Secret high school crushes are quite common, even though few people ever act on them. Crushes usually fade away over time as our lives move forward. Not so for Colby Taylor, in this hot John Rutherford video from Falcon. Taylor is still head over heels for his high school crush, super-hung hunk Travis Wade. Who can blame him?
Colby invites Wade to his home, hoping to divulge his crush. The two old friends seem glad to see each other, but before Taylor can admit his feelings, he gets sidetracked into discussing his high school rep as a lady's man. Taylor admits things didn't exactly happen the way everyone remembers. He starts to recall a date he had with Minty Mitchell at a make-out location.
Taylor and Mitchell are in his parent's mini-van, and she's ready to make out. A nervous Taylor excuses himself and gets out to take a leak by the rear of the mini-van. There he catches sight of blond twink Christian Taylor and Falcon newcomer Daniel Montes making out in a red convertible. When the two studs realize they are being observed, they put on a show for the peeping Taylor. While Colby strokes his now-hard dick, Montes strips down to reveal a fucking incredible body! The man is gorgeous, built and has a super-thick, up-curved cock. Little twink Christian does his best to gulp it down before being bent over the back seat and taking it up his peach-fuzzed ass. He then fucks himself on it, bouncing up and down until he shoots his load all over Montes' chiseled, hairless chest. The sight of Montes spewing his load on Taylor's chest is too much for Colby, and he is soon shooting his load behind the mini-van.
Coming out of his erotic stupor, Colby blurts out to Wade that he is gay. Wade can't believe that it's true and gets upset when Colby insists that it is. He leaves the house disgusted and takes off for a walk. He runs into old friend Tuck Johnson by a river, and the two catch up and skip stones. Later, alone in the woods, Wade comes across Johnson on his knees, servicing Cameron Fox and Scott Davis. Wade can't believe his eyes as he watches Johnson swallow Davis' long, uncut cock. Johnson is soon sucking on the handsome Fox's super-long schlong before bending over the bed of a pickup. Fox fucks Johnson, and soon Fox's hole is invaded by Davis' dong at the same time. Mmmm - Cameron Fox Sandwich! The guys are soon fucking Johnson from both ends, switching ends as a hidden Wade watches on in awe. Johnson shoots his load, hands free, while getting fucked before getting coated by the other guy's loads. Wade sneaks away unnoticed and admits to himself that it was hot to watch the man-to-man action. He wonders what it would be like to have sex with a man but tells himself that it's wrong and that he shouldn't entertain such thoughts.
Back home, Colby remembers all the good times he and Wade shared in the past. That night, Colby tries touching a sleeping Wade, but the sleep-feigning stud rolls over before anything can happen. Frustrated, Colby leaves the room, pops in a porno and starts to jack off. On the screen, lightly hairy studs Marcus Irons and Drew Damon are going at it. Dick pig Irons is deep throating Damon's thick rod before getting mercilessly face-fucked. After some dirty talk, Damon does push-ups into Irons' throat - hard! Damon is soon pounding Irons' perfect bottom butt, while Irons smile and asks for more. The lithe brunette gets on all fours and fucks himself on Damon's big cock. Both studs shoot their loads on Irons. A frustrated, limp-dicked Colby turns the tape off and goes to bed.
The next day, Colby tells a friend over the phone about Wade's rejection. Wade walks into Colby's bedroom and says he's sorry for how he acted. He drops the bath towel he is wearing, assuring a protesting Colby that he actually wants to be with him. The two friends lean back on the bed and start to kiss and explore each other's bodies. Wade makes the first big move, going down on Colby's good-sized dick. After some cock sucking, he continues with ball sucking and rimming. Not bad for a supposedly straight guy! Colby returns the favor, slurping down Wade's wonder wand, then eating his hairless hole. The two 69 before Wade tells Colby that he wants to fuck him. Lucky Colby! Wade delivers a hard but gentle fuck causing Colby to cum all over his own abs while being plowed. Laying back, Wade admits that he wants to know what it's like to be fucked. Soon Wade is sliding his beefy ass down on Colby's rock-hard cock. He bounces up and down before shooting his load. The two friends smile at each other and start to kiss.
This is a very hot video with a cute storyline. The mini-van/convertible scene is funny (watch after the end credits for more of Minty Mitchell) and every gay guy's fantasy back in high school. Having Wade reject Colby at first is a natural reaction and makes the final scene more meaningful. Wade borders on overacting while observing the three-way, however. More importantly, where does Falcon find these hot men? Damon and Irons, both well-muscled hotties, sizzle in their scene together. Montes may be brand new, but he is a top-rate top and looks awesome fucking. In addition, this is the first time both Fox and Wade bottom on video. They must have been practicing at home, because the boys know what they are doing! Watching well-built Wade's pony dick bounce up and down while he fucks himself on Colby's cock is hot! I think I now have a crush on the guy myself.
- Ryan Williams
For this reviewer, the bonus features that are becoming a standard part of most DVD releases make the format even more enticing with its improved technology. A case in point is the splendiferous Platinum Edition rerelease of Falcon Studios' big hit of last year, The Crush.
One of the best efforts in recent years from director John Rutherford, The Crush tells the tale of two old friends, one gay (Colby Taylor), one straight (Travis Wade), and how the friendship gradually evolves into a love affair. It is charming, romantic, sizzling and a damned near perfect balancing of storytelling and sexual heat. What's more, it will long be remembered as the production in which topman Wade gave up his ass for the first time onscreen.
The VHS video was enthusiastically reviewed by Ryan Williams in this column from issue #45, dated 11/9/00 and anointed with 3 3/4 stars, so this review will not concentrate so much on the film itself as on the extra features that make the DVD version a must-own package. In addition to Chapter Selection - and you will welcome that feature every time you want to skip directly to Wade's deflowering - the DVD also contains extensive layouts of all the models as well as their biographies and videographies. The stills by Falcon's gifted house photographer, David Lamm, are each and every one a gem, and there are enough of them to keep one occupied for many a rainy afternoon or lonely night.
The main asset of this rerelease, however, is the commentary with Taylor and Wade (guided by videographer Max Phillips) as they watch the film. After you have viewed The Crush, go back and watch it all over again with the two stars discussing (on the alternate audio track) a wide variety of subjects including the background of the production, memories of on-set experiences during the filming, observations about the other players and scenes, and most of all, the laid-back interplay between these two. Again and again, their banter, teasing and genuine respect for each other reveal and explain the warm friendship and trust that made their final flip-flop scene so very special. (It was named Best Sex Scene at last year's AVN Awards, and Wade won the Best Supporting Actor award at the ceremonies. At Chicago' Grabby Awards, Taylor and Wade won the Best Duo Sex Scene award, and Wade was name one of the Performers of the Year on the strength of his performance in not only T he Crush but also Studio 2000's Now and Forever .)
The commentary begins under the main titles as it is explained where the film was shot (Auburn, California), the conditions (on a mountaintop where it was 105 -110 degrees in the shade) and a discussion of why both actors prefer to work in on story films. (Taylor: "I like to know why they're having sex." Wade: "I like to imagine how this could happen to me.") The first scene, in which Taylor is seen at a lover's lane with his girlfriend and discovers he is far more intrigued by the action in a nearby car - Daniel Montes and Christian Taylor - is discussed as it evolves: The peripheral use of a female in the scene, the pleasures and problems of performing sex in an automobile and of filming at night, and the praise for Montes as a sexual animal.
As the film moves into the second sex scene - a three-way featuring Cameron Fox, Tuck Johnson, and Scott Davis on the back of a pickup truck - we learn something about how the scene was choreographed sexually, how mats were laid down to raise the comfort level of the performers, how difficult a double penetration is to capture on film, how videographer Phillips approaches a sex scene as "an event" that evolves before his camera's eye with only one chance to capture the action and how this was also Fox's first time bottoming onscreen. The free-wheeling commentary wanders all over the place but never strays too far from what is happening onscreen, and that is part of its magic.
As the third scene plays out - Marcus Iron and Drew Damon in a video-within-the-video - we learn of the stars' admiration for sexual versatility, of the tension that exists on a set, how - and why - both stars became involved in the industry and how they prepare for filming. We also learn how Taylor and Wade met and a bit about the sexual history of each. (Wade's first male-male experimentation came when he was in the navy, and he makes it quite clear that he is not gay-for-pay.)
Throughout the commentary - almost from the very beginning - there is also a running thread that ties everything together and builds suspense: Wade, with his delectable Texas twang and down-home humor, repeatedly returns to mentioning his fears and trepidation about the flip-flop scene to come. ("It'd been mostly fingers up there till then.")
By the time the film reaches its climactic final scene in which the two friends become lovers, the viewer is torn between watching the damned near flawless sexual action and listening to the two performers' comments about it. Both admit to watching their movies (to learn to improve and, in some instances, to relive the experience), and both agree that working with a compatible performer the second time is easier than the first. (Wade and Taylor were originally paired off as part of an orgy scene in No Way Out.) With considerable hilarity, they reminisce how so many other performers, upon hearing that Taylor was going to top Wade, urged him to "give it to him good" in retaliation for all the high-energy fucks Wade had thrown over the years.
But the best parts of this scene's commentary are Wade's folksy observations, only three of which will be cited here. First, on being intimated by Taylor's erection: "You've got to be a man to take the thickest part of that penis." Then his explanation of how he dealt with the penetration of the squat fuck: "There was the anxiety of getting to his pubes. As soon as I felt his balls on my butt, I knew I was gonna be safe." And, finally, amid much laughter, "We could've sold tickets to this set."
And, indeed, they could have. The next best thing, however, is to rush out and buy a copy of the DVD. If you already own the tape, we suspect you'll want to add the rerelease to your collection, anyway - it only enriches the experience.
- Jerry Douglas