1/2
Big Butt The cheekiest porn around.
POV To misquote Christopher Isherwood, “You are the camera.”
It’s a pretty run-down mill. And that sand trap is a bitch.
Big Bust Boobs, racks, melons, juggs ...
Pro-Am Features little-known to unknown performers sometimes paired with name stars.
AA
You’ll probably need a crane to get it up.
Ethnic Focus on performers of a specific ethnicity.
Even a crane won’t help.
Vignette Sex scenes depicting self-contained stories or scenarios, with or without a connecting
device.
Gonzo Porno vérité, in which performers acknowledge the presence of the camera, frequently addressing viewers directly through it.
MOVIES
Specialty Fetish and other specialized adult entertainment genres. Genre specified in parentheses.
A 1/2
Feature Plot-oriented movies, aimed primarily at couples, emphasize acting and dialogue.
A
Try jerking off in the shower instead.
Young Girl The doctors of tomorrow funding their education today.
78 | AVN.com | 8.16