Sometimes you see a trailer for a film you’ve never heard of. You’ll be surfing the web watching random videos or seeing what actors you like are up… and then you spot something that looks interesting. So you give it a watch… and are floored. Elektra Luxx is small movie that seems to have come out of nowhere and stars a cast of superb actors that have been in some really big films lately and appear to have stopped by to guest in this one. Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Timothy Olyphant, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Malin Akerman headline what looks to be a very smart comedy about life after the fame of pornography. The trailer is tight and delivers laughs and spotlight moments for the actors without seemingly giving too much of the overall plot away. There’s an atmosphere of classic Hollywood romance romps here (albeit with a more adult subject matter than The Apartment, etc) and there appears to be potential for Gugino to finally have a headlining role that shows her talents to a wider audience.
Synopsis: Recently retired from the adult film industry, superstar Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino) is pregnant with the child of late rock star Nick Chapel. She is trying to make ends meet by teaching a community college sex education class aimed at housewives when a figure from her past, flight attendant Cora (Marley Shelton), approaches her with a proposition. In exchange for the (stolen) lyrics to Nick Chapel’s last record, all of which is about Elektra, Cora needs Elektra to seduce her fiancée. Elektra reluctantly agrees to do this favor, setting in motion a series of hilarious events which will see her come face to face with detectives, sex bloggers, emotionally unstable neighbors and the Virgin Mary herself as she wrestles with the prospect of motherhood and tries to become a person of substance.
Release Date: March 11, 2011 (limited)
Tags: Coming Attractions, Movies, Trailers
