Cast-wise, "Sword Master" is like a who's who of Hungarian porn. Many of the usual favorite subjects are in it, and all of them perform to their fullest abilities (and some even better than usual). Even better, most of these guys have found themselves in a high-gloss sparkling production that rivals a big-budget American production, something the Hungarians often miss out on in their cramped attic spaces and woods. Here, we have Imperial Rome, and its splendor looks like it was lifted right from "I, Claudius." This gargantuan production from Private Media’s inaugural gay video is quite a feast for the eyes.
The lead is a German warlord, Mihaly, who, realizing the battle with Rome is lost, offers himself up as a slave to save his men. The dialogue is dubbed (hysterically), and eventually we get from the fur-laden German front to the bathhouses of Ancient Rome, complete with boys waving palm fronds, columns shooting up out the pools and enough fog to cover San Francisco. Hunky men are all over the place. The other star of the video is the hottie Emperor, Attila Joma, who benefits in this scene from having all the slave boys around him. He has a rather strange looking less-than-shapely servant who pleases him. He takes the Emperor's huge uncut cock in his mouth and proceeds to give it the kind of attention that explains his casting. It's magnificent, a true deep-throat, something rare for the usually stolid Hungarian players. The camera spends lavishing time ogling the Emperor's body, which is an equal highlight to the action. As thanks for the incredible blowjob he received, the Emperor fucks his pale servant. The servant takes the fucking well, even if the fuck is more about the hot man delivering it than anything else. A missionary position works very well, because the Emperor sprints into this position with abandon. Emperor has a nice cum-shot.
The gorgeous hunkier-than-should-be-allowed-to-cross-enemy-lines new slave has arrived for the Emperor. The latter is immediately smitten (and who wouldn't be by the cute face, the hairy big pecs and sturdy legs) and orders him to the bath to be cleaned. When he enters, there are already four guys in there massaging and lusting over each other. Two of the guys immediately sashay over to the lead to touch and massage him, and their faces and bodies are just as immediately obscured by the overwhelming fog. However, the other two remain quite clear, and that's a huge plus. One we'll call Diamond, because he has an unlikely diamond stud in his ear. He's a tall dark-haired beauty with a smattering of facial hair. His partner, whom we'll affectionately call Pudgy, has only that trait in his boyish face. His body is otherwise toned to perfection and gloriously muscled. Diamond blows Pudgy, and rattles off the second unbelievably torrid blowjob of the video. Pudgy has one damn thick piece, but Diamond gets all the way down it. The camera plays a lot of tricks in terms of changing filter colors and shutter speeds, which tends to get in the way of the actual sex, but if you piece the action together, it's pretty good. They 69, with Diamond still going strong all the way down and Pudgy having the harder position but excelling by sucking all the way up. Diamond gets fucked by Pudgy and though the fake soundtrack of moaning is as omnipresent as the fog, you can't help but notice how well the fuck proceeds. Diamond is very open and Pudgy smacks at him with a lot of force. When they are done, the slave and Pudgy stand over Diamond to cum, with both of them spurting big.
The slave, now clean, goes back to the Emperor. It's time for the latter to teach him Latin. How gracious of the supreme ruler of all that is Rome, being a personal tutor to a German slave. The first word he teaches him is "homo," which of course (as all graduates of St. Catherine's know) means man! The second word? "Erectus," and of course we need help demonstrating that. So, the Emperor calls in a guard to help. The guard is a bodybuilder type with a short-cropped beard (Gyorgy), so big he barely fits in his costume. He blows the slave with another non-quitting mouth. Where are we getting all these deep-throaters? The Emperor is surprised (though he shouldn't be if he's ever seen any of his slave's previous videos) that his new slave is such a master of the cock when he takes his turn. The new slave gets fucked, first bouncing gleefully on the guard, then sideways (so he can hold hands with the Emperor) and then missionary, which is the position this video likes to use for cum-shots. There is considerably less flash overwhelming this scene, so the clear exciting sex reigns.
There's murder afoot. The nefarious Senators, relaxing in the bathhouse, have to kill the Emperor. They can't kill the slave for some convoluted reason, so they decide to give him one in the "et tu Brute" while the new slave is off practicing something or other. Three of these evil conspirators stay in the bath to enjoy some sex before bloodshed. One is a notable Hungarian porn star with big eyes and a nearly shaved head. We'll call him Star. Earring is a cute kid with a lean body and a few, well, earrings. The third player is Hunkus, a tall man with two of the most beautiful pecs I've ever seen. All three busy themselves with each other's cocks, all three getting big mouthfuls due to those sizes. Hunkus has a wicked curve in his, but the long thin pole on Earring is no less difficult. It's not long before Star gets plowed by Hunkus while Star also blows Earring. Hunkus fucks the stuffing out of him, but as soon as he's had his fill, there's still some bottoming left enough for Earring, who dazzles even further with a slicing energetic missionary fuck that knocks speed into another dimension. Close-ups finally abound in this last position and then all three splooge on the bottom before retiring to the real work to be done.
It's time for the Emperor to meet with the malicious senators (one is named Senator Enormous if you're paying close enough attention), and after some gleefully stupid dialogue, they try to kill him. But, in comes the new slave at the last moment (though none of the senators had daggers or any weapons, or were able to draw any blood), tosses the senators to the floor and saves his Emperor. Then the new slave warbles out some preachy sermon on what love of country means and takes the servants to teach them a lesson. In the bathhouse, the new slave has the senators (Hunkus is gone, but the fourth member of the gang is in his place, a stunning lithe man with a big gold hoop earring) chained, but able to touch themselves. He is worshipped a little by the two fairly unseen courtesans from earlier, but then he goes over and does his lesson teaching. He blows each one of them, and very well. He lets them blow him, too. Then, Earring gets to fuck Star and the new slave gets to fuck the fourth conspirator. There is some major kick-ass fucking going on here. The pair from the last scene keeps your interest even though it's a repeat, but it's the new slave who, now a top, does the best work. He's really a perfect specimen of man, and one of the most versatile porn stars around. Though the moaning gets seriously annoying in this scene, nothing dims the fucking power, and everyone cums happily. By the end of the scene, we realize this was the new slave's way of forcing loyalty from the men (hey, I just report this stuff, I didn't write it, but I'd swear loyalty to him if he let me touch his dick, so it's not too far off).
The final scene, though entertaining, is another repeated pairing. The bored Emperor has his fey servant (the guy from the first scene) work on him again. Always a pleasure to visit with the Emperor because he's really a god, and the action is just as seething as it was before, but it's been done before. The servant rides the Emperor after blowing him, and then the glorious Emperor takes over, diving in with a true spitfire almost angry fuck. After they are done, the Emperor calls in his new slave, who reports that the Senators are loyal once again. The Emperor then anoints the slave as his successor and everyone (in a collective spray of delicious bad acting) agrees to support Rome and its rulers forever.
What a story! Slave rises to the top of public life, merely on the value of his ass and cock sucking techniques. But, I suppose this was Imperial Rome, so anything is possible. It's often hard to see it, but the men in this video represent some of the best beauty Hungary has to offer. They are clipped and tailored and oiled and shaved to perfection, with wonderful lighting making all of their muscles dance appropriately. If the damn fog and noise often cloud the line of clear vision, peek as hard as you need to in order to see what's going on sexually. Through all the pomp of "Sword Master," the sex is still the main selling point.
The DVD version includes a full-motion chapter selections, photo gallery, Dolby stereo sound, a preview "Gambler's Delight," no regional coding (playable worldwide), cast profiles, production notes, and subtitles and dubbing in several languages (the U.S. VHS version is dubbed in English).
A VHS + DVD Review by Brent Blue