Emanuelle - Why Violence Against Women? (1980)

That was an excellent one.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Intrepid and sexually voracious photojournalist Emanuelle (the insanely luscious and captivating Laura Gemser) takes on a dangerous assignment concerning violence against women in various male-dominated societies. During her investigation Emanuelle uncovers a sordid underworld that includes a white slavery ring, prostitution, a bogus Indian sex cult, bondage, lesbianism, degenerate American politicians, vicious rapists, and even a little bestiality. Director Joe D'Amato, working from a scrupulously kinky and depraved script by Maria Pia Fusco and Gianfranco Clerici, delivers oodles of tasty female nudity and scorching hot soft-core sex set pieces while relating the blithely trashy story at a snappy pace and maintaining a suitably seamy tone throughout. This picture further benefits from a sturdy cast of reliable Italian exploitation cinema regulars: Voluptuous blonde bombshell Karin Schubert as Emanuelle's gutsy reporter rival Cora Norman, Ivan Rassimov as the dashing and helpful Dr. Malcolm Robertson, George Eastman as smarmy and lecherous charlatan Guru Shanti, and the fetching Brigitte Petronio as the perky'n'pretty Mary. Legendary porn stud Paul Thomas pops up in a quick bit as a randy truck driver. The exotic globe-trotting locations add an extra tart'n'tangy flavor. Nico Fidenco's funky throbbing score does the get-down groovy pulsating trick. D'Amato's glossy cinematography provides a pleasing polished sheen. Well worth seeing for Emanuelle fans.

Emanuelle Around the World is Joe D'Amato's fourth Emanuelle outing starring insatiable Euro-slut Laura Gemser.In this one Emanuelle is sent to India to do a story on a Guru who has supposedly discovered the ultimate climax, although once there Emanuelle is disappointed to find him to be a money-hungry con-artist. So, unsatisfied with her Guru story, she joins forces with her reporter pal Cora Norman who is doing a story on violence against woman.Cora has been tracking a white slavery operation and Emanuelle is keen to help her uncover the people behind it. The pair go to France and Hong Kong along the way taking down smaller slavery rings until they eventually end up in the Middle East where they uncover the heart of the operation and successfully close it down.Emanuelle Around the World was made the same year as Emanuelle in America and it shows. The brutal snuff-oriented plot of Emanuelle in America is traded in for a slightly less brutal white slave plot here that offers plenty of excuses for wanton sex and violence.Being a Joe D'Amato film centred around an anti-violence against women plot, you just know you're gonna see some gratuitous violence against women! We have gang-rape, (non-graphic) forced bestiality, blowjob at gunpoint, murder, and a beauty queen being degraded by some US Senators then raped by a group of vagrants. Sadly the version reviewed here is the softcore edit, the XXX cut has around 15 extra minutes of hardcore action and longer, more explicit bestiality scenes.All in all a nice sleazy effort from Mr. D'Amato, while not as vicious as Emanuelle in America or as gory as Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals, Emanuelle Around the World is definitely one of the top three Black Emanuelle films.

Certaintly not as sleazy as Emanuelle In America, but not as lightweight ad Emanulle In Bangkok. Similar to Emanuelle in America we have Emanuelle traversing the globe discovering sex scandals. The set peices range from fairly innocent romp in the back of a moving truck to rape and beastality (implied not explicit). Of course it all remains fairly softcore. D'Amato handles the cinematography masterfully, its easy to see why he's so at home in adult films. Hes a master at creating suspenceful erotic sex scenes. Watch for ol Joe himself in a quick cameo near the end of the film (hes the man being arrested at the very end).

Emanuelle is now a newspaper reporter who travels around the world in search of a story about "violence to women". It starts off in San Francisco, where she meets a guru leader of a religious sex cult. We see the inside of a large church-like rotunda covered with colorful, "Indian" tapestries. The members of the cult are arranged in pairs, seated on pillows, all over the floor. It's sort of unclear, but it seems that this is one of the places where sex slaves are collected. Then suddenly, Emanuelle is off to Rome where she uncovers another sex slave operation, then Hong Kong, the Middle East, and finally New York. There are really five mini-plots associated with each of these places. It's almost episodic. In comparison with "Black Emanuelle", the movie seems less focused on the characters and more interested in illustrating the plot. It can be less engaging because of this. Still, it's probably one of the better in the series (much better than "Black E, White E/aka Emanuelle in Egypt") and full of cheap, exploitive thrills!