Gay gangsters are a pretty rare breed.
Most notably, they have included the real-life, ruthless poofter Ronnie Kray, one of Britain's infamous twin crime lords ( http://TheKrays.co.uk ) and on TV in "The Sopranos" ( http://HBO.com/sopranos ). Even so, the queer Mafia don is about as rare in our culture as the black nerd (okay, I'll give you Urkel, but just try and come up with another). This is exactly why the theme of "Good Fellows," from director Hervè Handsome, is ripe with promise, if for its novelty alone. And, the cover photo shows off handsome Julian Vincenzo looking every inch the hot Guido, with his flat abs and bulging muscles providing a welcome contrast to shlubby suburban mobster Tony Soprano.
Although the action is great and the men are hot as hell, it's unfortunate that the gangster theme isn't all it could be. For example, the worst thing these supposed mobsters do in the first scene is to cheat at cards so that they can take sexual advantage of a young naïve thing played by Gamal Simon. Gamal loses his tacky gold jewelry (nice touch there, actually), his watch, and, eventually, his mouth and ass to Fredy Costa, which beats the hell out of getting a pair of cement overshoes. Meanwhile, another dude, Geoffrey Garcia, gets pretty much the same treatment from cast mate Irving Hunter, and Fredy gets as piece of that action as well. The orgy that ensues is raucous, and Vincenzo provides much frenetic topping, driving hard into Gamal while Irving face-fucks him at the same time. Gamal proves to be the bottom to watch in the scene, and his ass looks amazing after he's been slammed by a few of his cast mates, who have thick, big pieces (not taking about guns here). Gamal's pucker, drenched with lube and sweat, looks amazingly hot onscreen. Geoffrey is also a very entertaining bottom, and his best moment comes when he impales himself on Julian's fat erection and rides it, an act that drives him to a huge, splattering cum-shot. There are other impressive pop-shots in the finale of this opening orgy, but it is Julian who gives the most memorable performance of all. Surrounded by his henchmen, who caress his body as he creams, Julian obviously has his gang well-trained: one of them even puts Julian's lit cigar back into his mouth at the end.
In the scene that follows, twink-ish dude Daren Dune stumbles onto the gang's hideaway looking for a place to crash, and when he undresses he has an audience, the handsome and slightly older brunet Zeb Kelly. Zeb hauls out his very large cock and stokes it while Daren sleeps, but apparently the noise of him sliding his heavy foreskin back and forth over the fat head of his cock rouses Daren. Daren wakes up fast and dives on Zeb's cock and deep-throats it. In a nice twist from the norm, it's Daren who tops Zeb, first from behind, and then missionary. Zeb smacks his erection against Daren's flat stomach as he's getting plowed, and the scene ends with both dudes producing big loads of cream.
Vincenzo and Lucio Maverick pull in to their hideout with a hostage, Drago Lembeck, in the scene that follows. Drago has a garbage bag over his head (now we're getting somewhere!), and it stays there while the bad guys torment him by undressing him and pawing at his nipples. Another orgy ensues, and Michael Kozec and Jose Scott force Drago to suck their cocks through a hole in the garbage bag. The bag doesn't stay on for the entire scene, and we finally get to see Drago's very handsome face, which looks even better when he's getting fucked. Michael, Lucio and Jose all take their turn with Drago's tight pucker, while Julian contents himself mostly with watching and stroking his cock. The scene ends with a blast of cum from Michael that gives Drago a dripping facial, and the other dudes follow suit, making Drago's body their target for all their loads.
Here's one difference between gay mobsters and that other kind: when the new guys get "made," they do it at the gym. In a way, it makes sense, right? (Okay, so maybe a seedy strip joint would have been better.) Julian gets an eyeful of thug wannabes Daren, Jack Black and Joseph Lewis who have been presented to him by Lucio, and Julian picks Jack to be his personal sex toy for the action that follows. He forces Jack's mouth onto his cock while Lucio takes the other dudes to a different room for their tryout. Lucio is so taken with Jack that he even gives the studpup head, a true honor since it's coming from the capo (and a nice twist since, of course, capo means head) himself. This scene actually turns out to be the best, both for the attractiveness of Julian and Jack, and for the contrast in their ages. Julian takes his pleasure in Jack's totally fuckable ass, driving into him from behind and later letting Jack ride him like the stallion he is. Julian stands astride Jack and dangles his balls into the young stud's mouth while Jack strokes out a gusher, and then Julian's cock erupts with a big load that lands on Jack's smooth chest.
The finale takes us to the room where Lucio is running the show, watching and stroking while Daren and Joseph suck each other. Lucio is inspired to join in when Joseph gets on all-fours, his ass high in the air, begging to be taken. With no preliminaries, Lucio buries his monster cock balls-deep in Joseph's ass, and Joseph doesn't miss a single lick of Daren's cock while his ass is being reamed. It looks like Joseph, at least, will have no problems fitting in with this crew of goombahs. Lucio fucks Joseph spoon-style while Daren alternates between sucking Joseph's dick and feeding his dick to Joseph, and then Daren proves his mettle by taking over the top role and mercilessly slamming into Joseph. Lucio watches over the proceedings until, finally, Joseph releases huge spurts of cum that Daren literally fucks out of him. Daren follows with a blast that drenches Joseph's torso further. Lucio goes last, and he delivers a gusher, but the scene fades before we learn whether the new guys are in "the family."
But doubts? Fuhgeddabouddit.
DVD features: Chapters; widescreen; gallery; behind-the scenes footage; and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Martin Cox