Director Peter Romero's "Big Ben" revolves around Andreas Stern, a swarthy Russian who is coming to the U.S. to shoot his first porn flick. In the end, we get to see him in action -- and he's quite the star. Along the way, though, a gaggle of hunks keep things interesting as Andreas gets ready for his close-up.
The first scene, set in London, shows that Andreas is going to Los Angeles to shoot for Catalina as fellow European Jack Van Dean assures him it's all going to be fine. He starts to describe his first scene for Catalina, but since he has a copy of it, he lets art speak for itself. With those piercing blue eyes and that sprawling hairy chest, Jack is quite a sight, and so is his partner, the slow-eyed and tall Jessie Cooper. In a red room, at first kissing and fondling, and then playing with their foreskin, and since both have plenty of it, it's a vigorous display. Jack then voraciously blows Jessie's long dick, paying special attention to the foreskin before swallowing whole Jessie's dick, somewhat amazingly. Said big cock then fits snuggly in Jack's fuzzy butt, where Jessie calmly fucks him with a gentle ease. They fuck doggy, then missionary, Jack blowing his load followed by a very pent-up shot from Jessie.
Andreas' pal, Jack Steele, a ripped baldheaded guy, will pick Andreas up when he arrives at LAX, but first he has a trick to take care of. "You slut," Andreas says. "You should talk, porn star," Jack retorts before getting busy with Alex Steele, a zero-percent body fat muscular brunet. Jack has a wowing long thin cock, and Alex has a heck of a time mastering it. Dirty-talking Jack then puts his mouth where his, well, mouth was, and rims the heck of out Alex's muscular ass. He's full of energy, and as soon as he finishes he's able to cum. He blows Alex with even more oomph, cums again, this time getting Alex to cum, too.
"Superstar Rob Romoni," as his director calls him, looking incredibly buff, is paired with slender brunet Anthony Holloway for the next scene, one from the video Andreas will film, but a scene without him. Rob starts by kneeling on a mat and blowing Anthony with neck-snapping bounce, and then Anthony does the same to big Rob, not disappointing with a very fine suck. Lucky Anthony then gets to stick out his long tongue and take deep licks in Rob's rotund rump. In a nice treat, Anthony fucks Rob, bending him over for a smooth active ride. The underneath shots are delicious as two great asses are on display. Anthony's sizeable cock slides in and out of Rob's ass before Anthony pulls out one last time to plop a blob on Rob's picturesque bum. Rob has a fine shot to follow.
Andreas watches another scene being shot for a video, this one with bearded hairy Brunno Storni, sporting a gigantically thick cock, and sinister looking Zack Blackwell, sporting Asian-character tattoos, a bushy handlebar mustache and a few piercings on his reedy body. Zack is the first to suck, and, boy, does he get down and dirty with Brunno's dick. He's awfully intent on besting that beast. "Big Ben" has a lot of foreskin play, and Zack's attention to Brunno's is yummy. Brunno then sucks on Zack's dick, which has a piercing right above the balls. After sucking, Bruno tugs on Zack's piercing and gets him to cum.
On "the big day," Andreas is paired with omnipresent Steve Rambo. He silently falls to his knees and blows the gigantic cock Andreas sports. It's a welcome treat, and Steve blows it with zesty vim. Steve plays with the foreskin and worships the thing down to the balls. Andreas then sucks on Steve, even though Steve is a hard act to follow. Steve takes a harsh fuck from Andreas, the biggest and most intense yet. Andreas hits Steve damn hard, but none of it is enough for Steve who eggs Andreas on with taunts like, "I've taken bigger dicks than yours!" That fuels Andreas' fire, and he hits him even harder. Andreas' power is potent. He pulls out to cum on Steve's ass, and then Steve finishes.
"I think I was made for this," Andreas tells his director after the scene.
And I think his performance more than echoes that sentiment!
DVD features: Chapter selections; cum-shots index; slide-show galleries; bonus scene ("Cum Undone" a collection of cum-shots from early Catalina titles); trailers ("Sailor in the Wild," "Powertool," "Voyager" and "Jawbreaker"); and no regional coding (with Macrovision copy-protection).
A DVD Review by Brent Blue
Catalina has become a very interesting purveyor of porn. As of late, it's segmented their productions, creating "lines" of porn designed to cater to the different tastes of the viewers. Big Ben, while not specifically listed under one of Catalina's many categories, fits into the "regular man/bear" category. Andreas Stern is the furry bear who appears on the box cover and who the loose story centers around.
The video opens in London, with his naked, fuzzy body sprawled out on a bed, chatting with buddy Jack Van Dean. Seems Stern has an upcoming porn shoot and is nervous. Van Dean sets his mind at ease by telling him about his great experience costarring with Jessie Cooper in a Catalina video. Heck, rather than just tell Stern, he decides to show him/us. The scene begins with the two kissing passionately. They strip to reveal a pair of fat, uncut cocks teeming with a surplus of skin. Delightful docking ensues. Cooper tops Van Dean, who eventually spews his load all over himself while Cooper's cock is still buried inside him. Van Dean samples his own cream, making this scene end on a great note.
The next vignette features two Steele men, Alex and John. The scene appears a bit trade as it begins with Alex orally servicing John. Alex definitely knows what he is doing and demonstrates these skills by swallowing John's ample appendage. Eventually, John bends Alex over and buries his wet tongue in Alex's slippery butt hole. Both guys really deliver in the splooge department, with Alex sliming John's face as if glazing a Krispy Kreme donut.
We knew it had to happen (from the lame plot), the action had to shift to an actual porn set. Seems Catalina is indeed filming a flick, this one starring vet Anthony Holloway and Rob Romoni. Holloway is quite a little gem -- he lights up any flick in which he appears including this movie, which could be described as dim. Holloway's constitution is the best possible for a sex performer. He is devilishly handsome, sexually enthusiastic and energetic. Due to his presence, this is possibly the best scene of the lot. What begins with mutual zealous cocksucking ends with Holloway topping his co-star. Not too bad.
Another unimaginative scene takes place on a porn set and pairs Brunno and Blackwell. Stern watches to get in the mood as these two, who also sport all the skin that they were born with, canoodle and slather one another.
Oh, the finale all of Stern's fans have been waiting for? Well, Stern may not be your average cover boy, but his hirsute torso and hefty, sheathed schlong are sure to appeal to some. In the last scene, he is partnered up with porn legend and uber bottom Steve Rambo. This scene works fairly well, due in no small part to Rambo's expertise. Rambo spends a fair amount of time working on Stern's wide willy, slobbering on it, chomping on the foreskin and managing to swallow about the entire thing. As you might expect, Rambo then bottoms for Catalina's newest star.
The DVD release has a few nifty features including four groovy trailers (three from the precondom days of yore), two different photo galleries and a cum shot featurette that runs a half-hour and covers years of yummy splishes and splashes, and a few facials/cum eatings.
- Christian James