Having seen a number of the 70's "roughie" porn films, I believe "Forced Entry" to be a failure, in spite of it's disturbing subject matter. It's a film that could have been a genre classic, but was ruined by the ugly and boring sex scenes. A porn film that contains poorly conceived sex scenes can't be very good. Adult film Icon Harry Reems stated that "Forced Entry" was the only film he regretted making, for good reason. Had the director focused more on the psychological aspects of the story, and devoted less time to the tired, drawn out sex scenes, this would have worked. Reems starred in another roughie around this time, called "Sex Wish," and it is a million times better than "Forced Entry." The more fleshed out story, and the sex scenes, although vile,were still erotic or appealing on some level, and for this genre, that is detrimental to the film's success. Other films of this genre achieve that balance of shock value and art; creating something that is disturbing, but also well made. "Forced Entry" is just gross-out gimmicks, and the mind of anyone concerned at all with artistic quality, will begin to wander, and lose interest. Harry Reems worked with actress Laura Cannon in other movies, like the artistic "Dark Dreams," and the superb "Fleshpot On 42nd Street," and they were so enjoyable to watch. It was a bit sad to see these two in such a low brow production. This movie has one quality; Harry Reems portrayal of the Vietnam Vet, who is suffering from extreme PTSD...he's great, in an otherwise lackluster production. For those looking for extreme 70's era porn that is actually "good," rather than just shocking, check out Zebedy Colt's "Unwilling Lovers," a film that truly gets under the skin, due to intelligent writing and a director who cared about the quality of his work. Also see "Sex Wish," a film that is infinitely better than "Forced Entry.." No good movie will be a "chore to sit through..." no matter how rough it is.
Review of Forced Entry
