Director Brian Mills' "Shacked Up" is elegantly spare -- the muscular macho studs here telegraph volumes of meaning while saying very little. All of the meaning is conveyed through the action, and basically what the studs are saying to each other is "I want to fuck your brains out," while doing it. The chemistry is explosive in each pairing (and one three-way), the kind of heated, hard-driving action that only occurs when the cast mates are really feeling it, not just acting.
A raunchy duel between horny stallions Dirk Jager and Alexy Tyler is the opener, and even though Alexy is on bottom, he's an equal match for heavy-hung, lean Dirk. Alexy's tattooed, long-limbed body is cut up to the max, and the first shot of these two studs walking around in low-slung denims shows off their defined torsos. Dirk and Alexy delay their own "shacking up" for a spectacular outdoor oral scene. Alexy devours Dirk's cock, from the fat head to the pubes, like a pro, and the scene ends with a double explosion of jism. The indoor fuck sequence is even more high-energy, with Alexy's taut, hairless ass taking Dirk's meat from a variety of positions, all exquisitely captured by a very adept camera. Dirk never lets up, either, driving into Alexy with the kind of force that renders Alexy a moaning, quivering fuck target by the end, another pair of drenching loads that coat Alexy's abs.
Another accomplished top man, the ever-delightful Arpad Miklos, tops hottie Dean Flynn next. Arpad puts Dean through his paces, and Dean achieves power-bottom status instantly. The oral sequence is a stunner, not just because of Dean's deep-throating talents, but also because big Arpad just as hungrily sucks Dean's dick, while his own massive erection sways between his legs. Arpad stands and straddles Dean's prone form to unleash his signature gusher. Dean's butt has to open wide to take Arpad's juicy, uncut cock, and gorgeous close-ups capture his pucker spreading wide to accommodate Arpad. A thin stream of lube runs down Dean's taint as Arpad pulls all the way out, just before Dean creams while Arpad is still fucking him. Again, Arpad shoots huge in the finale.
Next up are Fred Faurtin and Darius Falke, who are stripping, kissing and sucking in front of a window. Fred's meaty, uncut, slightly upward-curved cock makes Darius salivate, and later Fred drops to his knees to swallow Darius. That window becomes even more important when ultra-hot Victor Banda shows up, a peeper that gets to participate when he is invited into the cabin to be the target for those big erections Darius and Fred have worked up. Three-way sucking action gets the dudes ready to spew, and Fred's creamy skinned torso takes the loads. Then, it's non-stop plowing for Victor's hairy hole, a tag-team bout that has Darius and Fred slamming into Victor's hole and ass in a high-energy three-way that rocks. Darius is holding Victor's legs apart and pushing deep into his ass when Victor blows.
The finale is like a meeting of the gods -- the sex gods, that is, namely François Sagat and Tyler Saint. François is such a dynamo that he can overshadow. But, in this case, he's perfectly paired with muscle hunk Tyler, who tops as memorably as François bottoms. With the glow of firelight warming their skin to amber tones, these two hunks gobble down each other's dicks in a steamy suck that ends with a glorious 69 just before they shoot. François' bubble-butt then gets a hot rimming from Tyler as a prelude to the fuck that follows, from the initial penetration, which has François' legs splayed wide apart, to a blistering missionary-style pounding that brings François to a creamy finish. Even as François' load is drizzling off his hairy body, Tyler picks up the pace, fucking even harder until he pulls out and sprays François down with his load.
DVD features: Chapters; cum-shots chapter; interviews (Darius, Victor and Fred; Victor and Arpad); behind-the-scenes footage; photoshoot footage; gallery; trailers ("H20" and "Boiler"); and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Martin Cox