It's always a pleasure to run across a diamond in the rough —that one little film that succeeds far beyond your imagined expectations. Paul G. Vatelli, the director who gave us the superb Bodies In Heat and the awful Sex Games scores a triumph by eliciting excellent and very believable performances from all the actors in a film that plays like an inexpensively made gem.

Sex Star chronicles the story of Danica Ray, a porn star who can't seem to "get it up" for her contracted lesbian scene. So she vacations with friends Kimberly Carson and Herschel Savage and really opens up sexually when seduced by the enigmatic Savage. Meanwhile, Steve Savage scores with Kimberly Carson in a hot, visually interesting romp.

Both Ray and Carson are sexually vibrant performers who make the most of their lithesome bodies and above-average looks. I like this film very much, mostly because it seemed real and unpretentious.