Producer: Trans Digital Media

Director: None Credited

Distributor: Wicked Pictures

Length: 1 hrs. 44 mins.

Release Date: 10/26/2007

Production Year: 03/05/2007

Category:  All Sex

Genre:  Couples, Letterboxed, Straight, What Girls Want

Condoms:  Yes

Synopsis: Prisoner of Love and Passion rule the day and night and Jean Val Jean rules the bedroom. Take a journey through lust, carnal desires and complete satisfaction with Jean Val Jean as your decadent expert guide.

Features: Interactive Menus, Chapter Selection, Bonus Scene, Bonus Solo with Hunter James,Behind the Scenes, Slide Show, Trailers, Promo Reel, DVD-ROM Content, Web Site Information, Parental Lock.

Performers:  Adrianna Nicole, Alicia Angel, Brittney Skye, Cynthia Pendragon, Gino Rafael, Hunter James, Isabel Ice, Jean Val Jean, Kelly Kline, Kimberly Kane, Nautica Thorn, Penny Flame, Shannon Kelly, Van Damage

Audio/Video: Sexual Exploits of Jean Val Jean was distributed by Wicked Pictures, is presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound in Full Screen format. The lighting in each scene wasn't the  best  and  very  dark, making it  difficult to make  out  who the ladies were. There was some minor shadowing. The flesh tone was realistic, clear, and crisp in the scenes with the correct  lighting that  I was  able to  enjoy.

Overview:Playgirl's titles seem to have a hit or miss quality about them. Not much   changes with each release nor does the cast except for this new release which centers around Jean Val Jean who is every woman's fantasy come to life. . Playgirl's Sexual Exploits of Jean Val Jean is an erotic and equally alluring soft core DVD made for first timers and women that do not enjoy the hard core genre of the adult movies. They will find this title more than suitable for their taste. Even the cover of the DVD is made specially to attract a woman's desires at the point of purchase. Playgirl gives you the typical romantic get-together without the intense circus acts that are a turn off for so many. There is also abundance bonus material including a solo male masturbation scene which you can either pass or watch. Which in my case, I wanted to pass, there was nothing there to hold my attention. Hunter James held no sexual appeal for me whatsoever. Perhaps the men that enjoy watching PG   titles can find some enjoyment in it. The BTS  to " The  Make Up Sex" with Kimberly  Kane and  Gino Rafael comes  from a  previous  Playgirl title Illicit Affairs :This scene with Kimberly Kane actually has nothing to do with a couple making up. Kimberly is shopping in a cosmetic store is hoping to get some action from the clerk, Gino Rafael. Which  she  does after he does her  makeup.  He undresses her completely and goes down on her. She returns the favor and they go at it doggy style with Gino emptying on to her ass.

Jean Val Jean who is one of the few male adult   performers that is  always a pleasure to  work with from what I understand  after  speaking to a  few of the ladies he has  worked with. I got to meet him this past  Jan  at the AEE and I'll be  very honest with you..  He is very tall and the French accent is truly a turn on. Jean and I spoke for a few about this title and  he hopes that I watched  it with out  any reservations being that the  majority  of  it  was filmed when he was  younger. Jean Val Jean French  heartthrob and winner of 2007 Male Foreign Performer of the Year  at the  2007 AVN ,after only 4 years in the  business has   decided to  make his  exit. Though there is  plenty of  content out there with him in it, it might  be  years  before  they  exhaust all the  footage with him in it.  Jean who took his name from  one of the  characters  from   Les  Miserable  main  character  Jean  Val  Jean, wanted to do more mainstream work and  has made  his  choice to  do more "R" rated  work and  hopefully continue his  acting leading  to international  fame. Due to  appear in  yet  another  production for  Cinemax with  Hanna  Harper  "First Time"  he has  made himself  very  well know for being  very romantic and debonair  wooing the ladies  with his  French  charm that  oozes from  him. His   role in   Penthouse " Out Of Control"  gave him the  opportunity  to expand and  actually  show  how  good  of a actor he really is. XCritic wishes  Jean Val  Jean, the  very  best in his  future mainstream  endeavors and will  be  looking to  see more of him  . Jean Val  Jean  can  be  seen playing a  zombie in Zombie  Strippers  with  Jenna  Jameson.

Scene1: Neon -Brittney Skye & Jean Val Jean

The scene first opens with Jean Val Jean speaking in French and then is with Brittney in a studio with lots of neon signs shining bright. Jean  begins the  slow  seduction which  leads  up to them in bed.  The  camera  shows  some  very nice  angles  of his  torso and  other  parts of his  body  while he is  going down on Britney. Britney then takes her turn to please him with her mouth. They work their way into the standard positions with JVJ removing the condom and unloading on her belly.

Scene 2: My Dark Streets - Cynthia Pendragon & Jean Val Jean

This happens to be one of the better scenes and I love the English accent on the narrator. Supposedly made out to be England Cynthia plays a lady of the night out for a romp in the dead of night. Dressed in a corset-like dress her large breasts overflow from the top attracting a certain gentlemen who has been watching her.  Jean takes his liberties with her outside the tavern under a street lamp. After  some mutual  oral  action , Cynthia takes the  reigns and  rides him while  sitting on an iron  bench then  they  switch over to   standing  doggie  were he  unloads on her  ass.

Scene 3: French Bistro - Penny Flame & Jean Val Jean

Ever  order  dinner and   get  distracted  by the  waiter? This is what happens to  Penny when  she is out on a date wit her  boyfriend  but  cant  keep her  mind  out of the  gutter . Jean plays  the  waiter  who Penny cant  stop  fantasizing  about him and  all the  naughty  things  she wants to do  to him and with him. Her fantasy becomes reality as she finds herself alone with him and  gets to  work on  giving him one hell of a blow job. Jean  then  doesn't  miss a beat when he  eagerly  devours Penny's on the  table. The heat  gets  turned  up  even  more ending with  Jean unloading on her  stomach.

Scene 4: Angel Heart - Kelly Kline & Jean Val Jean

This scene is a little off key because it doesn't set up the story like the others. You have  jean carrying   Kelly in his  arms  into the  back  room of what looks like a  church and  go  straight into  the  screwing with out no  foreplay. The foreplay comes after the first time he penetrates her which makes no sense. After the foreplay they go into cowgirl and mish with Jean unloading on her stomach.

Scene 5: He's Watching Me- Nautica Thorn & Jean Val Jean

Nautica Thorn is one the of the most sexual ladies that I enjoy watching. Her passion and chemistry with whom she is working with always comes across strong and it does here as well. Nautica is  deep into  getting herself off and  doesn't  notice that she is  being watched  by  Jean Val  Jean  who has a massive hardon to begin with. She invites him to join her and he is more than willing to lend a hand. He stands over her, caressing her body before going down on her. They have fun sucking, tasting and screwing in missionary style on the bed, and spooning. He jerks himself off onto her body at the end.

Scene 6: The Color of Love - Shannon Kelly & Jean Val Jean

This next scene has a very nice intro with Jean mixing up paint totally naked while watching Shannon pose for him. As  they  take turns  mixing the  paint and splattering  some of it on them things  get  very hot  which  leads them to clean up only to  get  overheated in the foreplay. They  explore their  bodies with their mouths  working   up to mish and  cowgirl with the pop shot going on her belly.

Scene 7: Unleash the Sheets - Alicia Angel & Jean Val Jean

Alicia Angel waits on her bed for her man  Jean Val Jean to show up. When he arrives, she gets on her hands and knees eagerly  sucking  on his cock. Jean  keeps her  bent over  giving him easy  access to  eat her from behind and  work their way into a  very nice 69 position. Jean takes Alicia in doggy style, missionary with an  external cumshot.

Scene 8: Love Bite - Isabel Ice & Jean Val Jean

Another Victorian Era  scene with Isabel  living herself over to the  man of her  most intimate  desires in the middle of  dark  forest. Jean  removes her  clothing eagerly going  down on her. Alicia returns the  favor and  sucks  him off a bit before they go at it in mish ,doggie and  spoon and  Jean  unloads on her  creamy  white thigh.

Final Thoughts: Playgirl's Sexual Exploits of  Jean Val  Jean showcases him when he  first arrived onto the  adult industry. A lot of his  earlier  work in porn was  very  raw and  without any  real technique  but he  worked on  instinct  rather  than his  overwhelming good looks and his charm. Jean Val Jean continued to  grow his own individual  style and  with that  he  acquired a large  fan base , myself  being one of them. But  being a fan  doesn't  stop me  from critiquing his  work and in Sexual Exploits only  three scenes  showed him at his  best and  stood out.  I have seen some of his other work with Playgirl and with other companies. I felt they could have  used other footage that they have. I even heard there was a  very  sensual  vamp one  running around and  Jean Val  Jean as an  angel, wings and  all. Perhaps Playgirl might releases those further into the year but who knows. As a  fan its  easy  for me to overlook all the  flaws and  agree it was the  best thing ever  but as a  critic  Playgirl's Sexual Exploits of   Jean Val Jean let me  down  greatly. I was expecting it to be on the same level as Playgirl's Addicted To Niko. It pains me to say this but Sexual Exploits only merited a "Rent It" from me...

Je suis désolé

Ravyn