WARNING!
Leon (Fala)
Wilfried Knight
With Italian poet and novelist Giovanni Boccaccio's (1313-1375) bawdy classic as his inspiration, director Lucas Kazan has created a beautifully realized, gay interpretation of two tales of the "Decameron" that manage to outdo the original in terms of eroticism. A stunning international cast and the Italian setting are thrilling, but it is Kazan's nimble capture of the spirit of the original that is the production's greatest strength. Kazan injects all of the scenes, whether action or plot-based, with fiery lust, betrayal, irony, and even comic seduction, all perfectly in tune with Boccaccio's works.
Ricky Martinez reads Boccaccio's classic in a secluded wood, and his voice narrates the scenes as they are introduced. The first tale is the First Novella of the Third Day. In it, Masetto, a poor (so much so that he can't afford a shirt, poor lad) handsome peasant sets out to find his fortune. Played by Eric Flower, whose body is nearly perfect, Masetto doesn't go far before he finds something to do, a three-way with studs Marco Sisto and Jean Franko. Marco is as tightly built as Eric, with a bit more hair on his chest, and Jean is smooth, buff, and hung like a horse. The two quickly decide that Eric is the perfect man, not because he is gorgeous and eager to please, but because he is a deaf mute, and he can't tell anyone about what they do together. Men -- they're all alike, right?
The scene is divided into two parts. In the first part, Eric sits on a chair and blows both uncut studs (it would have been wonderful to see more of Marco, but he is oddly marginalized), taking turns savoring their meat, but he pays special attention to Jean, and he slicks the stud's dick down with so much saliva that it glistens in the light. Jean reaches orgasm quickly, and thick jets of cum spurt from his cock, and while a long thin thread of cum dangles from his shaft, Eric dives back on it, keeping it rock-hard. The scene ends with another huge load from Jean, and this time Eric pumps it out with his fist while Jean watches. Two explosions in a very short time on film equals one totally hot opening scene.
In the next part, Jean and Eric pair up in a bedroom where they get totally naked and explore each other's bodies fully. Jean gets things rolling with a rimjob that is as thorough as it is thrilling, sticking his pointed tongue deep into Eric's butthole and then licking him from his open hole to the tip of his erection. The scene also includes an excellent flip-flop fuck. First, Jean takes Eric's ass, sliding into him missionary while Eric holds his muscular legs wide apart to give Jean total access to his hole, and then Jean climbs on Eric and impales himself on Eric's cock. Eric then blows his load as Jean kneels beside him on the bed, and the scene ends with another great pop-shot from Jean, who sends his load rocketing sideways over Eric's torso.
Ricky's next tale is based on the Eighth Novella of the Third Day. Jean also stars in this one, with co-stars Wilfried Knight and Leon. Jean, playing Zeppa, discovers that Wilfried, his lover is cheating on him, which is bad enough, but it gets worse when it turns out that Wilfried's trysting partner is Spinelloccio (Leon), Zeppa's best friend. Well, it may hurt Jean, but it's completely easy to see why Wilfried would be such a temptation for Leon. The scene opens with the two kissing passionately in the street, which is great, but when they go inside and stand next to each other, their rock-hard dicks facing each other with a mirror reflecting the vision, it's hard to imagine how any lover, no matter how faithful could resist. Of course, Leon doesn't, and he and Wilfried lock limbs in a 69 that has Wilfried tongue-fucking Leon while Leon blows Wilfried, and then Leon plows Wilfried sidesaddle, with Wilfried's thick, uncut meat hard and throbbing with each thrust Leon forces into his ass. The mirror again provides some excellent view of the action, and Wilfried's smile as he's getting fucked is sublime. Both studs explode with cum at the end, Jean having watched the whole act in secret from a doorway.
Jean, not one to let this sort of thing go easily, has a plot to get his revenge: he will seduce his friend's lover, played by Ricky Martinez, and he will do so with Wilfried's help. While Jean and Wilfried plot, the scene switches back to Eric, who now has wandered naked onto a farmer's (Alberto Ventura) land. Eric's body is so perfect in the warm Italian sunlight that he looks like a statue come to life, and believe me, if you found this stud naked in your barnyard, you'd hire him. For ... whatever. Eric gives Alberto an expert blowjob, licking and slurping the stud's meat until he blasts off all over Eric's bulging pecs. Eric then bends over and Alberto has a great time fingering Eric's ass, with Eric's dick swaying and hard as he does so (and Eric's obvious excitement, with goose bumps all over his taut ass while Alberto fingers and rims him, adds tons of heat to the scene). Eric bends Alberto over and sticks his cock into him, and when he pulls away from Alberto's ass, it shows just how huge his cock is, and the scene is equally exciting when Alberto sits on Eric's dick and rides it. At the end, Eric squirts droplets of cream all over his thigh.
Reading Boccaccio's tales of lust inspires Ricky to begin to stroke his cock, and then he appears with Jean, who has begun to seduce his best friend's lover in order to get his revenge. The job is not that difficult, and soon Jean is fucking Ricky's face as Ricky is spread out on a table. The scene has many great shots of Ricky's smooth bubble-butt, including many glimpses of his tight brown rosebud, which seems to wink at the camera. I'm so glad we're in on the joke. But these lovers are also being watched: by Leon, who stands and strokes his cock as they continue to play. Jean devours Ricky's tasty hole, his monstrous erection swinging between his legs, and then the two fuck, and Jean's throbbing meat parts Ricky's cheeks as the stud buries it to the hilt. Jean teases Ricky by pulling out of his ass entirely and then shoving back inside it, and Ricky reaches a bone-rattling orgasm as Jean pounds his ass hard. Jean's cum-shot is a beauty, arcing from the head of his cock in multiple eruptions.
But Jean's debauchery of his best friend's lover isn't concluded yet. The two move to a sunny window where Jean once again plows Ricky, this time from behind, and this time Jean's cum-shot is even more explosive, with cum spewing from his cock like a fountain. Leon also reaches orgasm, still spying on the pair as they conclude their tryst.
The production ends with two splashdowns, both from Ricky, first, as the reader of the tales, and then at the end of his scene with Jean. And since Jean, Ricky, Leon and Wilfried have all managed to cheat on their partners, no one is left out, and they all live happily ever after.
This is one of Lucas Kazan's best, and his unique talent to bring classical and modern elements together seamlessly is a perfect fit for the theme. Boccaccio wrote many more tales -- here's hoping that Lucas Kazan takes us back to "The Decameron" very soon.
DVD features: Chapters; behind-the-scenes footage (great, informative, and lots of shots of the cast cavorting around a pool while they aren't working, especially Jean Franko, who spends much of it in wet white underwear); slide-show gallery; trailers ("Backstage" and "Italian for the Beginner"); and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Martin Cox
Opening with Ricky Martinez reading the original literary classic in a pleasant little grove of trees, the film reflects Martinez' perverse imaginings of the story line replete with sexual adventures that Boccaccio certainly didn't intend in his original. As the film progresses, he gradually gets more and more turned on, which leads to a manually discharged orgasm. The story is narrated in Italian with English subtitles (in case you want the details of the plot).
Hunky peasant Masetto (played by Eric Flower) is walking casually through a rustic Italian village and encounters the shirtless trio of Jean Franco, Alberto Ventura and Marco Sisto sitting on the doorstep, sharing a loaf of bread. In order to find gainful employment, Flower, posing as being deaf and dumb, earns Ventura's pity and a bit of bread. Later, while resting after his labors, the cruel duo of Franco and Sisto pluck the young Flower from his seat and ravage him. After all, who is he going to tell? Despite their unethical treatment of the disadvantaged, the oral scene that follows is pretty damned hot. Flower is bobbing on Sisto's massive member while Franko strokes, looking on. Not long after switching to sucking Franko, Franko shoots out a distance load, and then Flower keeps on sucking and then jacks off Franko's dark meat to another explosive climax! The two move to a bedroom (Sisto has inexplicably left) where Franko is tonguing Flower's blossom right before he slips his sheathed cock inside. After pounding Flower soundly, Franko plants himself on Flower's stalk and rides it until they both cum.
Leon and Franko are the best of friends -- Leon, however, is hooking up with fellow coverman Wilfried Knight, Franko's paramour, on the sly. Franko isn't totally clueless, however, and watches the two make out as they "probe" their new friendship more deeply. The scene opens up with Leon and Knight standing fully naked and fully erect, just simply looking in each other's eyes while slowly running their fingers over their hard-ons. The sexual energy that crackles in the air and the promise of their eventual coital love connection will make you unzip your pants and break out the lube. Now, if you don't happen to watch the behind-the-scenes option of the extras menu, just know that Leon, who speaks gloriously heavily accented English, admits to having never sucked cock before. Wow! And he gets an introduction to gay sex from Wilfried Knight? Lucky bastard! Leon and Knight slip over to the bed, where Leon climbs on top of Knight for an intense 69. Leon has apparently had cocksucking lessons -- his consummate skill speaks of a level of experience beyond that of a novice. Both men get so worked up they blow their wads on each other and then jump right into the fucking. You've got to check out the delirious half smile on Knight's face while getting pounded by Leon. The sheer ecstasy on his face was enough to get me off. Hell, I get hard just looking at Wilfried Knight, period. After their liaison reaches its finale and Leon slips out, Franko chides Knight for his infidelity and hatches a plan to seduce Leon's boyfriend. All the while, Leon is watching and listening to his friend's devious plot.
Meanwhile, Ventura, the farmer who hired Flower, catches Flower fresh and naked from his earlier escapade with Franko. Flower has one of the most statuesque and beautiful bodies in gay porn, perfectly proportioned with his seemingly towering height. The two decide to take their activities inside, where Flower takes to Ventura's slick, uncut cock like a babe to the teat. Like Franko, Ventura can't help but bust a nut all over Flower's beautifully sculpted chest. Ventura aggressively bends Flower over to expose his little pink bud and rims and then finger fucks his hole. One might reasonably think that Flower is yet again going to be deflowered. One would be wrong. Ventura bends over, and Flower slides his prick in his boss' ass. Then, after straddling Flower and riding him like I would, Ventura stands and watches Flower pollinate his furry thigh.
Franko has successfully enticed Leon's boyfriend to a tongue duel as prelude to some soulful cocksucking on the dining room table. Outside the room, the lovely Leon is not as upset as Franko had been at Knight's indiscretions. In fact, Leon has whipped out his meat to beat while listening to the deep moans from the dining room. Even after Franko nails Martinez on the dining room table and fucks the cum out of him, they aren't done quite yet -- they adjourn to another room, right in front of a large bay window. Franko plows Martinez and cums on his ass, and then Martinez shoots out a look-ma-no-hands moneyshot. Back in the hallway, Leon fists his own cock to a goopy finish. Martinez, who was reading the Decameron at the beginning and was getting more and more turned on, jacks out a very respectable load while leaning against a tree.
Finally having made peace, Leon, Knight, Franko and Martinez all have lunch, and we are told that all ended well. Now, I'm a bit stubborn; for me a happy ending would have meant a four-way among the friends. That would have made me very happy.
Decameron is beautifully shot, highly erotic and well deserving of its five GAYVN nominations, including Best Video of 2005. The only thing that truly bothered me was why the hell Sisto was even in the film. He got his cock sucked briefly in the first scene, didn't even cum, and then we never see him again. Did he back out? Was mansex too manly? Apart from that, this film has a stellar cast, incredibly hot sex and is sure to stand out among the best of Lucas Kazan Productions.
The DVD extras contain Lucas Kazan previews, chapter selection, a modest photo gallery of the stars and an amusing little behind the scenes look at the set featuring Ricky Martinez, Leon and Jean Franko.