Review of Joe Phillips’ Stonewall & Riot

Stonewall & Riot DVD Joe Phillips’ Stonewall & Riot is a fabulous animated campy romp across Eros City; worthy of a GayVN award!

Warning to the sex villains in Eros City, there’s a new crime fighting, dynamic sexual duo in town. They’re gorgeous and hard and they’ve got lots of lube on hand. Their names are Stonewall (voice by Joe Phillips), and his trusty Twink, Riot (voice by Brandon Colt).

Stonewall & Riot is 60 minutes of sex packed animated action and Joe Phillips’ most ambitious project to date. The fact that he dared to even attempt such a large scale feature length animated movie is commendable. That he was able to do so with such a small production team, is nothing short of amazing.

The story takes place in the wonderfully rendered Eros City, a dark and futuristic looking city with shades of “bright lights”. Think, kind of like what you might expect Gotham City to look like if it was sexed up with dildo and vibrator like architecture. It’s a phallic city.

Our heroes, Stonewall and Riot fuck their way across the city, pumping a deviant cast of characters including, Polecat, (Craig Hamilton), Professor Prophylactic, (James Armour), Bondage Fairy, (Joe Phillips again), and a whole lot more, for information on the whereabouts of the missing Dr. Von Fuckingcock and his dangerous invention, the Orgasmorator.

Eventually our gay heroes face their ultimate sex challenge – The French Tickler, (Drew Searing), a vindictive sexoholic bent on bathing Eros City in a sea of jizz but not before having a good orgy beforehand!

Keep your eyes peeled throughout the movie for nods to other creations and works by Joe Phillips as well as product placements for a certain lube.

Most of the movie is rendered in brilliant 3-D however there are also some interesting 2-D animated sequences throughout, including the end sequence/credits where there’s a nod to the old Batman and Robin cartoons.

By the looks of things, Joe Phillips and Lex Wolfcraft did the bulk of the work on this film however there was a lot of other great talent that helped bring all the pieces together both in the visual department as well as in the music, (Ari Gold, Drew Searing, Justus Boyz, Nebula, and Frank Schroder), sound and voice departments.

My partner and I watched Stonewall & Riot and enjoyed it immensely. However we originally watched it on our TV using our old DVD player – it would appear that we need a new DVD player…

The second viewing on the computer was actually better because its DVD player is newer and capable of rendering the dual-layered scene transitions infinitely better.

The film is in a wide-screen format and also interestingly enough there’s English, French, German and Spanish subtitles available.

What else can I say? If you love animated films then you’ve got to watch Stonewall & Riot; it’s a rare gem.

Related: Joe Phillips Online