Journey Back, The (DVD)

The return of Zak Spears is perhaps the most exciting gay porn news of the past year. Luckily, the Hirsute One has returned looking as fetching as ever -- tanned and sculpted. He's matured and bulked up considerably. His video "The Journey Back," sort of a "pornomentary" of his return, is not as exciting as he is, but Zak is a sexual beast in his comeback.

The video opens with Kyle Kennedy sitting on a flight of stairs. A figure in shorts passes him and walks inside. Kyle follows the man up to the roof, and the camera reveals it to be Zak. "Aren't you ... ?," asks Kyle, just before they get down to business. Without even proper introductions, Kyle has squatted and yanked out Zak's lovely, hasn't-been-seen-in-a-while cock and devours it. Still gulping away, Kyle pulls up Zak's shirt, revealing his bushy chest, and tweaks a nipple.

In a matter of seconds, Zak has perched his ass right atop Kyle's mouth. The scene gets even smokier as Zak's dick grows harder, jetting straight up, as the tongue inside him works its magic. Zak bends forward and fingers Kyle's butt and gives him a few licks as well.

Zak takes Kyle's ass from behind right there on the roof, with the city of Los Angeles in the background. The contrast between the two makes it hotter, with the taller and beefier man doing the screwing. Shifting positions, Kyle next takes a seat on the boner, his own hardon joyfully bouncing around, before the two splash out loads and exchange numbers.

After their hook-up, Kyle blabs to Men of Odyssey's Bob East that Zak might be primed for a return. Before you know it Jim Steel has found out, called Chi Chi and the two decide this will be the right project for them to finally collaborate on.

Meanwhile, though, Chi Chi is in the middle of directing a scene between ex-partners Tommy Saxx and Leo Bramm. Tommy says he can get Leo out of his system if he sees he with another man. Said partner is Trey Nealson, a blond with a head of curly Shirley Temple locks. While Tommy watches them, Leo strips Trey and slowly slurps on his hose. Licking it and taking it to the root, Leo puts on a show for Tommy. Trey gets his mouth full with an energetic face-fuck by Leo. At this point, not able to take it, Tommy stops jacking and heads in their direction. At first he sets his sights on eating Trey's hole. Later he darts between Trey's ass and Leo's juicy dick, before he gets on his back, lifts his legs and offers his behind to Trey. Cutie-pie Tommy effortlessly accommodates dicks on both ends, before the men change up and Leo gets banging privileges.

On his comeback trial, Zak meets with reporter Kurt Young, gives him the lowdown, and admits that he enjoys being looked at as a daddy type.

Zak stops by to chat with Chi Chi. As usual, Chi Chi has her hands tied with an ongoing orgy with Michael Brandon, Hans Ebson, Michael Lance and Logan Reed. Zak looks in and realizes he wouldn't mind joining in. The others are all delighted to have Zak in their midst. There's no tradey, "I'm the star" here persona at work, though -- Zak has a tongue in an ass before he can even get undressed. This is an all-oral scene that features some sizzling blowjobs and butt-eating. Zak is behind much of that action, at one point lining the guys up and feeding himself on their rods one at a time. He is rewarded with a chest full of cum, before he and Logan Reed shoot their wads together.

At a posh restaurant with lots of industry folk, Zak meets with Bob, Jim and Chi Chi to talk shop.

During a follow-up phone call, Chi Chi catches Jim while he is in the act of staging his own scene. Tony Donovan and Caesar, two of the most mouth-watering men around, start with a rare kiss -- isn't it great when a scene starts this way before diving into the nitty-gritty -- before they unravel their clothes. Bare-assed, Caesar grinds his meat into Tony's mouth, while Tony grabs hold of his buttocks and starts to finger his honey of an ass. Tony reaches down and grabs a dildo and slowly works that up Caesar's buns. Anthony Cox ultimately joins them for some sweaty banging.

Zak's first scene in his comeback pits him in a locker room with Nino Bacci, Jackson Price and Alec Martinez. It's an orgy with the Hairy One showing his real colors. The scene has lots of manic interplay between the four, reaching a highlight with Bacci, Price and Martinez on their backs with their asses high in the sky. Zak sees the trio of holes poised in front of him and gives each a mouth-watering rimjob, with the men moaning in ecstasy. With his tongue a bit tired, he goes to a bench and offers up his own furry butt for a taste. Alec obliges. Soon Alec has positioned his dick right against Zak's chute. Is Zak going to bottom? You betcha, Alec slowly works his way inside and then gives Zak a spirited ride. Zak's beefy round ass looks sensational getting poked. It's a hungry ass, too. Blond Mark Rockwell enters the picture and nails Zak as well, with the others cloistered around as he gets a poking. Proving his versatility, Zak stands up and shoves his cock up Nino Bacci, whose once topman status is getting a shake-up these days. Not to be outdone, Jackson Price takes two of the cocks up his butt. "The Journey Back" ends with a marvelous teaser: "Now it's my turn to get double-fucked," says Zak as the credits roll. "The Journey Back" has a set-up that proves to be a bit self-indulgent and long, but Zak himself makes a return here with an exclamation point.

A Video Review by Max Southern [ http://www.ManNet.com ]

*** Highly Recommended ***

Starring Zak Spears, Tony Donovan, Caesar, Nino Bacci, Logan Reed, Kyle Kennedy, Alec Martinez (a.k.a. Jorge Martinez), Michael Brandon, Mark Rockwell, Jackson Price, Leo Bramm, Trey Rexx, Michael Lance, Hans Ebson, Billy Knight, Tommy Saxx and Anthony Cox.

Directed by Chi Chi LaRue.

DVD features include Interactive Menus; Chapter Index; Jump to Your Favorite Scenes; DVD-ROM Compatible; No Regional Coding for World Wide Playback.

A Men of Odyssey DVD.