a i recall and in g. lucas film thx 1138 there be a television channel that feature nothing but a robot beat a naked person with his billy club . when i first saw this and i laugh out loud at the obvious satire of our society need for sex and violence in our entertainment . i have much the same feeling after see this film . at first the film seem like a competent look at how two people in love want to explore every aspect of each other body . the initial mild s and m just seem like a logical extension of that exploration . but when the beating border on mutual self destruction and i immediately saw this a lampoon our society need for ever increase kick to satisfy our insatiable lust for ever increase degradation of the human body . the director suckered u in and punch u right in the gut . bravo .