The extended opening sequence made me wonder whether this was a porn movie at all, but after these ersatz miners doff their coveralls, I was assured, the action was off the hook. Set on the same desolate, arid isle that was the setting for its predecessor, "Legion of Muscle: Part 2: The Diamond Mine" has a plot that couldn't be more different. This time, the hunks in the cast are searching for diamonds (but not in an actual mine) with mystical properties that make them do things they wouldn't normally do -- sexual things (I know, I know, but just go with it, okay?). Once again the star of the show is furry-bottomed muscle hunk Rod Stevens, who shows his sexual versatility to a fare-thee-well in the scenes in which he appears. The rest of the cast, a smattering perfectly built studs from director Csaba Borbély's stable, may just have what it takes to bring the overalls-without-a-shirt look back in style again, and they are even fashion-conscious enough to match their robin's-egg-blue hardhats with painted-to-match shovels. It's always important to accessorize properly.
The diamonds, the hinge the plot swings on, are left on the island by a pair of boyfriends after they find an ancient document that tells of the stones' powers. These crafty studs (Lucio Maverick, who has cropped his signature long locks, and bronzed blond Kevin Cage) make plans to copy the stones and leave them on the island for the miners to find.
And, man, does the hunt go on for a long time. At long last, our hero Rod finds the first of the diamonds, and he wastes no time hiding it -- in his ass. Yep, that's right, the hardest substance in the world, and this dude shoves it up his butt [insert joke here]. Rod barely gets the diamond hidden away before he is discovered by thickly muscled foreman Randy Jones, who introduces Rod to the second hardest substance in the world (or at least it looks like it), his uncut dick. Rod and Randy enjoy a long mutual sucking session, which ends with a side-by-side jerk-off that produces two impressive cum-shots. Then Rod tops Randy, slamming into his muscle ass in a standing fuck with one of the best photographed backdrops ever done, a long alleyway that adds both interesting perspective and great scale to the shot. The long shots are edited in with extreme close-up penetration angles, and the overall effect is really picturesque. Then the setting changes and so do the studs, in an interior fuck that has Rod on bottom while Randy fucks him in very creative ways. It's impossible to watch Rod get plowed and not wonder what's happening to the diamond, but it does make its re-appearance, in a scene near the end of this particular pair-up. Randy fingers Rod's hole while he sucks him off, and the diamond falls out. Randy isn't the least bit put off by Rod's deceit, he just continues to kiss him and jerk his own cock until both studs blow their loads again.
The next scene is a three-way that starts with the discovery of the next diamond, which is quickly snatched away by Randy before it finds its way into some other stud's asshole (considering how much fun he had locating the previous one, it makes you wonder why he's so grabby). Again in this scene, the location and camerawork are quite interesting. The first segment has the three studs fucking in a window of a deserted factory, with Julian Vincenzo watching as Miguel Sabroso perches precariously on the window sill with his ass hanging over the edge so that Julio Carillo can stick his cock in from behind. The reaction shots of Miguel's face, shot from outside the building through the glass, are superb. The action continues with a three-way daisy-chain-suck outside that has lots of loud slurping and wet smacking noises, thanks to live sound. The scene ends with a rat-a-tat trio of big, wet cum-shots, as the three studs lean against a stone wall, perched on a staircase, and jerk off.
The next scene, a solo, stars the almost impossibly perfect Fredy Costa. The scene is preceded by a short segment featuring six of the miners all in a row, their shovels resting on their broad shoulders, marching home after a hard days work while whistling ("Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to fuck we go!" came to mind, which I suppose would make the miners Horny, Hottie, Hunky, Cumful, Studly and Cock). Fredy's solo is watchable if only for his lean, buff physique, and with a stone building behind him, it's difficult to figure out which is the hardest, Fredy or the rock wall that serves as his backdrop. Fredy's cream erupts from the head of his dick and clings to his foreskin and shaft even as he pumps out the last drops of his load.
Rod returns for a star-making performance in the next scene, with his mega-hung co-star Rogerio Mateo. Rogerio's cock is truly a wonder of the world, and Rod can't even get his hand around it as he tries to suck it. When the two move to a scissor-fuck position, even with the sun beaming down on their gorgeous bronzed physiques, it's almost impossible to look away from the sight of Rogerio's thick, meaty dick buried between Rod's hairy cheeks. The view is just as riveting when Rod impales himself on Rogerio's rod, with close-ups showing just how stretched-open Rod's hole is, as it tries (and succeeds admirably) to accommodate all of Rogerio's meat. Rod goes back to stretching his mouth next, sucking on Rogerio as he strokes his own erection. Rogerio takes over and jacks his cock until it creams, followed by Rod, cum-shot, which leaves creamy white stuff all over his fist.
The finale, another three-way, brings the plot full circle, by teaming up Randy with Kevin and Lucio. Randy feasts on Kevin and Lucio's dicks in a side-by-side suck-off, and then Kevin and Lucio each get a shot at Randy's luscious ass (this dude's hole, when he's being fucked, looks almost like a hot mouth sucking cock, it's really a turn-on), fucking him doggy between intermittent sucking action. The big finale is a three-way suck with each stud creaming in turn, and Lucio actually makes his load land right on Randy's robin's-egg-blue hardhat.
So what finally happens to the diamonds? It isn't explained in the plot, but seeing as how these are gay men, no doubt made some fabulous jewelry.
DVD features: Chapters; gallery; interviews (from "Double Delights" and "Getting It at the Rave"); trailers and playable worldwide (no regional coding).
A DVD Review by Martin Cox