"Nude for Cinemax" The first season would have had every chance to become a cult project, but only in the second half of the last century. Because these days, frank eroticism has long been unable to surprise anyone, because it is an integral part of almost any popular series. It's the rarest time I'd prefer to see fewer nude scenes and more information, because there's ten minutes in one place, ninety percent of which is a sex scene. In addition to quite banal things, national amusements are shown: Japanese fetishes do not cease to amaze me, Germany and BDSM are almost a cult, live anaconda was able to pleasantly surprise, but ... it is still just sex. After all, lifestyle eroticism is more good in the photo than in the video.
The abundance of geographical locations: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Japan (Kyoto and Tokyo), Germany (Berlin), Czech Republic (Prague), Denmark (Copenhagen), Canada (Toronto), France (Paris), Russia (St. Petersburg), Spain (Barcelona) and Croatia (Rovinj) is cool! But almost nothing is told about the countries or cities themselves, there will be no sightseeing tour of sex entertainment. Yes, the series is closer to gonzo-journalism than to geographical broadcasts and ... it’s even good, but the information is still catastrophically small, and there is too much sex. True, there is no censorship of names, i.e. if desired, you can easily get acquainted with the places shown, which is still worth referring to the pluses.
The main problem for me, oddly enough, was the series about Russia. If in the rest of the episodes, the couple simply name the scene and introduce themselves, then for some reason it was inserted “I work as a boss in the business.” Probably, the writers decided to support the stereotype that career-successful women prefer casual sex; and this is true, but only a subsequent striptease on camera can put an end to a career, and no one will do it for the sake of some foreign series; in other words, the sense of realism is killed. In addition, the long-closed “Circus” was never a “sex club” – it is a regular night with elements of striptease, where you can shoot a girl and spend the night with her in a room. With the same success, you can come to any nightclub, rent a girl and spend the night with her in a hotel. The concept of “sex club” still implies the relevant theme of the club itself, and not the renting of rooms.
The second season expands the geography, adding several exotic places: South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town), Uruguay (Montevideo), France (Nice), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Italy (Rome), Hungary (Budapest) and Greece (Athens). In general, it became a little more informative and interesting, and the time for sex scenes was slightly reduced, but there is no fundamental difference. The only thing, too many plots are allotted to swingers, which is a little boring. The rating will be the same for both seasons, but at a discount on my curiosity and the lack of more interesting analogues of this topic.
7 out of 10
The translation of Greb and Creative Group Company for Amedia is the only Russian option, but I suggest looking at the original, since translating typical sexual phrases “Oh, yes!” or “How good!” over the original and not even getting into the tone is the apotheosis of unprofessionalism for 2016. In addition, the series is so elementary text that any child can understand it.