History will almost definitely remember Chi Chi LaRue as the maestro behind the exquisite sex-club outings of the "Link" series. Long before "Link 2 Link," "The Final Link" and "The Missing Link," there was the original "Link." It's a groundbreaker with a cast of 17, full of lightning-quick editing and various hues of lighting. Voiceover narration sets the mood: "This place just opened, and it gets down and dirty. Welcome ... to Link!" The sex club setting lets LaRue does what she does best -- round up a gang of men and just let 'em fuck. The camera roves around the joint, hopping from corner to corner, performer to performer, directed to perfection. "Link" also perfectly captures the sex club setting -- dark nooks where surprises lurk; often anonymous sex, where the darkness gives men more of a sense of mystery.
Inside Link, Max Holden has found comfort at a glory hole, whipping one dick out from behind a wall, then another ... and another. He doesn't just use his entire mouth but has a way of wrapping his tongue around a cock as well. Cop Mark Kroner and a friend enter the joint, look around and eventually stumble onto Max on his knees. They are all too happy to let him gag on their meat, too. Rod Barry, too, finds his way there. Forming a circle, the men wave their dicks at Max from all ends. A few of them grab Holden's ass and run fingers along his backside, spreading the meaty cheeks apart. While Nichols samples Kroner's dick, Holden's hole is swallowing a night stick. With the others goading him on, it's hung Kroner who gets to drill Max. "Link" reminds us how valuable Holden was in his heyday. An ultra-aggressive (and masculine) bottom, he whimpers one moment then shouts in animated glee the next as he is fucked.
In a dark alley, behind a chain-link fence, one leatherman services another. Teasing his partner's dick and licking his balls gingerly, he moves the stud against the fence, grabbing hold of his firm buttcheeks and poking him with his tongue. This is an especially good rimjob, supplemented by the licking of sweat off said ass as well. Jacking vividly, the rimmer drops a load onto the other man's globes, then bends down and eats every sweet drop off.
On the piss rail, Steve Cannon and Barry join two others in relieving their bladders, their urine cascading below. It's a prelude to the next proceedings, finding a roomful of performers -- including Doug Jeffries, new to the mix -- chugging beers and getting ready to present Max with a beer enema. As a half dozen or so men drink and spit on each other, Holden is positioned on his hands and knees, a tube flowing inside. Beer washing his rectum, Max demands more. Steve Cannon seems to be the ringleader, situated behind Max and popping his cheeks. Eventually, some of the others pair off orally.
Jeffries flocks to the bathroom, where he finds Kevin Miles. Miles, with his sandy locks, tall frame and plain enormous cock, is one of the industry's under-appreciated performers, always versatile, always up for what is asked of him. Here he can't seem to get enough of the Jeffries dick. Kevin is so horny -- and hung -- he even manages to fellate himself briefly. Kroner walks in, expecting to use the toilet -- and suddenly Kevin has another stiff one to seize. This is a scene of big cocks, with each of the three carrying a wad beneath the belt. Kevin is the tallest of this group, and ironically, the one who grabs his ankles for anal entry. Doug provides him with a bullet-fuck, taking his bottom from behind, while the ferocious Miles continues to suck Kroner.
While Max Holden has served as the unofficial sex-club pig in the early goings-on, it's now time for Cannon to show his stuff. In another alley -- bathed in an atmospheric gust of blue light -- he lets Rod Barry face-fuck him, before grizzled leather top Mitch Sandler, with his pierced nips and hairy upper body, makes it a three-way. Moving to a sling, Cannon begins to increase the pulls on his own pierced cock, the leather man digitally probing Steve's butt. The loosening allows a see-through dildo anal access, and Barry leans over and tastes Steve's dick while the dildo glides in. Cannon -- almost nonchalantly -- doesn't bat an eye as Sandler plows him, or when Rod does the same. When Rod's attention is diverted by a blond who saunters by, Cannon and Sandler are left alone. The top smiles, then grabs a glove, balls his fist, and stuffs it into Cannon's rear in a graphic, elongated scene. Rod and his friend jerk off together, and Steve reaches his own climax with a filled ass.
LaRue ends "Link" with one of her patented orgies, with most of the performers participating. It's one of those free-for-all moments, MTV-style quick, where hands reach out, bodies fall over each other, dicks flood mouths. Joining in are sexy Jake Andrews and Joshua Scott, both of whom have deep throats and deeper asses. In one particularly sexy snippet, a dick stuffs an ass doggy-style and one of the bystanders glides his own finger into the fucker's hole.
This is the "Link" that started it all, and it still holds the test of time.
The DVD version includes the full-length feature; interactive menus; digitally remastered; chapter selections; slide-show gallery, and no regional coding (with Macrovision copy-protection).
A DVD Review by Max Southern