Macho Men (South American Pictures) Review

• Title: Macho Men
• Studio:
• Producer(s): Leo Bothelo, Paul Viana, and Richard Maia
• Director: Leo Bothelo
• Videographer: Leo Bothelo
• Editor: W. Silva
• Cast: Alan Dias, Dudu Boy, Felipe Santos, Frank Lemos, Hugo Garanhao, Junior Lolito, Reinaldo Vieira, Ricardo Mendes, Richard Maia, and Victor Hugo
• Date of Production: 9/2002
• Running Time: 1 hour and 52 minutes
• Extras: A puny photo gallery and nothing else, but the scene selection is top knotch so you won't miss it.
• By Line: Nobody Likes A Pussy.

The Story

There really isn't a tying storyline here. Basically it's "yeah, I look hot. Film the fucking scene. Let me be Brazilian." I promise, this doesn't matter much. Another thing highly key here is the scene selection feature that's built into the main film itself. With just the quick flick of the button, you can move from the sucking to the fucking to the cumming. I wish more films were done this way, though sometimes the menu didn't want to disappear when I was enjoying a piece of the pie.

1. Scene One — Unfortunately, in all the Portuguese credits, I was unable to tag a name to a face for the film, so if I ever wanted to see any of these beautiful men again, I would have to test my luck in the box market. (I'm not sure if you're aware or not, but the boxes on a film aren't always what they claim to be.) The guy for scene one proved to be just as beautiful as the men on the box. He was dressed up in a silly santa hat and white boxers. I thought it was a bit long for an intro and who the fuck starts a movie out with a solo? but he definitely was hot. It was hard to believe he didn't speak a lick of English but it kind of seemed like he enjoyed what he was doing. The cum shot wasn't "all there" but my attention seemed to stay with it for pretty much the entire scene. It's possible I wouldn't ever watch it again but hey...I liked what I saw.
2. Scene Two — Scene two kind of starts inside the "mind" of our hottie from scene one. He's on a bed with this twink boy and they are both rubbing each other down. It's very obvious that the boy from Scene One is a player and the new boy is ready to be played. I felt like the twink was a bit feminine at first, but by the time the scene ended, he proved to be a trooper (i.e. perfect for the role). He didn't perform oral all that well, but goddamn could he take a lot once the stud from Scene one pumped him hard. I never thought he would stop and began to wonder how much I would've screamed if I was in the same position! I especially liked how the camera men kind of stepped into the film and we got to basically see a movie in a movie. This was totally guerilla in every since of the word. Again, cumshots were only so so but the overall of the scene was AWESOME.
3. Scene Three — I don't know how anyone else felt about this scene, but god was it dull! I felt like they tried way too hard to make this boy who was clearly gay into a straight acting stud. He dresses up in this construction hat and carpenter jeans and strokes his tool. But his hair is like highlighted and he's so thin and whimsy that it totally didn't turn me on. His cumshot is one of the best in the film but I'm afraid, he's not. And another solo too! Bleh...
4. Scene Four — This scene has the gay acting guy from the scene prior acting more like himself in a lime green top. He's talking with a Dominican friend and they are over a pool table. Eventually they end up stroking each other's tools and getting down to business. I think it's here that the music kind of loses me and I start to not get that into it anymore. I like how playful the guys seem (one gives the other a hickey on his pec, one plays toyingly with the other's asshole) but overall it seems kind of dull. Well ok...maybe not dull but more like, not as good as porn where I can understand what everyone is saying. Maybe I'm a snob to international porn, so don't pay me any mind. I love the oral sex in this one, though. Mr. Highlights just needs to learn how to keep it up more. (Gripping it at the tip does not make it hard.) They do have twp other guys come in to join the action, which makes it more interesting but alas, not enough for me. There's some awesome shots near the end whilst Highlights fucks his friend but none of the other guys even get inside him! I see no purpose of a three way if only one gets some! They all cum over the bottom in the end and kind of have me wondering "what's the point". This up down up down sexiness of the movie isn't whetting my appetite.
5. Scene Five — This scene (yes, there can be another solo scene in the movie) has an almost Y Tu Mama Tambien feel to it. A guy, fairly attractive, sits on the side of the shallow end of a pool filled with dead flowers and leaves. He beats off to our pleasure and yeah, you know the rest. I like a lot of his facial expressions and his body and dick are incredible. He also looks really young for you twink lovers. Heh. I do think his cumshot was fake though. *sigh* Can't have it all, I suppose.
6. Scene Six — Scene Six didn't even feature the guy from the scene prior. Here, it was a much better looking set of two guys (one looked like one of the boys in the pool hall scene) doing what they do best on a couch. Again, in typical Dominican tradition, one plays the bottom and one is the top and they don't switch. I loved the bottom's tongue work while he sucked the stud off, though. The top totally didn't woo me as much. He was super good looking but his rimming skills were a cop out and his fucking wasn't as heated as I was used to seeing from the other scenes. They both gave good climax, though. Definitely sexy!

7. Scene Seven — This scene (yup, solo) was a bit racist. There was a clearly clean cut guy in a suede loincloth and slithering around like he was in the jungles of South America. He even crouches behind a totem pole! I like how he leaned against it like a stripper, though, and how he precums like a REAL cumshot then actually gives up the goods. It's just hard to see past the charcoal markings on his skin and the sticks tied around his neck. I hate it when they generalize people. Like that's believable.

8. Scene Eight — Scene Eight has the box cover boy and a friend walking into a public shower together. They make out and do the deed. I appreciate how versatile the two men were, though. They share this hot 69 on a cold tiled bench that's really sexy. The boy on the box actually can keep his prick hard too! It like bows up and you can see the foreskin tucking around the bulbing orb inside it. After sharing some hot oral action, our box cover boy sheathes up and inserts his prick inside the man's ass. He fucking is SUCH a turn on when he grunts right into the camera. The facial expressions are amazing! I wonder what else he's done? After it's all over I see why box boy actually topped though. The bottom's prick is SO thick! haha! They lubricate the tiles below them in sticky mess.
9. Scene Nine — Our final scene gives me just what I was ready for: another solo scene! (I'm being sarcastic here.) However, in favor of the scene, it does feature the luscious box boy. He's by a pool under an open shower, getting his briefs all soaking wet. Naturally, this leads to him taking them off and making a wet pool of cum on himself (you just never really see it). I want to BE in his mouth, though! His mouth is amazing to watch! They really could make a movie featuring just him and I would be ok. He's the latin Clay Maverick!

What I Liked — I liked a lot of the men and the penetration shots. Even the gonzo action was really fun as it's something fresh to view. I felt it could've been done more, but I liked how you would see random shots of the director's hands on the camera or a light here and there or an actor look longingly at you.

What I Disliked — I didn't like how they kept shifting gears on me. The editing was splicey and I got the feeling like "ooh that's so hot!" but then it would go to something else and I couldn't enjoy the moment. It was a lot better than I'd suspected, though.

DVD Quality — The picture was nice and only a few times did I see any pixelation errors. I didn't like how the menu didn't want to disappear sometimes, though. I do enjoy the idea of just pressing a button and the picture moves with me. More porn needs to do that.

Overall Thoughts — My overall perspective on the movie was good. It wasn't great and it wasn't the best, but I definitely am glad I got it (thanks Steph!). A lot of the men are hot and I am glad I can go back to certain parts quickly and sink into the meat. I think they could've cut out all but the last solo and left me with a decent film. Perhaps it was for the solos themselves that I sunk to a lower rating.

~ folkyboy – 05/23/03
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