"Crush: Falling Hard" (1999) is the story of two British men who meet and find an instantaneous spark. However, the spark is that fast-burning thing called a crush. As often happens, the crush is a rush at the beginning but ultimately peters out before the next one can start. The two lead characters here fall hard for each other, but circumstances just won't permit them to last. It's a bittersweet story, but one hell of a sexual film, brimming with passion and with a truly special lead performance by Darren Harker.
Over the credits, there is an orgy with many of the players that is scrumptious to behold, and just that. It's not part of the plot, just a teaser to the flick. Imagine that! Using an orgy just as trimming. Well, "Crush" is confident enough in its abilities that it can throw off an orgy just to start the motor running.
Darren Harker is a beautiful man. Tall and with a touch of hair on a pierced chest, he's a blond Adonis with light eyes and long eyelashes. Great body, long uncut dick and a seemingly ingratiating personality. He is the main narrator for the story. It was a Friday night and Darren went to the sauna looking for some flesh. As he's about to make his decision on a guy, he spots Lee Miller, every bit as handsome as Darren, this time dark and with a tighter body. They meet in the sauna (where a third man is relaxing and stays through the whole scene) and kiss. "Boy, what a kiss!" Darren comments, and he's right. Director Mike Esser shows the instant passion between the characters by letting them touch and kiss for a very long time. This isn't just a physical attraction, he seems to be saying. The camera follows their hands around each other's bodies in this dark shadowed sauna and it's a while before things get hardcore and Lee sucks Darren. It's an unconquerable size, but Lee totally makes love to it with a fantastic blowjob. In no time, Darren has cum.
Lee has his side of the story, though. He's newly single and just wanted some sex, not a partner. However, he is as entranced by Darren as Darren is of him. "Then the problems started," Darren notes. Lee is scared by Darren's pushiness, and Lee isn't available for any type of relationship. However, he just can't say no and after a few dates, he ends up at Darren's house to finish what was started in the sauna. The scene picks up where the other ended in terms of sweetness. Lee is the aggressive blower again, working on Darren with all of his might, but this time Darren face-fucks him gently in a series of positions as the sometimes outrageous editing crisply tosses it all together. Darren gets active finally by rimming Lee's imposing ass, a forceful tongue-flick that takes the scene from its slow-burn passion into a lustier sexual feel. Darren, in a music video-like montage, goes pushing his cock into Lee's ass and the fuck continues on a note of edginess. Darren is a wonderful top and the look of pained happiness on Lee's face shows he is enjoying himself as well. Darren has his second wowing cum-shot.
But things are confusing. Lee sends Darren an e-mail chasing him away, but the two agree to become friends. Darren even tries to find sexual comfort in another man, button-cute, big-lipped Rory Lester, whom he meets at a club. Rory is quite eager to be Darren's sexual plaything for a night. This time, Darren starts the scene by blowing Rory, his floppy hair no doubt tickling Rory's body as he twists his head around his cock. Rory works hard for a near deep-throat of Darren's cock and then Darren parks himself on Rory's face while the latter rims and jacks himself off, the camera right at his cock. The two suck and rim agreeably and then Darren fucks Rory. Darren has full access to Rory's deep ass and he definitely takes advantage. Rory rides on Darren, though a bit tentatively after Darren's fun fuck. Rory has a peppy shot to end the scene.
Rory thinks Darren is interested in him, but it's not so because he's still infatuated with Lee. "They behave like lovers without the sex," Rory says. It's true. A long montage shows them to be quite the couple: lunching, shopping, dining, shopping, gymming, shopping. They hold hands, they nuzzle and they do look like lovey-dovey boyfriends. But, Lee sends mixed signals. He still insists they can't have a relationship, but he's jealous of Darren and other men.
Darren goes to the sauna with his pals and spots Ross Barr, a small cutie with a shaved head and some tattoos. Ross had been his choice the night he met Lee, but lucky Ross gets a second chance. They tumble into a Jacuzzi and the insatiable Darren draws another moth to his flame. This is a more overtly sexual scene and Ross gets to the blowing in no time. Darren is an active partner, and they both do a heap of sucking before heading home to Darren's beautifully lit flat for something more private. Darren's bed is the locus of all things sexual apparently, and the activity is heightened as they suck each other again. However, this time it's Darren who bottoms. Our hero is versatile! With a creamy welcoming ass, Ross is able to fuck him with a small hint of power as a sprightly little top. Darren is less full of emotion as a bottom, but it's a joy to watch his magnificent body react to Ross' fine fuck.
Darren's roommate Simon Parrott, a dead-ringer for Ross but without the tats, wants to have sex with his own conquest, cute lean Alan Clemo. Despite the noise from the other room, they can still get it on. The story swings back to passion mode as these two wiry guys do lots of kissing and dexterous groping. Alan receives the first blowjob, with Simon sucking way down deep on his curved mighty cock. Alan goes next, with less firepower, but a 69 wakes him up. There is a lot of back and forth with no hint of tiring mouths and soon enough they have finishes.
Rory doesn't really need Darren, because he meets Bastian, a darker-skinned hottie with a goatee and a body chiseled from marble. Under more of the film's preferred midnight lighting, they kiss, but here butts are a major focus. That's probably because both have sinfully juicy ones. Rory sucks Bastian's very hard cock and then Bastian's blowjob is shown in extreme close-up. The mutually please each other, with Bastian throwing in a hint of rimming until Bastian shoots on Rory's face. Rory then has a massive thrilling shot. "London's two biggest power-bottoms getting together?" Darren questions cheekily upon hearing about their pairing.
Apparently Darren is a pornographer and his new squeeze Ross (he's not forgotten about Lee) is eager to get into one of his "epics." That sets up quite a dream for Darren, who fantasizes about his two current favorite sexual partners in a scene together. On a white bed in a dark room, they do rattle off quite a hot scene. Lee does another precise blowjob with Ross smiling the whole time. Lee gets a face-fuck from Ross that continues to prove his talent. Ross, spitting on Lee's cock, delivers a good blowjob as well, and the whole time he's doing it, he's actually fucking Lee! When he stops sucking, he then goes into full-on fuck mode and with great skill. The camera pays particular attention to Lee's stretching hot bod as he's being fucked. Once Lee sits on Ross to ride, he beats off furiously and Ross sprays big.
Darren likes Ross, but he doesn't want to commit to him any more than Lee wants to commit to him. Darren has learned that crushes are temporary and ends up back where he belongs, with boyfriend George Lecuit, yet another mouthwatering hottie, a muscular tasty snack with dark hair and sideburns, plus a touch of hair on his strong muscular chest. Darren is going to have to work hard to trump his previous passion for Lee, but he manages. Darren plays with George's nipples as they kiss for a tender long time. Tenderness is actually something Darren does better than anyone else in this film and George is a very willing partner. George has the first blowing duties and sucks Darren as well as Lee did. He's has particular fun massaging the balls as he blows. Darren gives regal George's hooked cock another luscious sucking. They 69 and then Darren chews on George's balls until cumming. George follows on Darren's hairy chest.
In the end, it's revealed that Darren ends up with George and Lee with his ex. Darren and Lee remains friends (until the cute written postscript that details what happened to each character) and they both realize the vicissitudes of fiery crushes. If that sounds preachy, the movie really isn't. It is merely an excuse for director Mike Esser to infuse the scenes with something more sensual than most porn allows. These guys are full of talent, but they show it in a most romantic light in "Crush."
DVD features: Chapters; deleted footage; gallery; and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Brent Blue