There's a reason why Falcon videos have earned a reputation for quality, and Up Close is yet another example of the San Francisco-based production company's quality efforts. Featuring 13 exceptionally hot men doing anything and everything to one another, Up Close is a great example of adult filmmaking, marred only possibly by its extended interview format.
Supposedly letting viewers get up close and personal with Falcon exclusive Emilio Santos, the interview format is interesting, and with his toothy grin and smiling eyes, Santos is exciting even fully clothed.
But for viewers without strong interests in the star's real-life personality, framing four long sex scenes this hot with the interviews slows the pace unnecessarily. The surface-level interviews also don't shed much light on who Santos is, making them even more distracting. Director John Rutherford should have spent more time showing Santos in action, possibly even including a two-way scene to better showcase the Latin stud. But if you either enjoy or overlook the fairly brief interview scenes, you're left with a hot, plotless collection of oral and anal delights, with the exceptionally hot cast one expects from Falcon. The men are beautiful, the action intense and the thrills plentiful.
The first scene, unfortunately the only one featuring Santos in action, joins five gorgeous men in a 20-minute outdoor orgy. Playing with Santos are Travis Wade, Scott Austin, Alec Martinez and Carlos Morales, all young, hot and hung. In traditional orgy fashion, you see it all here, sucking, fucking, ass-eating and tongue-dancing, not to mention a memorable flood of joy juice.
The action's so intense in this love fest that it's hard to single any of the performers out from the others. Suffice it to say, there's something for every taste here, and it all looks great. Austin does make a great bottom, hungrily devouring dicks left and right and taking it deep. The scene's especially hot when Austin kneels before the quartet of long poles and takes each hard and deep, with some creative camera work catching it all. Perhaps surprisingly, Santos doesn't get much of a showcase here, often melting into the hot crowd. He does have one memorable rimming scene that shows some definite tongue-fucking talent.
The second scene, the only two-way in the movie, is the film's weakest, but that's not much of a criticism. While lacking the frenzy of the orgy and three-way scenes, stars Matt Spencer and Shane Rockford score points as two tall studs working every orifice to please one another. The hard-bodied performers take turns trading blowjobs before each jabs the other's ass with his long, thick meat. The heat is intense between the two performers, and director Rutherford deserves kudos for keeping the pace up.
Choosing a favorite between scenes three and four is somewhat of a challenge, because they're essentially the same, with just different faces sucking different dicks. Again, that's not a complaint these faces are gorgeous and the dicks, oh, so edible. Whichever variation of performers you like, you'll definitely enjoy watching them work.
Scene three features Erik Hanlan, Matt Skyler and Brian Daniels as three jocks playing hard in a bedroom. All smooth pretty boys, the stars suck and fuck in various hot combinations. Hanlan handles most of the top duties, and the scene really sizzles as he finger fucks Skyler while Skyler swallows Daniels' sexy cock. With his muscle-boy physique, Hanlan is hot, and he fucks with an effortless style.
Scene four moves the action to a couch and stars Brett Michaels, Jason Law and Corey Summers. Again, the bodies are hot, the poles are long and the action intense, everything from the dick sucking to the ass fucking. All three are hot, but it's bottom boy Law who really shines here, sucking Summers' dick while getting plowed by muscleboy Michaels, then riding Summers while swallowing Michaels. There's also a great three-way fuck, with Law taking it from Summers, who keeps it moving while getting reamed by Michaels. If you like sweaty action and lots of hot positions, Falcon definitely saved you the best for last.
Overall, the film is a winner, and the cast, including Santos, is uniformly excellent. For fans of multiman scenes, Up Close offers plenty of fast-paced pumping, with the expected cum-soaked conclusions. While it would have been nice if we'd seen more of Santos in action, Up Close still definitely hits the mark.
- Timothy Allen