Now, I know you folks weren't expecting a gay porn take on the identically named Shakespeare play, right? Yeah, that's what I thought. Doug Jeffries is some sort of sales manager in a department store, all of whose employees take very special measurements. Stop me if you've heard this all before. Director T.J. Paris has been cranking out lots of these humble little videos lately. Most aren't especially noteworthy, either sexually or technically, but they aren't all that bad either. Aside from the Jeffries scene (with Tanner Reeves), Anthony Gallo turns up in the final scene with his sexual fire fully ablaze and scorches Patrick Ives. The middle two couplings are forgettable.
Doug Jeffries really is incapable of a bad performance. He raises the quality level of all of his scenes. Here, he completely dominates Tanner Reeves, an impressive accomplishment when you consider that Reeves is well over six feet in height (highly unusual in the gay porn world, especially for a bottom) and towers a full eight inches above Jeffries. In the final scene, Gallo bulldozes the hapless Ives, who barely knows what hit him. In a sloppy moment, Bruce Hill turns up to briefly partake of the action and then leaves.
As far as the middle two scenes go, it would probably be best to skim through them with your remote control. Paul Carrigan tops cutie Duncan Mills, and while their sex has a good moment or two, Carrigan can't maintain an erection, nor does Mills really generate much enthusiasm. The follow-up coupling pairs Collin Jennings with Hill. Jennings at least shows enthusiasm, although I find him unappealing. But Hill defines the word "bodacious." He moans like a virgin as he's getting fucked, but doesn't budge an inch. Yawn. Watch this one only to enjoy Doug Jeffries and to partake of the glory that is Anthony Gallo.
- J.C. Adams