Surrender in Paradise

Adult film reviews have praised this film as "different from usual" and a good couples film. But it drags through typical survival on island scenes. The girls can't light a log on fire--leaves, twigs, anyplace? It is different sometimes but not in a good way. Jerry Butler is the only guy on the island and he's in the first adult movie I've ever seen where the guy looks flat and soft before jacking off. Sex scenes are too shadowy or far away and the better ones spin by too quickly. The characters are shallow and they stall lines with "king" Arthur while bartering for food. We learn very little memorable about who they might be. The sequel, The Pink Lagoon, was a definite improvement, bringing in Raven, Jay Serling, and Ron Jeremy disguised as a native to wake up the sleepy plot with more conflict.