How the West Was Hung (All Worlds) Review

The Details

• Title: How the West Was Hung
• Studio: All Worlds Video
• Producer(s): Dirk Yates & Dan Cross
• Director(s): Chi Chi LaRue
• Videographer(s): James Stark & Ed Maxxx
• Editor(s): Andrew Rosen
• Cast: Axel Garret, Lane Fuller, Tanner Hayes, Dean Phoenix, Chad Savage, Javier Duran, Haus Weston, Patrick Allen, Nino Bacci, Jason Branch, Clint Cooper, Bruce Hill, Lucas James, Dylan Reece, Christopher Scott, Spike, Frank Taylor, Kenny, Danny Lee, Marco Mancini, Rafael, TJ Hart & Mistress Mona with appearances by Christie McNicole, Tina Tyler, Alex Nixx, Kevin Anderson, Rick Jones, Rocket Stevens, Jose Morales, Anthony Difino & Marcs Rockford, many in non-sexual roles.
• Date of Production: 1999
• Running Time: 1:47:16 hh:mm:ss ( 7 chapters: 2:09, 15:23, 9:40, 45:50, 6:18, 22:57 & 4:55 )
• Menus & Chapters: Standard menu with 7 chapters
• Extras: A limited photo gallery
• Packaging: Garret & Fuller grace the cover with Garret again featured on the back along with a montage of other cast members

The Story

The plot purports to be the Old West cum to life and what might have been had Cali's golden porn bois been eating dust a hundred years ago.

1. Titles & Introduction
2. The Sheriff and the Drunken Brawler (Bruce Hill & Javier Duran) — Opens with the Sheriff taking advantage of a drunk he has just locked up and closes with the drunk having dominated the law man. Nice (but predictable) twist. There are some hot moments but the scene could have used some better (read: tighter) editing.
3. The Blacksmith and the Country Bumpkin (Haus Weston & Kenny) — Good premise but wrong twink. Haus Weston as the smithy is hot; but, somehow, a bleached-blond, valley mall & bar fly twink boi with a lisp is totally unbelievable as a barefoot country boy leading a horse to be shod. Still, in spite of this being the weakest scene of the video, Haus is HOT!
4. The Big Orgy in the Saloon (a cast of thousands, well, almost 20) — This is the big scene in the video and, with almost 20 participants, it is a major undertaking. It opens with some very corny dialogue leading to some poor bloke discovering that Miss Kitty (drag queen Mistress Mona) isn't the pussy he thought her to be (with her face he was surprised?) Anyway, having appeared basically coitius interuptus erectus in the middle of the bar room, all the horny citizens of Dusty Gulch drop their drinking, card playing and schmoozing to teach the poor bloke what can be done with his dick and ass and mouth. Suffice it to say, a good time was had by all.
   Can there be too much of a good thing? Unfortunately, yes. Again, I wish the editing were a bit tighter and that the men in the groupings were more into each other. And, for all the raw sexuality present, there is a lot of straining towards some of the orgasms. Take all together, it is a successful orgy - its flaws more apparent in its aftermath than during the initial viewing.
5. Stagecoach Ride (Danny Lee & Marco Mancini) — For me, the hottest scene in the video. Four passengers, 3 men and a woman. The woman and one of the men (Lane Fuller) fall asleep. A second man (Lee) is in rising lust eying the sleeping woman's heaving bosom and the third man (Mancini) is in an equally aroused state over the obvious condition of man number two. Things progress towards a dual j/o scene that I found totally absorbing. The fear of the sleepers awakening and the mixed motives driving the action were very well conceived and carried out.
6. Loves Labour Lost ( Axel Garret & Lane Fuller) — Garret and Fuller meet at last. The premise is that Fuller is Garret's mail-order bride and it's tender lust at first sight. Unfortunately, Garret's gay for pay attitude is a little too apparent to be masked by Fuller's lustful enthusiasm. The scene has its moments and the sex is hot but without quite the sizzle it might have had.
7. Credits

What I Liked — I'm gonna be brief: The men are hot; the sex is hot and the story, while mildly amusing, doesn't get in the way of the purpose of a porno video. The costumes, props & setting are great! Videography is exceptional.

What I Disliked — Again, the short of it is that some of the sex becomes tedious & strained and some of the pairings are lame.

DVD Quality — Overall, excellent. Video & audio quality are very good.

Overall Thoughts — Well worth the money. I liked this one. I'm generally not a fan of Chi Chi's videos but this qualifies as one of her better efforts. And the next time I visit a ghost town, I'm gonna wish . . . .

~ GaySatyr – 06/28/01
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