"Pride" is the first of a series celebrating (I intended to use that word) "The Seven Deadly Sins." It's a worthy start to the series that will have you interested in the rest. Under the fine direction of Dirk Yates, the video has a wide array of manly types; all with a good hearty sex drive in common.
The deadly titular pride belongs to massive Duke Miller, a very muscular stud for whom the work "hulk" was coined. In the first scene, you see just how much Mr. Miller likes himself and his attributes. And, the attributes are many. First, there are pecs and arms that couldn't be sized by a simple tape measure. In front of the mirror, he plays with a red dick that is nicely proportioned to the rest of his body. Perhaps most impressive is his ass, made up of two colossal cheeks leading to a very stretchy mutable hole that Duke manipulates well during the scene. Duke does well here adoring himself, thus setting up the sin of the tape.
Once his load is blown on a mirror, Duke dresses and goes out on his balcony. Below him, he sees Jackson Price and Eddie Rollan kissing. He can't resist grabbing his hardness through his jeans so soon after the last escapade, but remember, he's a big fan of himself in this context. Anyway, Jackson and Eddie could get anyone restarted. White-hot Jackson gets into position quickly and teasingly maneuvers his mouth to Eddie's beautiful cock. Eddie tries to force Jackson's face on it, but Jackson needs no help, he's already gulped the whole thing in his first few slurps. These two have perhaps the best chemistry of any of the video's pairings, and their touching and kissing seems impassioned and real. Eddie soon enough buries his face in Jackson's ass and gives him a rim every bit as wonderful as the blowjob he just got. The 69 is spectacular and this is where Duke finally joins. Eddie lets Jackson's cock go so he can inhale Duke's while Jackson continues setting a fire on Eddie's balls and dick. Jackson and Eddie share Duke's penis for a while before Jackson bends over to suck Duke while getting plowed by Eddie. Eddie is a spunky little fucker, clearly inspired here as he pulls all the way out and them whomps back in. Jackson, his usual amazingly accommodating self, sits and rides for a while before blowing the first of his two loads. Duke and Eddie spill on his chest before his second one. Though Jackson and Eddie liked the episode, they did find Duke "stuck on himself."
Obviously thinking that now everyone wants him, Duke ambles into a terrace garden where Nick Young and Jeffrey Alan are already merging their copious strands of Mardi Gras beads (how GOOD were these two to get all those beads?). Nick is as adorably cute as ever, and older Jeffrey has a very sexy flash in his eyes. The grope each other a great deal while the camera focuses on Nick's cock, still hidden in his pants. Every time you think you'll see it, the camera goes somewhere else; it's a fun effect. With beads still on, Jeffrey sucks the head of Nick's cock and lavishes much attention on his balls where he seems much more comfortable. Nick furiously works his dick as he blows Jeffrey, which is where Duke enters. As he strips for the guys, Jeffrey rims Nick ably. Give points to Jeffrey, who manages not to lose a second of quality in his eating while distracted by big Duke only feet away. Nick Young has always been a fine top, and this time is no exception, where he plugs Jeffrey with feverish speed. The fuck doesn't last too long before he shoots a large load up Jeffrey's back. The chemistry in this scene was a little off, but the editing and pacing more than made up for it.
The video is admittedly filmed at Bourbon Street, San Diego ( http://BourbonStreetSD.com ), but that doesn't stop it from regaling in a full-on Mardi Gras celebration where many porn types dot the crowd Duke seeks out for fun. While he's trying to line up the next guy to be impressed by him, Marines Lance Landers and Frank Marine are playing pool in a bar backroom. These two are classic Dirk Yates types, young and lithe, with big thick dicks and a sly "first time" air about them. They start to touch themselves, sitting on opposite ends of the pool table to expose their meats. In wanders jock-next-door Rick Ritter, a navy man by his outfit. He's been looking for them, and is happy to find them stroking already. He immediately grabs Frank's dick while Frank finally takes Lance's dick in hand. All three have about the same size cocks (Lance's being the longest), all beautifully full. Frank sucks first, eventually joined by Rick. Strawberry-blond Frank gets fucked by Rick while he sucks Lance, then Lance enters into him with a good fuck. The groin regions of these guys are allowed to keep their hairiness, which is nice to watch in close-up. After the brief action, Rick announces matter-of-factly, "it's time for us to blow our loads." They stand side-by-side to do just that, Rick impressing with the best of the three.
Duke runs into Jackson and Eddie, but blows them off nastily (as opposed to just blowing them, which would be very neighborly, I'm sure). In all the celebration, we are treated to two expert superstar cameos. The first shows macho leather-clad Chris Steele, looking as good as ever, getting sucked by Jeffrey. It's a short scene before Chris blows. Next, the appealing familiar-faced denizens of the party urge Spike to shoot them with one of his inimitable loads. He naturally obliges.
Now, the final scene is a cheeky pleasure to watch. Duke is minding his own business, hoping the crowd will mind it for him, when over stumbles Chad Donovan. Chad is impressed by Duke's sheer size, but before Duke can say much, he drags the hulk away to show him how he's bigger in a different way. Certainly everyone is familiar with the body part Chad will reveal, but it's never a letdown to see, that's for sure! Duke gets it hard with his mouth, Chad forcing much of it down. Chad clearly enjoys all the attention, is that considered pride equal to Duke's throughout the video? I mean, is it pride to enjoy a good blowjob? I don't think so, I think that's lust and that's a whole other video.
This scene is quite clever as it unfolds. It throws in some winning surprises, such as Duke making his biceps dance around Chad dick, Chad fucking Duke's deep arm pits and Chad perfectly fitting Duke's big nipples in his cock. Again, though, it's Duke's ass that impresses as much as Chad's dick. It's here I wondered what would come next. I mean, Duke had set himself up in this video as a total topman, but no one is going to waste Chad's dick on making him bottom, right? Well, it's eventually Duke who spreads 'em first for a superb rim and then for the fuck. And, Chad gets it all in there with Duke anchoring all of his meaty self on two adjoining urinals. The fuck doesn't last too long, but it's enough to be impressed by Duke's bottoming abilities.
The video ends with a leading teaser that shows Chris Steele telling Duke that if he's as big of dick as he is all over, he'll let him fuck him. "Redemption," here we come!
You know, it's tempting to wonder which of the deadly sins is the most deliciously devious. I guess we'll have to wait for the other six videos to make their cases, but Dirk Yates' "Pride" makes a very vocal pull for that sin. It's also a fine first entry in the series, hopefully setting an exciting tone for the rest to come. Star Duke Miller perfectly plays his part and the rest of the guys around him, relegated to supporting status by the plot; all turn in their share of winning moments.
A Video Review by Brent Blue
It's been a helluva long time, folks, since I've written anything for Big Daddy and Gay Chicago. And I'm practically certain that many of you either (a) didn't even notice or (b) could give a flying fuck. Either way, kids, your suffering is about to begin again.
All Worlds Video's head honcho Dirk Yates came up with a brilliant idea: Take the seven deadly sins and make each sin a video in a recurring series. (The idea was toyed with before on the straight side of the porn industry and went on to win a bunch of straight awards - the video was simply titled " and was done by Vivid.) But Yates went one step further. He decided to collect six of the best directors working in the industry (including himself) and give each one a sin to work on. He contacted Wim Hof, Michael Zen, Dan Cross, Chi Chi LaRue, Wash West and Thor Stephans and the work began.
The first video released is Pride, directed by Yates himself. The host of the episode (and all future episodes) is hunky Rex Ryder, who is in a black room, surrounded by candles as he speaks, with Gregorian chants in the background. He narrates the story, and we are introduced to Duke Miller, a big, beefy bodybuilder obsessed with himself. He stares at himself in a full-length mirror, truly loving what he sees. Yates then does a clever effect: The credits roll as each cast member appears in the mirror. Miller proceeds to jack off, sniffing his underwear, bending over to wink his hole - all the while a cockring is practically strangling his cock. He talks to himself (as most of us do while we jack off, apparently) and shoots his load.
He leaves his apartment and stumbles upon couple Jackson Price and Jeffrey Alan. Price is in the process of chowing on Alan's pretty-looking dick (and Alan is a cutie in a boy-next-door, Midwestern kinda way). Miller spies on them from above and then heads down to join the party. Rimming and spitting occur, and Alan pops a squat on Price's face, Price slobbering up every inch of that yummy looking ass. Miller joins in and gets his dick sucked by Price as Price gets a plowing from Alan. It's a very long scene and results with two popshots from Price.
Miller goes around loving himself, and he stumbles across yet another couple (Nick Young and salt-and-pepper-haired Eddie Rollan). Draped in beads, these two are slobbering all over each other - I do have one question, though. Was the video set in New Orleans? Everyone is walking around in Mardi Gras garb, but it's never really mentioned. Anyhoo, Young is feeding his big uncut cock to Rollan, who's chewing on the foreskin as if it's some foreign delicacy. Young repays the favor by sucking on Rollan's dick. Rollan then bends Young over and starts rimming him through his jeans - kinda hot. The clothes are lost, and Young starts sucking on Rollan's dangling nuts. Rollan rims Young (for real this time) and then Young fucks Rollan doggie-style. Just one position and no cumshot from Rollan. Miller, in the meantime, just keeps rubbing himself.
Suddenly we're in a pool room where two Marines (Frank Marine and Lance Landers) are shooting pool. The guys nonchalantly talk about pussy and how they're never gonna get any, and suddenly one of the guys (I have no idea who is who, honestly, sorry - bad reviewer!) talks about cock and "I'm up for anything!" and before you know it, pussy's the last thing these guys have on their mind. Cutie Rick Ritter enters, looking adorable in his little sailor garb, and joins in their little jack off session. Jacking off leads to assisted jacking off, which leads to one of the boys bending over for his buddy's cocks. Ritter shoots a nice stream of creamy man-goo. (Let's face it, the scene has no point to the story other than what would a Yates feature be without Marines?)
We're given some brief shots next on the streets of (possibly) New Orleans. Hunky Chris Steele is given a blowjob by Rollan and creams all over his chest, and Spike stands above a massive crowd, all of whom are chanting for the big award-winning stud to shoot his copious load. He does so, no doubt dousing the lucky cameraman.
Final scene is a letdown. But then again, nothing against him personally, I'm not really a big Miller fan. People who are into bodybuilders will love him, though, no doubt about it. He and Chad Donovan run into each other in the street after he blows off Price and Alan, who want to play some more. They curse the self-centered "asshole" out, and Donovan takes Miller into a bathroom where he fucks him. He even sucks his own dick to orgasm. There are some cool shots, especially in the bathroom mirror and Donovan fucking Miller's meaty armpit, but the scene left me a little cold. All in all, a great idea - I sort of wish that the story went somewhere.
The final teaser has Miller and Steele meeting and Steele telling Miller that if he had a big dick he could fuck him. Uh, okay. That will be included in Redemption, the tape that apparently wraps up all seven stories. So perhaps it will be wrapped up later - but will I care when I finally see it? I don't know.
- Jeremy Spencer