Sam Dixon has become an accomplished performer-turned-director, and one of the reasons is that he often is ready to push the edge of the envelope, and often take a role in the action. He is becoming best known for using post-twink college and skater dudes in a wide variety of situations, and often teams them with late-20s or early-30s men, which is partially the case here. He is most always successful in getting across the point that sex is often matter-of-fact, if not a matter of love, and that is entirely the point in "Bike Messengers." And the so-called messengers are in L.A., and they are for the most part a cute and varied lot, spread out over four scenes, each of which stands on its own.
First we have the diminutive power-packed Xavier, an exotic beauty who pedals up to what looks like a warehouse with a gym (and, of course, shower) to give deliver a package to Philip Randy, who is just about finished with a shower. Philip, who is tall, somewhat hairy, angular without being a bit toned, with a piercing European look about him, invites Xavier into the shower, where the dude, spotting the loose towel around the man's waist, drops to his knees and takes a look, and taste. This is a one-way street -- he sucks Philip, who won't even kiss him, then bends over for a doggy-fuck over a bench, then throws his legs up missionary-style for a quiet pounding which ends when he spills major goo all over himself as Philip pulls out and sends torrents of cum all over the messenger. They briefly shower, this time Xavier refusing Philip's kiss, and part.
The next messenger, Aspen Lyon, wheels up to another building to deliver a package to Sam Dixon. Aspen (foreground on the cover) is a dark-haired frat boy who looks like a combination of porn star Max Grand and former porn puppy Brent Cross. He hands Sam a receipt, revealing a cock at half-mast poking through his shorts. "Is this package for me, too?" asks Sam, as he drops to his knees to bring the younger man to full erection. Though not a bazooka, the dude has a beautiful cock, and Sam makes a point of taking it all the way to the pubes on every thrust ("I feel those tonsils rock," Aspen moans at one point). This is the kind of action Sam Dixon excels in -- he is a voracious cock worshipper and seems to delight in teaching younger men, even if only his junior by a few years, new and better things.
Aspen reaches for Sam's hefty man-cock as he leans down to kiss the handsome stranger, who then stands, strips off Aspen's shirt, disrobes and spreads out on the bed for a juicy bike messenger blowjob. Aspen revels in Sam's tight body and fabulously thick cock, quickly slipping into a 69 after they've worked all their clothes off. This is a quiet cock worshipping session full of adulation, discovery and wonder, beautifully shot and framed, and serves the purpose of rushing more blood to Aspen's cock as it grows and hardens naturally. Sam takes the top position, sucking fondly on this prize as Aspen rims his customer lovingly before grabbing his fat cock in his mouth once again. The fuck sequence is fabulous -- in a beautiful edit, Aspen flips over and sits on Sam's cock, pumping up and down in a sit-fuck that dissolves into the scissor position. This is a long, sweet and romantic fuck, with lots of kissing and a good deal of nipple worship by Sam. They slip into missionary (cock never leaving hole) and make love again until Aspen blows a thick load of juice all over his abs and chest, which Sam, while still in him, licks and kisses, taking the tip of Aspen's cum-covered cock in his mouth to cleans some of the cum off. Sam pulls out, straddles Aspen's chest and blows a tremendous wad all over him, partially in his mouth. Aspen fingers and licks the cum, moving to Sam's cock to lick some more. They kiss sweetly, ending a scene that to me qualifies as one of the best of 2003 -- a perfect love scene, perfectly executed by two perfect men.
The next scene features two real skater dudes, Dobie and Ty Tass, dark-haired thin guys who are both messengers. They meet up, decide to go to a sex club, and wind up in a room where Dobie sling-fucks Ty. They are enthusiastic in their sucking and fucking, two leather beasts in the making. Both of them have potential with a little more exposure, and perhaps a better milieu.
The final scene begins with three hot guys -- the blond twinky club boy Brandon Baker, the handsome and very versatile veteran jock Chris Bolt (rear seat on the bike in the background on the cover), and boy-next-door Steven Byrnes, who reminds me of British actor Rupert Graves (who played Scudder in "Maurice," among other roles) with a bit of TV actor Matthew Perry (10 years ago) thrown in (he's in the front seat of the bike in the background on the cover). They are in a garage, smoking weed, and they decide to get it on. This is an eclectic, sometimes slow scene, which is expanded when the humongously-hung Jason Sizemore (whose cock is as long and wide as he is) saunters in for some action.
However, even though Brandon is cute and hot (he did a Vidkid Timo flick and has a hot website), and even though Chris Bolt is one of the more versatile and charismatic young stars in porn (he has played every conceivable type in a brief career thus far and pulls it all off), it is Steven Byrnes who steals the show here. Don't be put off by the photos of him -- the video camera loves his face and his just coming-to-maturity body (and fat, uncut cock). It's not that he does it all (he does), it's that the camera forces itself to follow him as he seemingly calls the shots, even if he never gives orders. He talks to Jason's cock as he's trying to get it down his throat, sucks Brandon as Chris forces a huge black delta-shaped dildo up the blond's butt, and serves as a willing bottom when Chris throws him on the bench missionary while Jason plows Brandon alongside. He even takes a load of Jason's cum on the face and in his mouth, which he follows by gobbling the sticky rod to clean it up -- a feat duplicated next to him as Brandon takes it all from Chris, also eating cum and licking the rod. Under most circumstances, this is a standard scene -- it moves a bit haphazardly, has one or two edit faux pas, and could be shorter. But Steven makes it soar by his presence. That, combined with the great Sam Dixon-Aspen Lyon coupling, makes this a must-see young-hung-and-eager-for-cum flick.
DVD features: Dolby sound; easy-to-navigate menus (presented in four languages: English, French, Dutch and Spanish); with a full-motion chapter index; a slide-show gallery (indexed by model); a cum-shot compilation (all the cum-shots edited into one chapter for immediate viewing); previews ("Texas Twinks: Highway Hooky," "Skateboard Sliders 3: Premium Wood" and "Earth Guys Are Easy"); and playable worldwide (no regional coding).
A VHS + DVD Review by Bo Champion