Bacchus Releasing is not exactly known for its award-winning videos. In fact, in most cases, it's just the opposite. As I watched The Journal, I thought the tables may have been turning. After all, it is jam-packed with a cast of boner inducing studs and has some really hot sexual moments.
Unfortunately, the production values weigh it down like a chunk of ice on the deck of the Titanic.
The video begins with one of the hottest black men in the business, Jack Simmons, as he is perusing boyfriend John Ross' journal, reading about sexual escapades that John had, as well as encounters told to him by friends.
One such encounter has with studly,muscle daddy Jeff Mitchell and Dino DiMarco, who boasts one of porndom's best boners, doing each other on a sofa. The two take turns swallowing each other's peckers before DiMarco throws Mitchell over the sofa and proceeds to plow the hell out of him. (DiMarco also sounds like he's getting over a cold - he's such a trooper to fuck for his fans, despite his poor health!)
The Journal then tells of Ross and his beautiful, blond and hung ex-lover Scott Davis, as they work each other over on an exercise bench. Davis is, once again, a trade top, only allowing himself to get sucked and fuck, but Ross more than makes up for Davis' apparent lack of enthusiasm. He gobbles Davis' big, uncut boner and then squats on it, proving that he's still one of the best bottoms in the business.
Another tale is of buddies Sam Dixon and Reed Parker. They also go at each other on a sofa (possibly the same sofa used in the first scene). Parker is a voracious bottom, squealing in ecstasy as Dixon bangs him with his reliably hard boner. Dixon is just plain adorable. He makes a rare on-camera appearance here, having claimed retirement and focusing more on behind-the-camera work. He's a little out of shape, but that makes him even more appealing - he's not perfect, but, damn, is he cute! Both spew out gobs and gobs of cum.
The final scene has Ross walking in on Simmons and Simmons telling his boyfriend that he wants to be added to the book. Ross would be a fool to refuse, so he starts chowing down on Simmons' gorgeous chocolate rod. And try as this little soldier may, he still can't seem to get his sweet mouth all around that massive member. Simmons eventually slides his huge cock into Ross, and they go to town. Simmons and Ross were together in real life - although, I believe they are no longer together now - and that helped the scene sizzle. The chemistry was just there.
But, you cry, after all this hot sex and beautiful men, how could I ramble on about how bad the film is?! The film itself isn't bad. Listening to the director all the way through it is. The video is poorly dubbed (or not dubbed enough, in this case) and weakly edited. It's as if the director (who is uncredited - possibly he knew the outcome beforehand?) just slapped it all together and sent it straight to the distributor. Cameras whizz and flash, the director "directs" - who can stay hard through all that jibber jabber?
If the filmmakers had paid a little more attention to detail, they might have broken that Bacchus slump, because when you take away all the background crap, you've got a nice little fuck-flick.
- Jeremy Spencer