I Like to Play Games

I'm not sure why some reviewers felt that this was not erotic, unless they were looking for something more hardcore. They don't show actual penetration here.

Lisa Boyle is Suzanne, a new co-worker who plays various role-playing games with Michael, the main character. For example, she pretends to be a naive schoolgirl having her first sexual experience as she removes her clothes. Many instances of Suzanne teasing Michael in public, but in such a way that only Michael realizes what's going on (eg. what happens under the table during a meeting).

As a bonus there is a bit of plot if you like psychological thrillers (ie. when is Suzanne playing a role and when is she really herself?), but the main attraction is Lisa Boyle herself. The movie as a whole is a real turn-on.

Suzanne Braunhill (Lisa Boyle) is a successful executive at an ad

firm who has just been transferred from New York to Los Angeles.

Even though her reputation as a witch (possible spelling error)

precedes her, Michael Morgan (Ken Steadman) who works at the

same firm in LA thinks he can play her games with her. He has

just split with his girlfriend Melody (Pamela Dickerson) who just

wasn't exciting enough for him. The game is on!

Suzanne's games put Michael in awkward situations that threaten

his career, but he persists in playing the games against the best

advice of his friend Nick Kelso (James DiZazzo), who seems to

have played before. How the last game is won may surprise the

viewers.

The movie, though negative and somewhat depressing at times,

is generally well done for one of its genre. Monique Noel

(Playboy's POM, May, 1989) plays a small part as a member of the

office team. She has some cute body language responses to

Michael's frenetic orders as he tries to meet deadlines.

I managed to snag a copy of this video recently. It's a bit of a collector's item because it's out of print and has gotten a lot of praise. So did it live up to the hype?

In one way, yes. This is probably the definitive Lisa Boyle video. It's one of her earlier efforts before she became too much of a "star" for more than one sex scene per video (if that). I've only seen a couple of her other videos and she definitely shows and does much more in this. She is frequently fully nude and does full sex scenes, complete with "orgasms".

However, that's about it's only standout feature. I'm guessing that in 1994 this thing was some of the most explicit softcore available. Today, Surrender and Playboy have released plenty of stuff that goes further, has more sex scenes, and with women who are every bit as attractive/siliconed as Lisa but less inhibited. And all of this stuff is readily available at reasonable prices. Now don't get me wrong, I.L.T.P.G. has held up pretty well after nine years and can still be considered decent softcore. Unlike, say, any movie made in the 1970's with the word "cheerleaders" in the title.

So overall I'm glad I ended up getting it, but mostly for its rarity. If this was remade shot for shot today using different actors I don't think anyone would be too impressed with it.

Now, this is how you make a soft-core sex movie! Mostly, these types of films fail because they have either too much tedious plot or too little erotic action. I Like to Play Games gets the balance spot on in my opinion. The story-line is very simple but it never out-stays its welcome. It essentially is used simply as a means of stringing along one erotic encounter after another. There are two things very good about this. One, there are lots of these scenes and little time wasted in between. And secondly this movie is a Lisa Boyle vehicle. She is a pretty stunningly sexy woman and is naked many, many times in this. She plays a mysterious, highly sexed femme fatale who plays dangerous games with a lucky victim. The sexual encounters are very varied in content. But the important thing – and it's hardly a given in this type of movie – they are very sexy. There are several great sequences but special mention has to be made for Lisa's leather strap outfit – seeing truly is believing.

This is surely something of a classic of its type. A 90's sexploitation movie with a great leading lady. A film that does exactly what you hope it will. Can't say fairer than that.

The video box looks like just another one of those "erotic" movies but this one actually has a plot, moderately interesting characters, and some humor. It's the story of a guy who gets involved with a woman at work who likes "games." Of course he thinks he's going to be in control, but she's a smart one who gets the best of him time after time. It does get a little too dramatic near the end but on the whole manages to be sexy, fairly entertaining, and not demeaning to women. Worth a second look. What "9 and 1/2 Weeks" should have been.