Soccer Boy

It took a while for Swedish porno giant Private – starting out in the magazine publishing field as long ago as the '60s yet not branching out into movies until about three decades later and now largely relocated to Spain where the climate is more carnally inviting – to find its footing as far as its gay subsidiary line's concerned. The early Sebastian Brogi efforts (starting with the supremely silly SWORD MASTER) were glossy yet sterile events, further hampered by having their international if largely Eastern European casts dubbed with ludicrously plummy English accents.

Fresh from Brogi's acclaimed MARC ANTHONY and with cherished appearances in upscale features from director Lucas Kazan (L'ELISIR D'AMORE) and Studio 2000 (SPANISH UPRISING) under his easily loosened belt, Brazilian bombshell Lucas Foz moved behind the camera to shoot what appeared to be merely another undemanding all male foray for the Berth Milton founded behemoth, as evidenced by its unassuming title. Premise is as basic as it gets. A group of hot friends get together for their weekly football practice. Though the sex rarely ventures beyond vanilla, yet performed with infectious enthusiasm by an extremely attractive cast, it pushes all the right buttons and – perhaps most importantly – exhausts every possible fantasy situation tied in with its sports theme. There's the gym equipment grope with Foz and swarthy Riccardo Benny, a soothing massage following an unfortunate football to the groin accident, the obligatory group shower orgy (allowing five picture perfect studs to mix 'n' match in every conceivable permutation of their number) and even a feverish four-way fantasy sequence on the playing field itself ! Foz makes it all look deceptively simple yet perfectly executed with a great eye for detail in appropriate costume and set design. Ah, if only more sports-themed or just plain niche-marketed porno features had this much integrity.

Camera work by Pepe Catman, himself a Spanish porno director of some note, records the action unobtrusively until it's time to get really up close and personal with these heavenly hunks ranging in age from 18 to 35, almost a generation gap though you would never guess from the incredible physical shape they are in. No longer handicapped by poor dubbing, the cast are all amusingly given English character names though none of them speak the language well. Still, this only adds to the charm exerted by this horny homo delight.