Damon DeMarco and Hunter James look like the gay couple next door in this very intimate rendering of sex. This isn't really about porn, but lovemaking. As Damon says: "This is not about procreation." It's about their pleasure as a couple, which is exactly what the films attempts to capture, a very personal romantic coupling, simply shot so as to allow the full nature of the moments to stand on their own, rather than be washed over by the gloss of porn.
Both have long hair, tucked into ponytails, when they are interviewed. Canadian-born Damon is the darker of the two, with brunet hair, a crooked smile, cheeks always puffed from smiling since he's discussing his lover, and seemingly the more voluble of the pair. Alabaman Hunter has blonder hair, a high forehead and a really devilish grin. At first, they offer their "how they met" story, finding each other through the completely understandable means of living in the same multi-room dwelling. They definitely want each other and Hunter, who has his own room, invites Damon to share it with him to avoid a noisy roommate. Most adorably, Hunter notes that they started sleeping together about a week after they met and "every night since." Damon is notably bashful as Hunter makes what is obviously a very loving statement here. Next comes a discussion of their pasts and then it's back to how they are as a couple, including Hunter's admitted fear of saying, "I love you." Hunter spends more time looking at Damon than the camera, very truly in love with his boyfriend.
At the beginning of their relationship, Damon wasn't sure he could ever bottom for Hunter's big dick, but of course he was willing to try and got used to it, but Damon notes that this was proof that they have never been about sex, but the lovemaking process, because anal sex wasn't part of their repertoire until later in the relationship. They spent a year together in complete monogamy and then only broke that to bring thirds into sex, rather than straying separately. "I just like dicks," Hunter says, expressing his love of sucking cock, particularly Damon's. Both agree that cocksucking is their favorite, not able to understand any gay man who can't delight in giving head. Damon and Hunter discuss their very unselfish take on sex, almost imploring everyone to tell their partners what they do and don't like, and of course saying that sex is about getting the other person off. That's usually not a believable line, but the scene ahead proves it's pretty true for this duo.
Now that the viewer has gotten to know Damon and Hunter, it's time to really see the sex. In a nondescript room with nothing serving as distraction, both guys are revealed to have fine bodies, pumped, but not overly so. Damon looks incredibly fetching as Hunter sucks him, punctuating things by kissing him and then taking over the sucking himself. He may have noted before that he was once afraid of Hunter's size, but he's mastered it by now. It's definitely a big one, but he deep-throats it beautifully. They both very obviously know each other's bodies so well, and this means lots of touching, lots of kissing and constant back-and-forth pleasing. In fact, Damon's sucking is almost curious. He applies a rather light mouth but a very strong hand, something that keeps Hunter interested.
The editing allows the showing of lubing up and putting a condom on Hunter. Damon, his own impressive pole standing up very rigidly as he prepares to bottom, takes a generous amount of time before doing anything. He then sits on Hunter, carefully working his ass onto a cock that so clearly pleases him. He's come a long way since all that fear when they first started, because Hunter's cock is buried as deeply into his ass as possible, and Damon rides with total skill. Wrapped together and still inserted, Hunter flips Damon over and fucks him missionary, always looking down at his beloved, always concentrating on what seems to be mutual pleasure. Again, he's the more openly emotional of the two, the only striving for eye contact when Damon is taking in the pleasure with closed-eye adoration. Hunter is able to smack Damon pretty hard, with all of the sounds left in. It's interesting to note that at all times, someone's hand is on Damon's cock too. What they said about keeping each other into it and not being selfish does seem to be true. Hunter is dexterous enough to fuck and keep nuzzling his boyfriend's neck. However, let it not be said that lovemaking is the only carnal drive here, for Hunter is a powerful top and definitely wants the camera and viewers to note his skill. He may be holding Damon's cock, but he's still pile-driving into him pretty ferociously.
Since the set-up here is not standard pornography, most of the anal action goes by without much hardcore shooting. Not until the end does the inserted dick really get shown. It's their bodies and mouths that are often the focus. Even when Hunter pulls out and the two beat off, the focus is often on their connecting lips instead of the fervent hands at work. Damon is the one whose hand is in control of Hunter's cock when it finally cums and then Hunter grabs his boyfriend by the dick to help Damon finish, though Damon has re-taken the cock for the final explosion.
Back at the interview, both note that as adult film stars, they have had "sex" on camera, but not "sex," as Damon says. If you see Damon's face as he says this, you'll know the difference. What was just shown was their version of sex, rather than porno sex. However, they once again express an exhibitionist side in saying that they hope not only gay men, but also woman and even straight men can see this and "get some ideas," learn about sex from two gay men who seem to honestly love each other.
Shot by Tony and Peggy Comstock (I'm assuming Peggy is a woman, which perhaps does make the statements above even more true), the scene here is revealing and trusting by Damon and Hunter in allowing the viewer into their private life. The scene is rather short and purposely unglamorous, so it's often hard to know what really went on, but it is clear that these two men are doing something different than just fucking for the camera. There is emotion here, not faked, not acted, but truthful. It's an alternative to porn. Not better, not worse, just a different side. Reality porn, so to speak.
DVD features: Chapters; behind-the-scenes footage ("Damon and Hunter: The Making of a Love Scene," which has audio by Tony and Peggy as it allows for three different possible DVD angles); trailers ("Xana and Dax: When Opposites Attract," "Marie and Jack: A Hardcore Love Story," "Ashley and Kisha: The Right Fit" and "Matt and Khym: Better than Ever") and no regional coding.
A DVD Review by Brent Blue