Inside Paris (VHS)

Last year alone, director-performer Michael Lucas showed us every nook and cranny of New York City, he traveled to Moscow to round up the cutest guys that frozen wonderland had to offer, and now he's put us all on a plane and given us a first-class tour of every seedy back-alley hotel room in Paris, where the horny Europeans of that city look every bit as good as they do on the pages of fashion magazines.

Michael and his wardrobe of dark clingy fashions scout the sights of Paris and he eventually ends up under a bridge where Zoltan shows up, flirts with Michael, and as they start to kiss, Zoltan's boyfriend Pascal shows up. He takes Zoltan home, and though he's angry, they use sex to make up. Pascal is a rather thuggish looking guy with big ear piercings and even bigger ears, while Pascal is a soft European-frat guy. This is France, so Zoltan's briefs are very brief and it doesn't take much effort for Pascal to get them off so he can blow Zoltan's surprisingly big cock. Throughout this video, videographer Michael Clift is at his best when very close-up to the action, and that's where Pascal's blowjob is most winning. Pascal has a fine piece of cockflesh of his own, shown to nice effect in a 69, though Pascal is a little more energetic. But wait, we get a little surprise here as we find that Zoltan can blow himself, even if just for a few seconds. Anyway, back in the two-person sex, Zoltan plays bottom for Pascal by sitting on his cock and letting Pascal smack up into him. It's a good carnal fuck, lively, even if the insertion is minimal. A more standard doggy-style position shows off a lot more of these guys' talents. By the time we get to missionary-fucking, it's Pascal who is now taking it up the ass, but this section rarely sparks beyond standard. Pascal shoots cum up his chest, and then, with Zoltan bent in half, he deposits his shot right into his mouth, or so it seems.

Michael ambles around Paris, looking confident as always, his best-in-the-biz lips impressing every passerby. He sees a window at one point that looks promising, but the guys inside prefer not to show off. Instead, bald aggressive meanie Jason Keller and friendlier dark handsome Hanolio Boderear tear off into the video's lustiest scene. This sugar-and-spice pair gets down to action without any lead-in, Hanolio supplying an all-out blowjob, with Jason forcing his thick cock down Hanolio's throat whenever the sucker tries to take a breath. After a very wet session, Jason joins in by finishing the 69 and being just as rabid as Hanolio. Jason has a full meal in Hanolio's ass, spitting and then chasing it, bending poor Hanolio in half to get in there fully. When Jason gets to briefly blow Hanolio solo, you can see how incredibly thick Hanolio's gorgeous cock is. Cuter Hanolio sits on Jason to get fucked and the position is initially very awkward, although the amount of insertion is impressive. Things may not be technically exquisite until a change of positions, but damn, these two are having tons of fun! Jason unbelievably gets fucked, and he's like a statue, making Hanolio's job purposely harder in having to hammer at him to make it flash. Good cum-shots end this most excellent scene.

Cruising everyone cruisable, Michael trades glances with couple Marc Nickman and Ryan Michaels. But, like the previous couple, retire to their abode without him. In a case of opposites attracting, the swaggering incredibly muscular butch Marc is actually the less dominant player here, taking a backseat to the energetic antics of the dark-haired cleft-chinned Ryan. Ryan is the initial worker, slurping down Marc's huge pecs to his big uncut cock, a real veiny piece that looks almost scary in close-up. Ryan does well by it, with big head motions and tons of needed hand. Now, if this were a worship scene, Ryan would have to dig up a lot more tricks to dazzle the imposing Marc, but it turns out Marc is just as capable a partner. Ryan has a floppy large penis and despite Ryan's attempts to tease a fun suck out of him, Marc is merely capable in sucking it, though both do sterling work during a 69. Ryan rims a little in Marc's bulbous butt, following with a finger. The ass is a little tight and if Marc turns out to be the bottom, unlikely in these types of scenes, things could be very interesting. Well, Michael Lucas doesn't shy away from challenges, so Marc turns out to be the invaded, and Ryan is no lily-livered top. He smacks away mercilessly at Marc, rippling the bottom's ass as he forges ahead fully over and over. With everyone's balls slapping all over the place, it's one of the better fucks in the video, with the spring of the bed doing its part to make these guys seem most energetic. A pretty tableau follows with big Marc riding on the smaller Ryan.

With three two-ways in a row, it's time for something a little spicier. Michael meets up with Ryan, remembers having seen him, and gets an instant invite to a little party Ryan is about to attend with swarthy hunk Marco Rochelle and gleaming black baldie Richard Callin. This scene turns out to be the least effective on the tape, but it's not for lack of trying on the parts of most of the players. Richard and Marco are already nude when the others show up and Michael introduces himself after whipping off his shirt. Richard is given the difficult initial task of blowing Michael's legendary chart-topping cock, and he does particularly well by it, though Ryan's blowjob on Marco seems less inspired than his work in the last scene. Richard and his unceasing mouth remain the focal point of the camera's lens for much of the oral action, and then the participants enter into a chain with Michael standing on the bed with Marco on him, Richard doing him, and Ryan taking on Richard, though the dim lighting only hints at the hugely proportioned cock on Richard. There is an air of genial howdy-do sexing here, rather than the urgency of a tumbling orgy, so it's no surprise that the ensuing fucking is rather tame, though pretty to watch. Michael is paired with Marco, who seems unable to fit all of Michael inside him until he gets to sit on the cock and ride with his own speed. However, Richard is a very willing bottom, and Ryan kicks in when he gets to pound him with a good deal of spunk. However, any flagging energy is superceded by four phenomenal cum-shots, the group's leader, Michael Lucas, providing the strongest one right at the end.

Michael ain't finished with Paris just yet. He hasn't been to La Tour Eiffel! As he regards its beauty, a very dark handsome sultry Lucas Foz does the same to him. After a hootfest of multi-language flirtation (Lucas doesn't speak much English and Michael's Russian-inflected English seems to puzzle him), they end up in Lucas' room to play out a lush romantic scene. Their kissing is generous, and the lighting here is finally optimal, casting a lovely easygoing glow on their tan bodies. Between kisses, Lucas works his way down Michael's body, revealing at the same time a lithe tight body of his own. Lucas then disappears into the bathroom and does a mouthwatering striptease for Michael, who gets fully hard and strokes to watch Lucas wet himself up in the shower. Michael then dries him off, and then trots back to the bed where Lucas blows Michael sweetly, starting first with teasing licking jabs on the foreskinned head. Then he slowly takes more and more of it, full of saliva and gumption. The camera flies around them to maximize the effect of bubbling passion and then when Michael lays down for a 69 with Lucas, the latter is finally able to deep-throat Michael's dick. After a blowjob from Michael, Lucas buries his face in Michael's shapely ass and rims there, the shooting pangs of pleasure registering instantly on his charge's face. But, soon enough Michael flips Lucas over so he can eat some ass, his stubble tickling the puckering hole, and then Michael fucks lucky Lucas. The anal action here from the director is much grander than in the last scene, for he has a far more willing partner, and Michael builds up steam immediately. He shoves in and out with supreme ease, not needing so much as a hand to guide anything. We go through a variety anal positions, all handled with spirit by both bottom and top. Lucas cums on Michael's face and then Michaels growls out an impressive load all over himself.

I'll give Michael Lucas this: he doesn't treat Paris in the syrupy romantic way we all love to envision it. Instead, his Paris is gritty and a little dirty, with seedy rooms and anonymous tricking, rather than bright lights (everything is shot during the day) and endless shots of regal palaces. There are sights to be seen, but the most impressive ones are in those dingy little bedrooms where the guys are just as passionate about their sex as any of the usual kooky characters Michael Lucas rounds up for his videos.

A Video Review by Brent Blue [ http://www.ManNet.com ]

*** Highly Recommended ***

Starring Michael Lucas (aka Michel Lucas), Lucas Foz, Ryan Michaels, Marco Rochelle, Hanolio Boderear, Jason Keller, Marc Nickman, Richard Callin, Zoltan and Pascal.

A Lucas Entertainment VHS