Cards of Pain: Duo 3 is the latest EP release. The movie features the lovely and petite Zazie and the sexy and adorable Cynthia in the role of the subs. Mistress Ariel, featuring her new and enhanced breasts, serves as the host. Mistress Amanda, who I consider the cruelest of the unholy trinity, serves as the dom (with Ariel, providing some strokes later in the game). I will not go over the rules of COP as I assume anyone reading this review is already familiar with them.
The introductory discussion between the host and subs begins cordially enough with Mistress Ariel asking Cynthia if she has ever played any of the EP games before. She responds that she has but that she lost. While Mistress Ariel is amiable with Cynthia, her tone changes dramatically when she turns to Zazie. Her first question, with a cruel smile etched on her lovely face is, "Zazie, are you here to lose again?” She then goes on to mock her and dripping with sarcasm asks, “Have you learned my name? Or am I still Tatiana?” This seems to be a sticking point with Mistress Ariel, and she brings it up again later when she has the good fortune to whip Zazie. (But we will get to that later.) Mistress Ariel, almost prophetic of what is about to occur in the movie states, “You’re bad at remembering names and counting, too.” And boy oh boy is she ever right!
Mistress Ariel then goes on to describe the rules of the games and asks the two lovelies how they wish to distribute the two hundred strokes. She also reminds them that they must count aloud together and that if either makes a mistake that a punishment stoke will be assessed. The sexy duo place strokes 10 on the soles, 10 on the pussy, 40 on the back, 100 on the ass, and the last 40 on tits. The ass round will be the one that they both must participate in together. As a fan of ass whipping, I was excited at the prospect of so many strokes being inflicted on their butts and the beautiful shade of blood red they would turn after so many whip lashes. Unfortunately, these strokes will never come as you will soon see.
Cynthia chooses to go first and chooses to have her pussy whipped. She draws an unlucky card for her – but one extremely fortunate for the viewers. Instead of us getting to enjoy Mistress Amanda lashing Cynthia’s pussy with the leather strap only a meager 10 times, we will have the pleasure of seeing it whipped 30 times. The punishment has Cynthia on her back, her legs splayed wide open – her pussy exposed to all of us, with Mistress Amanda, decked out all in leather, standing astride Cynthia’s abdomen. Mistress Amanda has used this position over her last few movies as the way to administer the pussy strokes. I am a fan of the pussy whipping in this manner as it gives us a full view of the dom, Cynthia’s lovely pussy, and Zazie on her knees off to the side of Cynthia holding her hand. After only 3 strokes, Mistress Amanda must remind the two subs to count aloud together. While I sometimes think the doms take things a bit too far bending the rules, this time Mistress Amanda gives them several warnings. At the 5th cracking stroke of the belt against Cynthia’s pussy, Mistress Amanda reminds them again that they need to count together. She even warns, “Fuck this up once again, and I repeat the stroke! Understood.”
Stroke 7 is a powerful one and even Zazie flinches. The petite beauty has had her pussy whipped numerous times, even by Tatiana’s braided whip, so she is aware of the beautiful pain having her pussy whipped and is perhaps reliving it. By stroke 12, Cynthia is beginning to feel agonizing pain and her legs begin to shake and quiver You can see the exquisite agony imprinted on her lovely face. By stroke 15, Cynthia is struggling, with constant whimpers escaping from her lips as her legs and thighs tremble. At stroke 16, she gives out the loudest scream yet. The luck card is really coming back to haunt her and instead of the whipping already being done, she still has another 14 to endure – or does she only have 14 more? By stroke 17, Mistress Amanda is already starting to lose her patience. She screams at Cynthia, “You fucking know how to cry loud, but cannot count loud?” Things happily begin to go badly for poor Cynthia. After stroke 20, I thought Cynthia might quit. By now, she is openly crying and screaming out. Her reddened pussy shakes wildly. One of the girls cries out 20 and the other 21. From now until the end of the round, the two girls cannot get in sync with one another. This is where the first punishment stroke is finally administered. At 27, the girls mess up again and Mistress Amanda gives an immediate penalty stroke. She shouts, “Fuck this shit! You can’t say it at the same time?!” The girls stumble again, and Mistress Amanda strikes Cynthia’s pussy three times in rapid succession. They even mess up the 30th and final stroke and we are rewarded as viewers with one more strike to Cynthia’s already raw and reddened pussy. The round finally ends, but the camera does not pan away, giving us a few more moments to hear Cynthia’s cries of pain.
With the first round complete, they head back to the board and to Mistress Ariel who begins by mentioning their problems with counting. Mistress Ariel also mock Zazie once again, saying she is weak, and that Cynthia might have to step in for her. The sole card is also unlucky – “All 2x”.
I know that bastinado is not everyone’s thing, and if you are not into it, at least you get a full eyeful of Zazie’s ass and thighs. The round starts with Mistress Amanda reminding them to count aloud again. After just the 2nd masterful stroke from Mistress Amanda, Zazie is already whimpering. Things go smoothly until the 4th stroke when Zazie cries out the number by herself and Mistress Amanda immediately unleashes a powerful punishment stroke. By the 8th stroke, Zazie’s feet are already red and marked. I wondered if she would even make it through this round…or if Cynthia would have to jump in at some point. On the 14th stroke, they mess up again and Mistress Amanda decides the punishment stroke will be with the shaft of the crop. Since EP has been reluctant to allow caning into the game because of the long-term marks it leaves, I am surprised that management even allowed this penalty shot to be administered with the shaft – which is essentially like a cane. Nevertheless, as management usually does (and this is not a complaint as I like the doms being sort of lawless – to a point) they allow the stroke with the shaft. The two subs forget to count after the punishment stroke and another one is quickly assessed. A visible shaken Zazie struggles with each new lash of the crop. They screw up on the final stroke count and Mistress Amanda happily inflicts a punishment stroke. I like how after the round is done that the camera once again lingers. Zazie cries in pain while Cynthia continues to hold her hand. Though the strokes are done for this round, the pain continues to ripple through Zazie.
They return to the board where we find out that Zazie and not Cynthia will endure the next round so that the latter can get more time to recover from her pussy whipping. Typically, in the DUO games, the subs switch off, but they decide on a different strategy where Zazie will go twice in a row. She chooses the tits card and gets lucky when it reveals “½” and the 80 strokes of the whip turn into only 40. It seems like almost a shame to have to mar Zazie’s beautiful little tits…but mar them Mistress Amanda must. Cynthia stands just a few feet away from Zazie off to the side. Mistress Amanda starts the round by asking Zazie if she is going to make it. Zazie says she hopes so, while Mistress Amanda says that she hopes they mess up the counting once again. Just three strokes in and already we can see the whip marks left over her tits and nipples. Mistress Amanda is a bit of a stickler, and they say the number 5 just a split second apart…but it’s not good enough for her and she repeats the stroke – not once but twice – when they once again mess up. At the 11th strike, the whip inadvertently (on purpose) strikes Cynthia where she is standing just a few feet away. You can tell from the exact position where she is told to stand, that incidental strikes are unavoidable. When questioned about the incidental strokes Mistress Amanda responds, “I give a fucking shit!”
It appears that Amanda is picking her shots, not only lashing her nipples and breasts but she unleashes several strikes on her belly and upper chest as well. It is interesting to note that after each blow Mistress Amanda comes back to a kind of resting position, with her hands clasped together by her waist. This helps to add drama as it gives us a chance to hear Zazie’s cries of anguish. It also allows the two girls a moment to hopefully or (hopefully not) to count together. A funny moment comes when Zazie asks, “Do you have to hit so hard?” I am uncertain what sympathy she is expecting from the merciless Mistress Amanda. Zazie – and Cynthia – both survive round three and they head back to the board once again where a smiling and pleased Lady Ariel awaits them.
Back at the board, the 4th card is revealed and instead of 80 strokes to the back the “Full Body” card pops up – as it often does. Cynthia does a silly thing and says she is worried about her breasts being struck. And, of course, the first thing that Amanda says as round 4 begins is, “You’re worried about your breasts, as I heard. Right?” Cynthia might have a cute body, but her common sense is lacking giving Amanda that kind of ammunition, especially when Zazie stands just a few feet away with her breasts covered in whip marks. The 4th round begins around the 47 minute mark with the movie ending at the 1:36 mark. At this point, with so much time life in the movie, I thought that the girls had a chance to finish the game and come out victorious; however, Mistress Amanda, and then as a bonus Mistress Ariel, both have plans to end the game this round. It is interesting to note that throughout the game, Zazie flinches and closes her eyes after each strike of the whip. On the 8 /9 the stroke they mess up and the first penalty stroke is assessed. With 71 more to go this is going to be a long, wonderful round of pain. Cynthia, with her hands clasped above her head squirms all over the place and Mistress Amanda orders her to stand still. If only Cynthia could. After only 10 strokes, Mistress Amanda orders her to turn around. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed, hoping that we could see more lovely strokes marks across her tits. Perhaps Amanda was being kind…showing some sympathy. I mean, she could have gone to town on her belly and lashed it until it was raw, red, and bloody. While the belly is never a body part choice, it has been whipped before, and has usually been very painful for the sub to endure. When they miscount one number higher than the actual stroke for the third time, Amanda warns them, and threatens to start over from the beginning.
Cynthia, who chose the back whipping to endure, is struggling after only the 13th or 14th stroke to her back. She can barely control her body and she appears a broken, quivering mess…barely able to get the numbers out. However, she has an inner fortitude and will endure a great deal as we will all come to see. Had this been a solo game and she did not have to count with someone else, I feel strongly she could have completed the round. In the duo game the partner is there to give you support; however, in this case, having to rely on a partner to count in sync will be a detriment – to the players at least – but not to us as viewers. There are even times Cynthia looks like she is going to pass out and I am surprised that no producer or anyone in charge doesn’t check on her. On the 30th stroke, Mistress Amanda has had enough and accuses Cynthia of cheating yet again when she miscounts to her benefit. She says the round starts over. The subs beg her not to start over, but the words fall on deaf ears. I have to be honest that I was upset at Mistress Amanda starting over, especially when she was forced to endure a repeat of strokes inflicted on her at the hands of Mistress Tatiana in TH Linda. I am unsure where this movie falls in the timeline of EP. If this was made before TH Linda, then it seems fitting that fate punishes her when the whip strikes are started all over again by the ruthless Mistress Tatiana. If it takes place after the events of TH Linda – then this just seems like Mistress Amanda is taking her anger out on poor Cynthia as a surrogate for Mistress Tatiana.
Once they start over Cynthia truly begins to struggle. Snot drips from her nose and drool sluices from her mouth. Amanda even calls her disgusting at one point and orders her to stop spitting. I have no doubt that if Amanda had not made her start over that Cynthia would have completed this entire round – having endured well over 90 strokes by the time she gives up and Zazie is forced to take on the remaining ones. She finally surrenders after 48 (additional) strokes. Zazie will need to take on double the remaining number, 64, to complete the round. Zazie already looks defeated and says I will try.
There is a small pause to allow the girls to switch places. And then we finally get the pleasure of seeing Mistress Ariel, a cruel smile on her face – pleased with the chance to visit pain on Zazie. I was happy that Mistress Ariel finally appears as a dom. I prefer when two doms switch off -- splitting rounds or each taking a different body part. I also like the interaction between the two doms (or even better when all three doms are together) as they take turns whipping and punishing the sub (s). And that has been sorely missed in this movie. I am unsure why the producers chose not to have two doms from the beginning. Anyhow, Cynthia is once again sitting on her knees like a little puppy with Mistress Amanda sitting behind her like her owner. Mistress Ariel makes Zazie turn around then goes to town on her already cut up tits which had endured 40 strokes in the earlier round. The girls miscount several times and now it is Mistress Ariel’s turn to insult them for not knowing how to count. She even states – with Amanda sitting close by – that they don’t even have to count backwards. While Amanda always clasps her hands before unleashing her next stroke of the whip, Mistress Ariel is more nonchalant and stands with the whip hanging down by her side with her other hand planted on her hip. The two subs miscount again and Ariel shouts “So many punishment strokes have never existed in the world.”
The two doms stand side by side, huge smiles on their faces, pleased at the victory.
However, the real cruelty is about to be revealed. Back at the board, Mistress Ariel reveals the final card – “Save”. The two subs would have been able to skip the final round and would have prevailed if Zazie could have just been a bit stronger and endured the remaining strokes from Mistress Ariel.
All in all, if this is Mistress Amanda’s last movie with EP then she went in style, her true wickedness on display for all of us to witness. Many of you out there think Tatiana is the cruelest of the unholy trinity, but to me Mistress Amanda is the cruelest and most calculating of them all. It was great to see Cynthia again. We really need to see her in more movies. Zazie has been a regular sub for a long time now. A lot of the defiance we have seen in earlier movies is gone. I am looking forward to TH Amirah in 2024.
I never cared much for Amanda, who I would have liked her to get 80 strokes on her pushed up ass. 