As promised - Review of Travis Lee productions: Stolen Money / Dreams of Reality
Since an overall view of the storyline can be found on the Video Mayhem website I wont spend the time recapping I'll just give you my impressions. The good points:
(1) It's only 12 bucks from VM and it's about 2 hours long
(2) There are some nice tied scenes, ball gags, full nudity, clothespins on nipples and pussy
(3) If you're into girl on girl action there is some of that in the first movie not my thing unless they are dealing out some pain and they're not
The not so good:
(1) This has a home movie feel to it. The sound is poor and there is a constant hum in the background, more noticeable in the first movie. The image quality is like 2nd generation VHS. I don't mind home movies if the action is REAL - this obviously is not which brings me to
(2) Like ZFX, the whips and such are fake and though the actresses do their best to sell it nice screams and such, it is so fake it fails to arouse. There is one brief scene in movie 2 where he uses battery cables on her tits but there are no sound effects and no sparks just doesn't work.
(3) The actions of the male in the first movie are simply ridiculous and don't fit the thin plot line. He treats his captive more like a lesbian dom gently teasing her captive. He uses one of those sticks with a tiny piece of leather on it and taps at her like he's teasing her. Are you kidding me? You're trying to torture this bitch to get your money back not arouse her!
(4) There are long periods when nothing happens. Shots of the girls tied up but no action.
Final verdict didn't do anything for me. Maybe I'm jaded from the Japanese movies VM provides or the excellent work of ZFX in SOB4, Ballista 2, etc but this is not a keeper for me. My grade is a C at best.