movie mixed scissors scenes Skin Deep STARRING: John Ritter Julianne Phillips Alyson Reed Denise Crosby Raye Hollitt ACCESS: video/also has been shown on various cable networks GENERAL DESCRIPTION: John Ritter has a major writer's block, a drinking problem, and about ten women to whom he's unfaithful, including his wife who is about to divorce him. he's is having affairs with everyone from FBB Raye Hollitt to Springsteen's ex Julianne Phillips, but when he crosses Denise Crosby (tough security officer from Star Trek-The Next Generation) she gets very physical. SCISSORS SCENE: it's at the very beginning of the movie. John Ritter's wife (Alyson Reed) is supposed to be away so he takes her hair dresser to bed. one of his other lovers (Denise Crosby) shows up and threatens them both with his gun. he begs and pleads but she pulls the trigger and nothing happens. he jumps out of bed and grabs the gun from her. she says, "i saw you load that." he says, "you didn't pay attention. i always leave the first one empty." she says, "oh, yeah" and pounces on him. they wrestle on the bed for the gun as the nude hair dresser grabs the sheet and runs for her life. just then his wife enters the house and climbs the stairs toward the bedroom. she is passed on the stairs by the hair dresser trailing the sheet behind her. when she arrives at the bed room she finds Denise Crosby pointing a gun at her husband's head while choking him in a calf headscissors. he is pleading for mercy as they exchange introductions and speak about his infidelities. when he tries to speak they both shout, "shut up." finally his wife tells her, "if you are going to kill him, please take him outside. those are new sheets." denise thinks about it for a second but then decides shooting would be too quick. she gives him one last squeeze and then releases him. POSITIVES: good set up and camera work and this movie is overflowing with beautiful women. not a bad movie, and it contains one of the most funny scenes ever in the movies, which involves a luminous condom. NEGATIVES: too short. also i prefer thigh to calf scissors but that's just my opinion. OVERALL RATING: **