Comfort is another word for laziness - the impression I get when watching the opening scene from Britney Spears latest and highly anticipated video 'Criminal.'

Dressed to kill in full elegance at a royal-like event, Britney receives the brunt of a snobbish man with poor manners who somewhere in his early life was told that women are for possession rather than play. Where else could we come up with rude snobbery than in Britain where the video was shot (do you think the whole video was based on this first scene? Sorry Britain - if the shoe fits). Facing herself in the mirror, with a few sprits of her favorite perfume Radiance the supremely confident Britney decides that enough is enough telling her man and flirtatious tramp in no uncertain terms 'So, you're not working the street corner tonight I see!'

Enraged by her actions, Britney is dragged outside and subsequently slapped (hope that was done in one take...) in full evening attire. Hello Jason Trawick. Britney's real life boyfriend, who is more cut than a precision sculpture, proceeds to unpolitely dismiss the snob, remove his hired help apron and step onto his very cool bike. Britney doesn't hesitate with her new-found hero except, or course, to give one final blow to her former lover's groin area (we are assuming lover at this point).

And that's how it begins. One person trapped in a life of comfort and the other fighting for everything he has. Britney returns home to find his house among squalor conditions in need of renovations on almost every level. The room is dim, the floors creak and the walls are bare. Industrial tables hold a variety of surveillance equipment to inform our criminal of any unintended visitors.

Britney finds a gun behind one of many doors - does it hold her heart? Apparently, the two get down and diirty in a way that really doesn't look like they were acting. Tatoos are in abundance, Britney strips down to a lacey black bra and two make their connection.

The next morning, the two find themselves in a convenience store where Britney discovers a pistol hiding down her pants. One wonders how you could arrive this far without noticing. Britney is emboldened deciding to hold up the cashier for all his money. Violence has a sweet taste. Jason, quickly adjusts to the situation and the two run out of the store infamously under video surveillance.

Back in the apartment, the gig is up. Scotland Yard and special troops are surrounding the building with an all out coordinated firepower attack that destroys everything except the tongue lashing couple who are invincible in their love.

In the end, love , whether good or bad, wins.

We love the fact that this was a story rather than an epic dance coordinated event. The video is more personal, more inviting than some of her other fantastic eye-candy spectaculars like Till The World Ends and Hold It Against Me.

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