"Night. Time to go to work. It wasn't that long ago that I would puke my guts out before I could get started. Now I'm almost hungry for it." So says a naked Justin Wells at the beginning of the film, lighting candles and then kissing a cross before he goes out to land a john or ... kissing a cross? Did he just kiss a cross? Since when do hookers kiss crosses on their way out? I mean, the work may still be a step or two above drug-pushing and politics, but it violates at least two or three sins, so do religion and street-walking go hand-in-hand?
Uh-oh, my mistake. Justin isn't a gentleman of the evening. He's a priest! I was confused by the tight-fitting black shirt he puts on and the candles in his bedroom. Justin is a priest who spends his evenings trying to save men's souls. "Sometimes to save a sinner, you have to become one yourself," he adds. I'm not sure that comes directly from the Bible, but it sure sounds like an ideal set-up for a porn flick.
Father Justin's first "customer" is an honest-to-God hooker, played by Jason Crew, looking appropriately trashy up against a lamppost. Justin removes his collar and gets busy as he pulls up to Jason. They head to a place Jason knows and instead of "sugar" or "daddy," Justin insists Jason call him "father." Though Jason protests that he "doesn't like it rough," Justin takes complete control. Poster-ready Justin, with long lashes, expressive eyes and a body that is chiseled from the finest marble Italy could wish for, undresses himself and his prey as they make out. He's also the only priest to wear trendy gay underwear (or maybe he isn't, for all I know), but that is quickly tossed aside as Jason works his way inside to the long veined cock. He and his tongue piercing gobble the entire considerable length with a sense of good fun. Justin is a master of the face-fuck, and isn't shy about telling Jason exactly how he wants his cock sucked. Jason and his big stiffy relax on a ladder so imperious Justin can work his way down Jason's chest to the dick. Justin grabs a hold of Jason's cock and does a loving wet suckjob on it. After Jason blows again, he gets fucked by Justin. Justin is almost scary in his intensity here. His face tells a story of devotion to it, and his entire dick rams inside Jason's ass with total ease as he "fucks the sins right outta ya," as he says to Jason. Camera shots from underneath are invaluable as they show the force and depth of the fuck, as well as Justin's big balls slamming against Jason's ass. Up the ladder they go so Justin can fuck Jason missionary, as supremely beautiful as before and with no loss of energy. Jason cums while being sliced and Justin pulls out to cum on Jason's balls. Afterwards, Justin tells Jason he's a good person, hands him a card and offers himself as a job reference. And to think, Boys Town spent all that energy trying to get the boys into church and off the streets. Justin just upended that in less than half an hour.
"Evil can wear any disguise." No, that's not a TV tagline describing Joan Collins in a ravishing Nolan Miller gown and veil from "Dynasty." That's Justin's description of fellow priest Eddie Stone. "Dogs wear collars too," he narrates as Eddie oversees priest-wanna-be Zackary Pierce's studies. With his long handsome face and dark good looks, Eddie looks mean. However, Zackary isn't actually focused on him, but rather the porn magazine in his expanding lap. Eddie rips the magazine out of his lap and lambastes the youth, telling him he's acting like a two-year-old (boy, if tots are reading gay porn, they are sure starting them young now). "If you're gonna act like a child, you're gonna get punished like a child," he rails, but Zackary grabs Eddie's hardening dick and knows he's got Eddie! Then comes the unbelievable. Eddie actually bends Zackary over his knee and starts to spank his butt. Zackary, conveniently on his knees, begs to be forgiven. "Let's put that potty mouth where it belongs ... lick my ass!" Eddie unsheathes his rump and Zackary puts his face to work. He knows just what to do, chewing heartily on the muscled butt and playing around with the tight hole. Eddie, living up to the narration, then has a notion to fit Zackary with a collar, but not the type he's wearing. Instead, it's a studded dog collar and looks fetching tied around Zackary's thick neck. To this, he attaches a leash and pulls his puppy back into his ass. Kinky little padre, isn't he? Zackary eagerly sucks Eddie's cock, looking up at his master most of the time, replacing barks with gagging sounds when instructed. Zackary reclines comfortably on the desk while Eddie licks his ass in amazing close-up, every drop of spit being orally massaged into the hole. They 69 on the table, Eddie smacking Zackary's ass with a cross as he rims it and Zackary going full-tilt with a blowjob. Eddie's rimming is insanely hot. Eddie was so busy with his cross that he didn't notice Zackary slipping a finger into his ass, and he doesn't flinch when Zackary hops off the table in order to fuck him. Biting down on the leash, Eddie begs for a fucking, and Zackary gives him a good one. Way in he dives, with a hypnotic potent rhythm. Eddie then bounces on Zackary's cock, making sure to get all the way to the base. As Zackary starts thrusting up into him, Eddie blows a fun load all over his top's legs. With a finger up his ass, Zackary then finishes.
Justin confronts the priest-pedophile issue by saying that they have screwed up everything for consenting adults like his roommates. I'm not quite sure why Justin doesn't live in Church housing, but I'm glad he doesn't, because in the next room are Damon Phoenix and Clay Anderson. Damon is big everywhere: enormous lips, enormous muscles, enormous legs and a giant backside. He seems awfully happy with his make-out partner, Clay, who sports tinted hair and a thin pale body. Damon is the aggressor here, stealing the opening by licking Clay all over, from fingertips to inner thighs. Of course, the dick comes in for some mouth time as well, and Damon opens wide to clamp down on the entire piece with an excellent deep-throat. Damon is in a convenient position for a 69, so the quieter Clay starts sucking as well. With Damon's energy and Clay's dick size, the camera delights in that half of the sucking, though Clay is a hard worker as well. Clay turns to Damon's ass and loses his face trying to rim. Damon's asscheeks are mounds of juicy flesh and it's impossible not to give them a grand munch. Damon rims Clay too, and with more conviction, before lovingly fitting Clay with a condom. He splays himself missionary on the bed so that Clay can fuck him. Clay lacks the energy of his fellow tops, but Damon coos and twists to keep the scene on an even keel, having his ass swallow all of Clay's impressive dick and goading the top into more speed. When Damon throws his legs in the air, Clay sucks his toes a bit, and then Damon turns sideways a bit. Wearing a broad smile since the camera faded in, Damon is the oxygen of this scene, clearly setting the hot sensual mood. Damon then fucks Clay and now the anal action kicks into high gear. Damon provides Clay with a series of jaunty little thrusts, using his muscular frame to go so fast that the bed shakes. Clay has a hale shot being hammered, leaving Damon the final moments of the scene to steal again with his huge one. Justin has spent the entire scene in his room, listening to the sounds, clutching a rosary in one hand and his dick in the other, wearing a calm peaceful demeanor without any sign of judgment.
When Justin discusses his methods of putting butts in the pews with Eddie, they disagree on how they are using their power. Justin feels Eddie takes advantage of his students while Justin is merely saving souls in lay terms. Eddie makes an impassioned plea for tolerance of homosexuality in the Church, but he chides Justin for being a "comic book hero as an excuse to have sex." As Justin storms off to spend another night enlightening the youth of Southern California, Eddie, with precision timing, snaps, "Who died and made you Pope?" Maybe the smoke at the Vatican happens in the sequel.
Father J heads over to a local pub and finds himself in a situation to collect three souls at one time. It took a whole production number for Sister Sarah to do it in "Guys and Dolls," but Justin is about to do it with only a mini-orgy. Drinking at the bar are reedy blond twink Kyle Aames and round-faced muscular Josh Carter, as well as cocky bartender Brant Moore, who sports a great head of hair. Using his glasses and his crotch as a tug, Kyle definitely has Josh's attention, but when Brant hops the bar, he steals thick Josh right out from under Kyle by lifting his shirt and kissing him, sending gloating glances Kyle's way (along with his discarded tank top). Kyle watches helplessly as Josh flops Brant's mighty cock out of his undies and into his mouth. Josh envelopes the cock with his fluffy lips and as he proceeds with his silent deep-throat, Kyle exits. He is stopped by Justin, sensitive to Kyle's pain. No one seems to feel for poor Josh, who is stretching his mouth to the max by inhaling thick Brant as well as he does. Justin pulls Kyle right up to Brant and undresses the lad, staring at the nasty bartender and then guiding Josh's mouth to Kyle's exposed cock. Now it's Brant who isn't happy, and Kyle who is, considering the zesty blowjob prowess transferred to him. Brant and Justin pull Josh from cock to cock, which is an interesting way of doing a standard three-way back and forth. Justin gains complete control when he pushes Brant's mouth down on Kyle's dick and brings Jason over to his raging hardon. Brant is lively on Kyle, and Josh continues to dazzle on Justin, who, with his five-o'-clock shadow and sexy heated demeanor, looks like he's ready for his role as the Reverend Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon in the road company of "Night of the Iguana." Justin is particularly keen on making sure Brant repents for his nasty treatment of Kyle by blowing the stuffing out of him. He doesn't mind Josh's willing work on his dick either, of course. The pushy priest sends Brant's face into Kyle's ass and Josh takes up a place doing the same to Justin. Justin really has his pulse on the character here, never forgetting his task of keeping Brant working on Kyle. He commands the rimmers to spit and lick balls, the voice of authority in character and one helluva porn star at the same time! The ass-eating is gorgeous, as it has been throughout this opus. Justin interrupts it to fuck Brant, who shoots him a look that should kill. However, Justin doesn't stop, instead slamming at Brant, who keeps his face buried in Kyle's butt. Justin delivers a powerhouse fuck, helped by Josh clawing at his balls. Positions change, with Justin still fucking Brant, but Josh now sucking Brant and the bottom blowing lucky Kyle. The latter is tough because of Justin's potency. Things are outright vengeful as Justin picks up speed continuously, which keeps both suckers deep-throating. Brant gets his ultimate comeuppance when Kyle fucks him, Brant and Josh sharing sucking duties on Justin. These two fight to out-deep-throat each other, though Justin wants them to work together at times. Justin returns to Brant's ass so that Kyle can fuck Josh. The peppery Kyle may look like the underdog of the scene (still wearing his glasses), but he is a great top. Justin makes sure he's even greater, which means the simultaneous fucks are exciting and competitive. Justin jacks Brant to completion and then cums on his ass. Josh and Kyle repeat this order when ready. At the end of the scene, Kyle and Josh wander out hand in hand, while Justin confidently knows he's gotten Brant on the right path.
"Holier Than Thou" gives Justin Wells, whom I've always found to be woefully underrated, what I think is his best role to date. He's a sexual dynamo in his scenes, but his focus on the businesslike characterization is an added thrill. Mike Donner has provided a script that isn't just full of the usual religious puns and actually takes a strong point of view at times. His direction is as crisp as the writing and the production looks like a million bucks. The sex at least doubles that, particularly when the ravishing star is on hand.
DVD features: Chapters; galleries; trailers ("Running Wild," "The Works," "Bed Heads," "Thirst," "Star Crossed," "Inn Over His Head" and "Bonesaw"); behind-the-scenes bloopers; and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Brent Blue