Beauties Vs. Beasts: The Saga Continues

In the original version of the French fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", a cruel Prince is fated to live as a ghastly creature until he is released from his spell and united with his Princess forever. With various modifications, the story became the basis for several well-known adaptations over the years: artists as diverse as Jean Cocteau and the Disney corporation found inspiration in this classic tale of true love. While we'd love to say that the folks at Vengeance XXX drew upon this illustrious creative lineage in producing "Beauties and the Beast 2". the fact is that this is not so much a sequel as a full-blown reimagining of the source material. To say the (very) least.In fact, they don't even pretend that there's a story here: "Beauties and the Beast 2" merely cribs a famous title and goes straight to the meat of the matter by pitting Boz's monstrous unit against the likes of hapless beauties Bella Ling, Alyssa Dior, Lana Violet, Britney Stevens, and Carmella Santiago. Who needs all that tedious expository dialogue anyway? Nevertheless, "Beauties and the Beast 2" still functions as a sort of porn fairy tale by showing us that monsters really do exist ... and there really are beauties out there capable of taming them. In fact, everyone winds up with a happy ending after all—happy and sore, that is. But still happy!

• "Beauties and the Beast 2" (.wmv trailer @ newsensations.com) • Vengeance XXX (vengeancexxx.com) • Photos courtesy Digital Sin/New Sensations (newsensations.com)