LOS ANGELES, California — Nacho Vidal pumps powerful carnal energy into gonzo videos, most obviously as a stud performer. Now he’s taking a creative leap, exhibiting versatility behind and in front of the camera. “The Player,” his edgy, new XXX feature, combines cinematic locations, wardrobe and drama with kinky perversions not usually explored in straight porn. Its twisted erotica looks prestigious and feels freaky. Evil Angel will release the audacious movie February 8 on DVD and VOD; a trailer is available now at EvilAngelVideo.com.

“Well, since ‘Back 2 Evil,’ I think I haven’t had the chance to really show how good I really can be as a director and producer, writer and cameraman, photographer and actor,” Vidal declares. “More than a porn movie, ‘The Player’ is pornographic cinema. I would dare to say this is the most Nacho Vidal movie in all of my career. Nacho Vidal in his fullest expression, the essence of Nacho Vidal — ‘The Player’ is that movie.”

“This is Nacho’s first feature in more than 10 years,” says Alexandra Kelley, Evil Angel’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “It was inspired by ‘The Game,’ a Michael Douglas thriller from the 1990s. Nacho’s overall creativity and his acting talent really come through. ‘The Player’ shows him in a new light — his fans will get to know him better.”

In Vidal’s provocative story, he contracts a top madam (Yasmin Scott) to assign wicked adventures — he’ll try anything. “I felt super good in every scene because they were created in my perverted mind and they’re things that always have attracted me to show in one of my movies,” explains the filmmaker. “Maybe I’ve never done this because of ‘what they would say,’ but I’m at an age and at a different level where I can do whatever pleases me.

“I wanted in some way to reach out to my fans. There’s a scene with a few guys and there’s small flashes showing them about to suck my cock, and it seems there’s some contact with these guys. I think this is super good for all the gay fans that are always asking me when I’ll do some gay content; this is for them.

“In another scene, Silvia Rubi puts on a strap-on and apparently penetrates me in the ass, to honor all the women who are dying to hurt me sexually!” laughs Vidal.

Vidal captured sensational action in a stylish strip club. He shares a public “girlfriend experience” with stunning Alexa Tomas as club patrons watch and jack off. In the same club, thickly built performer Soraya Wells fucks a baseball bat and Vidal works her to torrential ejaculations; he finally slurps puddles of girl squirt from the lighted stage floor.

The climax is a one-on-one battle of wills — Madam Yasmin wants to enslave naked, vulnerable Vidal, but by the time their furious fucking makes her squirt, it’s not clear who is a slave to whom.

“I don’t want to say that I’m going to stop making gonzo, which I love, which I’ve been making for many years and my fans like,” Vidal says. “I feel very proud of this project, for my own ego. People may think we only make gonzo, but a lot of us working in this industry have a lot more to give.”

He’s the writer, producer, director, photographer and actor, but most definitely, Nacho Vidal is “The Player.”

Download press release materials for Nacho Vidal’s “The Player” here.