Six Sex Scenes and a Murder (2008) User Reviews

Inept film making at its extreme.

[mark-3976 · 1/10 · 29 July 2010]

By far the worst film I have every suffered through. This fails on every level: the script, the photography, the acting the directing are all bottom of the barrel. The story involves a mobster being shot and a police detective, who wears a white Panama hat, interrogates those who knew him. As they tell their story they describe the events of the the day which always includes a lame sex scene which has nothing to do with the story! The so called director should take a class in screen writing since the story lacks any character development nor plot points. Obviously this abortion of a film is the result of a rich kid who gets money from Daddy because they think that being a film maker would be a cool way of making a living. Don't give up you day job.

Don't waste your time watching this abomination.

Sexy Movies, more than just PORN!

[kellybyrn · 10/10 · 1 February 2009]

When most people think of a movie that's centered around a central theme of sex, you'd expect pornography, right? Society still has a view of sex as something dirty, taboo, something perverts watch, when it comes to cinema. Is that a right conclusion, not any more! Julie Rubio, a very talented writer and director out of the San Francisco Bay area is shedding a new light on sex in movies. Her view is taking sex out of the caveman style porn theater type setting, and making it an art form that even the most scrutinizing critic would have to give her a round of applause for. In her recent movie, "Six Sex Scenes and a Murder" she brings a new light to sex in movies. They are genuine, which will trample your typical R rated movie sex scene into the dirt. She's putting away the age old portrayal of it all and bringing new depth into cinema.

Julie is a true pioneer as a female writer/director/producer. Her films and upcoming projects show that it is time for movies to step out of the dark ages and into a new light where sex is no longer just an act, but it is truly ART! For more information on the movie, check out Six Sex Scenes and a Murder on Netflix!

Nick at Night

[victoriasong · 7/10 · 9 June 2008]

As a former habitué of the San Francisco club scene, I've known a few strippers, bouncers and club owners over the years. I can attest that director Julie Rubio succeeds in capturing both the flamboyant excess and the shallowness.

Look elsewhere for the grit of "Mean Streets." This is an Underworld after a Guiliani-style clean-up. The sharp suits and slinky skirts of the noir era merge with cell phones and shiny, new cars.

The actresses, varying degrees of hot, are convincing as burlesque dancers. Richard Anthony Crenna as Nick, the conflicted hood at the center of the film, could be an inheritor of the type of role that Keith Carradine excelled at with writer/director Alan Rudolph, the decent guy battling serpentine urges.

Viewers who enjoy Abel Ferrara's "Go Go Tales," set in a New York City strip club, should investigate "Six Sex Scenes and a Murder" to see what the West Coast has to offer.

A modern film noir "B movie"

[luckybucksproductions · 6/10 · 30 June 2013]

I decided to check out "Six Sex Scenes and a Murder" on the Popcorn Flix app on my new BlackBerry Z10 phone. Since the movie was free, I figured I had nothing to lose. After seeing it, I have some decidedly mixed feelings.

I won't go into too much of the story, but basically it follows a guy named Nick, his ex-girlfriend Regan, and some other shady characters at a San Francisco burlesque club called The Uptown, a place where gangsters also frequent. Along the line, Nick becomes embroiled in a robbery and the storyline is your basic film noir "whodunit" with some sexy femme fatales, steamy sex scenes, and a hard-boiled detective in a white Columbo-style fedora, interrogating the suspects along the way.

The story was kind of confusing as the characters were dressed in 40s-style attire, yet it was set in the 21st century with laptops and cell phones. I wish there was more burlesque dancing featured, but burlesque was just a backdrop, not the main focus of the story. As far as the six sex scenes (which is the real reason people are going to watch this, myself included - let's be honest, "Sex Scenes" *is* part of the title!), you may or may not be disappointed, depending on your comfort level. Since this was directed by a woman, the sex scenes are not as explicit as if a man was behind the camera. If you're expecting more nudity, skip this one. The sex scenes for the most part are kind of risqué, but not overly so, still quite tasteful for the erotic thriller genre. The two threesome scenes are the hottest of the six, especially the one with Regan and the two buddies who end up getting high and drunk at her place with one thing leading to another. I kind of wish Regan had ditched Nick for good and ended up with those two hotties instead!

Afterward they had to show one of the guys giving fellatio (implied, not shown) to the other one in a car. I know this is SF and all, so a gay sex scene is to be expected, but it kind of was a downer since they had just finished having hot sex with Regan. It added nothing to the story, except during the interrogation scene when the main detective showed a pic to the two guys, indicating they were on their tail (no pun intended). The other sex scenes were just okay, but really added nothing to the story except to show the back stories of the characters and an alibi for everyone on the night of the murder.

Anyway, I digress. The story became muddled and confused at times and I had a little difficulty following how this person was connected with Nick, and that person, and so on. If the director had stayed more on point with Nick being the central character and not gone into too much detail with the back stories of the minor characters, the story would've been more cohesive and suspenseful. It needed to be much darker and grittier to be a true film noir. It was more like a light comedy instead with shades of noir thrown in, almost like an homage to these types of films. This film bordered very much on being your typical Skinemax soft-core late night skin flick (and if it had more explicit sex, it most definitely would've been). The acting was a little wooden and campy by some of the minor characters. The best acting by far was done by Nick, Regan, and the detective. For the most part it was a decent effort and it's good to see more female directors at the helm making feature films, especially erotic ones.