I am the target audience for Red Feline’s latest video. Whipping a naked woman, especially her front, marking her, making her writhe and cry—it just doesn't get any better than that. And that is the focus of this video. No gags, no fancy bondage, no electro, no burning, no nailing or snuffing. Just whipping.

I can also safely say that Jane von Detlefson would be about as perfect a candidate for that kind of treatment as I can imagine: gorgeous body, natural breasts, expressive face and voice and a dark bush! Beyond that, she loves the camera and loves to show herself to it. She spends almost the entire video naked (a few minutes with panties and a few minutes with socks), tied to be whipped. The premise is spectacularly suited to what I would pay a hell of a lot more than $29 to own.

But with all that on the table, let me begin by saying, if you decide to buy Training Jane, don't even bother with Session 1. Despite the incredible model and great premise, it is an absolute embarrassment. Shot in what looks like a motel room with apparently a single 60W bedside lamp, maybe with a new camera (you'd hope a guy who’s been making movies as long as JJ would be able to figure out how to frame and focus!), Session 1 simply should not have been released.

The light level is so low that the video is extremely grainy. There are perhaps 4-5 minutes you could edit onto a keeper reel, but they're buried in 30+ minutes of shots of blank walls, JJ’s back, shadows, unsuccessful attempts to frame a shot or to get it in focus. It’s like the nobody ever heard of the Pause button. I know they have editing software at Red Feline, because there are actually some edits in this video, but nowhere near enough. If someone had told me it was possible to make a boring video of Jane naked, tied and being whipped, I would not have believed it. Now I do!

There are several scenes in the first session: Jane in panties tied with her back to a sort of flat pillar; then with her front (sans panties), then on the floor, then back to the first position but with arms tied to a sort of spreader bar (maybe a broomstick), then leaned over a bed, then up onto the bed and finally she is covered up with a spread to sleep. The scenes with Jane lying on the floor or the bed are the best in this session, but sadly that’s not saying much.

In addition to the almost stunning technical carelessness, JJ makes the error of starting right off with—and staying with throughout the whole part 1—a bullwhip. When he does swing it, it’s pretty desultory, and when he actually catches her with it, it hurts enough that he has to stop the action for her to recover. Apparently the reason for this choice was the desire to show that Jane could be marked (without the fake blood that often mars other Red Feline efforts). In fact the camera spends an inordinate amount of time trying to frame, then trying to focus on, marks on Jane’s body after a segment. This is, I guess, the S&M version of the cum shot. I've never been a fan of cum shots, nor am I particularly impressed by damage to the skin of the victim. It’s the interaction during the process and especially the reactions of the victim that I'm interested in. I believe it hurts, and I believe she is suffering because of her facial expressions, body movements and voicing's. I don't need the camera to go looking for welts and cuts.

Perhaps the low point of Session 1 is when JJ tries to “frighten” Jane (nude, AOH, facing him) by swishing the whip near her without actually hitting her and trying to crack it a few times. After a few abortive attempts, Jane actually starts laughing. Always a powerful dynamic in a whipping movie…

By the time you get to the end of this wretched effort, you wonder why you ever parted with $30 for it. But then comes Session 2. If you are a fan of Ms. Von Detlefson or of female whipping, BUY THIS VIDEO! It’s cheap, and Session 2 more than makes up for all the fluff on the front end!

First of all, there’s finally some light, so the quality is somewhat better and the auto-focus works a bit more often. Second, JJ and Jane seem to have figured each other’s rhythm. And finally JJ has switched to a nice long-tailed leather flogger. Early on we are treated to a scene of Jane nude AOH, front against wall. Your heart sinks as you notice that again it is very dark, it sounds like a spider is tap-dancing on the microphone, and the technology of framing and focusing appears not to have become any easier. But after a couple minutes there is light and things improve dramatically.

Session 2 has two segments of Jane against the wall with AOH in a Y—first with her back to us, then with her front. These are okay, though brief and spotty.

But the real set piece in this video comes at the end. Jane is hung, facing the wall in a suspended Y with her ankles free to thrash around. And thrash she does. JJ uses the flogger and gives her at least 100 strokes in about 2 and a half minutes. One of Jane’s greatest pluses as an actress is her voice. Unlike so many victims who sound like a repeating recording of some mantra (e.g. Ow…Don't…Please stop…No) she sings her responses. They range from squeaks to groans, catches of the breath to flat-out crying. She is spectacular. And JJ the director rises to the occasion, as there are actually some scene changes that don't involve picking up the camera whiles it is recording and wandering around with it.

For me, the money shot is with Jane hung nude from her wrists in a Y again, back to the wall—a semi crucifixion position. The scene goes on for nearly 10 minutes and about 300 lashes all over her front. With a less “real” victim, this could have actually gotten tiresome, but her reaction to every strike is true. It’s amazing! JJ becomes like a machine, laying the flogger across her over and over at an unvarying pace. You can tell that it could have gotten boring without the reactions because Jane “passes out”, still hanging, and JJ continues whipping her without slowing down for another minute. With Jane as a corpse, the power dissipated—at least for me.

For $29.90 you get perhaps 20 minutes of very good stuff—especially if you have editing software and can cut out the 40 minutes of junk. You have one of the very best victims working today and, if you are a fan of whipping, some excellent segments.