Watch "Greek Holiday: Part 1: Cruising the Aegean" from the opening credits and you will be suckered into thinking that this could be something really fine if just a few of your fantasies based on the naked and semi-naked young men who are depicted in the opening montage come true. And, for once in your life, dreams do come true. What we have here is a beautifully composed, brilliantly directed, sensuously acted and somewhat complex tale of nine young men fucking around on four sun-splashed Greek isles and various waterways and boats along the way.
Director George Duroy and his merry band of porn purveyors have selected an eclectic mix of European beauties to pull off this fantasy, and if you pay attention to the acting, the nuances, and especially some of the English subtitles, you will enjoy yourself more than if you're just watching various humungous cocks cramming willing throats and sphincters. The story and the action, at first, might seem haphazard, but there is a method to this madness. (After all, there is already a sequel in the can, and that one is supposed to feature the legendary Lukas Ridgeston. Gentlemen, get your tongues ready.)
We begin the action with the blond towhead Tim Hamilton, and his boyfriend Tommy Hansen, who both appear on the cover (right and left, respectively). They're lounging on the deck of a cruise ship, reading a magazine, and exchanging salacious thoughts. Tommy goes off to buy some cologne, and before you know it, the immensely appealing Alan Connery (a tall, natural athlete dressed in ship's crew whites) cruises Tim. He moves down, sits alongside him, and obviously invites him to fuck because the next thing we know they're walking down a hallway talking dirty and grabbing crotches. This coupling tips us off at what Duroy is up to here: Tim is still the insatiable little ingénue, seducing the more settled and more masculine Alan, whose beautiful long cock soon finds its way to Tim's bubbling mouth. Alan reminds me a little of American actor Mark Harmon (in his younger days), and though it is Tim who gives a ravenous blowjob here (superb close-ups of foreskin play), we know from their small-talk, and Alan's studied impatience, that something surprising will happen. That comes after Alan has snuggled next to Tim on the bunk and given him a good demonstration of his own oral skills, Tim mounts Alan doggy on the bunk, and plugs his cheetah-like ass in a beautifully framed sequence that emphasizes Alan's low-hanging balls swinging in rhythm to the fuck. This is a fuck-me-down-and-dirty scene that comes to a quick climax as Tim explodes all over Alan's ass and back, then leaves him quickly ("it was a real captain's ride"), without Alan cumming. Tim runs back to the deck just in time for Tommy's return. Their conversation seems to indicate that the bloom might be off the rose here, and the scene shifts back to Alan, alone in his cabin, stroking off his beautiful cock and showing off his spectacular body until he cums all over his crotch.
Our boys make the acquaintance of another couple, the superbly tanned and strongly built Scott Hannah, and longtime Bel Ami bottom Jason Paradis, who looks just this side of porcelain beautiful, which is a nice offset to Scott's surfer-boy rustic look. These two repair to their room, subject of a side-bet between Tim and Tommy as to which one will suck first (Jason), and who will fuck whom (Scott fucks Jason). Their seduction ballet, which features kissing and probing into Speedos designed to attract even those on a diet of saltpeter, establishes the romantic mood for this afternoon tryst. Jason makes Scott's cock the center of attention: it's a lovely upturned log that cries out for a loving mouth and a tight ass. But Scott, who gives off the air of class clown at times, shows how serious he is with a skillful seduction of his partner, eating his cock through his blue Speedos, pulling it out with his teeth, chomping down (Jason's is down-turned, nice contrast when they rub their cocks together), then rolling on the bed in wet kisses before he lifts his legs, and first nibbles every one of Jason's toes (very sensuously done), and then licks tongues and otherwise fully preps and teases his pucker for the taming by a screw. Jason turns the less experienced Scott on his back, fits him with a condom, and takes a seat. They pump and then roll on their sides for a scissor-fuck that results in a quick explosion by Scott, who then cradles Jason in his arms as the latter pulls off his own spew.
Tim and Tommy have taken their Jeep for a ride up the hills overlooking the lagoons and bays. They pull over and look for some place to fuck. Tim is more adventurous and wants to have sex on the cliff overlooking a yacht dawdling along. The boys kiss and fondle, but it's Tommy who services Tim, sucking him off hungrily as if he's trying to preserve a relationship, as Tim is more interested in speculating whether the captain and first mate on the yacht are fucking. Tommy jerks Tim off to a faux climax (which is never shown on camera, whether this is a deliberate plot device I don't know, but it certainly moves the plot along).
As it turns out, Tim was right, the captain and first mate are about to fuck on the yacht. The captain is the incredibly masculine Gilles Marais, who can only be described as a Sean Connery look-alike (very young look-alike) -- though some might see a cross between Czech porn stars Vilem Cage and Max Orloff. No matter, in my opinion Gilles can qualify right now as a full-fledged member of any cast that U.S. porn empire Titan might put together. He presents that much of a contrast with the Bel Ami models, but fits in absolutely perfectly, and that is partially due to his first mate here, the beautiful Julian Armanis, whose delightful monkey-faced expressions and extraordinary sexual powers melt all his partners. Julian strips Gilles on the captain's deck and makes deep love to him, kissing, licking, and most of all, sucking before succumbing to Gilles' charms, which are considerable. Gilles starts out lovingly, but then it's as if poppers had kicked in, he goes crazy for cock, and who wouldn't given Julian's piece, but Gilles uses it both as a toothbrush and a Buff Puff, to the point that they have to leave the deck and go to a cabin instructing the very pretty ensign, Brandon Manilow, to steer the boat. (The latter apparently becomes part of the action in "Greek Holiday: Part 2.") The bedroom scene is superb, filled with tender and fervent kisses, cock rubbing and a fabulous insert-to-exit missionary-, scissor- and doggy-fuck by Julian of Gilles' willing ass, culminating in long spurts of goo from each sailor. This scintillating scene lands Gilles Marais right in the middle of your crotch fantasies forever.
The too-too pretty Jeff Daniels and the long-faced and stunningly handsome Mark Aubrey hitch a ride with Tim and Tommy, and they go to a fishing village where the yacht has docked. One thing leads to another, and the whole cast, except for Scott Hannah, wind up joining Gilles and Julian on their boat, where pairings continue this time with a bit more meaning one thinks. First, our cruise ship beauty Alan Connery gets himself into flagrante dilecto with Jason Paradis, who knows how to find a hot substitute for Scott Hannah. We join them in a bedroom, with absurdly appropriate Aegean décor, already in the midst of hot-and-heavy. Alan, who is a super cocksucker, does a superb job of widening Jason's happy cock before he gets his chance as a topman, scissor- and missionary-fucking his bedmate in what probably is his most fully realized scene yet, which ends with a simultaneous explosion from both of them and a loving kiss.
After some diving and horseplay, four of the remaining boys pair off. Tim runs off with Jeff Daniels, and Tommy is taken away by Mark Aubrey, whom Tim instructs: "Give him a good fuck!" Tim and Jeff have a session that is filled with cute little things. Jeff can manipulate his balls up and down without touching them, and he quickly establishes himself as the dominant satyr here. They exchange blowjobs, then Jeff tops Tim in a couple of positions, but this is a scene filled with giggles and knowing asides, two boys just having sex, no commitment, let's go, nothing better to do. "This was cool," Tim says before they lay side-by-side to cum.
Their boyfriends, Mark and Tommy, on the other hand, while certainly enjoying themselves, are in a different kind of orbit. We join them with Mark deliriously feeding on Tommy's very thick cock, rubbing it all over his face, plunging it into his mouth, licking it, sending Tommy over the moon. Tommy wants desperately to be fucked, but Mark, whose wrestler build is covered with perspiration from his efforts, needs some service that Tommy willingly and hungrily provides with his skillful mouth and throat. Bel Ami has worked on its dialogue and translations, and the subtitles are very well done, enhancing what turns out to be a pounder of a scene as Mark mounts Tommy in three different positions until he cums, then encourages his newfound fuck buddy to spill his copious seed.
A "to be continued ... " tagline comes up, and I can hardly wait.
DVD features: Chapter selections (and a sub-menu broken down by foreplay, oral, anal, orgasm); behind-the-scenes footage; deleted scenes; cast listing (photo, stats and Bel Ami videography); and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Bo Champion
My friends Deke, the Leather God, and his boyfriend, Chuckie, the meek, recently came back from a cruise. Chuckie drank too much sangria before they even set sail and wound up with alcohol poisoning while Deke, personal trainer extraodinare, almost immediately, encountered the only thing that he couldn't withstand -- sea sickness. They say that their stateroom was lovely, though, and after they broke up and got back together again for the seventh time, they claim that they made impolite use of the bed. But I still think that they would have had a much better time staying home and reviewing George Duroy's excellent Greek Holiday Part One: Cruising the Aegean with me!
The film takes place on a cruise ship with a plot full of romantic entanglements aplenty! More importantly, perhaps, the photography and cinematography are gorgeous. Mountains, sea, beaches and sunlight all fight for your attention though the beautiful boys on display eventually command it.
In the first scene baby boy blond Tim Hamilton cheats on his lover with ship employee Alan Connery. Hamilton has a pretty -- and filthy -- mouth and uses it to set a nice tone for the thrill and excitement that is a natural undercurrent when one strays on a lover. Hamilton gallops down on Connery's beautiful piece like a good little horsey -- and then plunges his own healthy rod into Connery's grateful bunghole. As in all Bel Ami films that I have seen, both performers are beautiful, young and set new heights for sexual enthusiasm.
Creative camera angles abound as Scott Hannah worships the exquisitely beautiful Jason Paradis' feet and asshole for many frames in this gorgeously shot film's second vignette. Hannah, who is turgidly erect throughout every frame of this adventure, is obviously having the time of his life playing with Paradis and his romantic athleticism is truly enjoyable to watch. Paradis skillfully wraps Hannah's phallus in a condom and then settles down on its impressive reddened length as if it were his favorite Christmas present of all time -- and, indeed, it probably was!
Next, camera hog Hamilton returns to take on Tommy Hansen's impressive phallus against some equally impressive scenery. Hamilton gulps away, and we admire his beautiful technique and the beautiful Venetian like ruins that this blowjob scenario takes place in. At one point in time, a gorgeous boat floats onto the horizon as these two fair beauties go at it and you realize that this is truly the most extravagant Bel Ami production as the press materials state.
The boat, of course, contains the curly haired Julian Armanis and the equally sexy Gilles Marais. These two darker-haired beauties could set off fire alarms from coast to coast, and I would give up every cent of my "Behind Closed Doors" paycheck if Armanis would agree to have a go at my bottom in exactly the same way that he attacks Marais'. Yum!! (Note: This is my favorite sex scene of the bunch, and Armanis is, definitely, the newest member of my boyfriend of the month club!)
That exquisitely beautiful slut Paradis returns in the next scene to eagerly get it from the incredibly masculine and handsome, also returning -- and versatile, it seems -- Connery. Paradis bears down on Connery's healthy phallus as if it were the sweetest pleasure -- and I'm sure it was!
In fact, as in all Bel Ami productions, all the performers are natural, comfortable and authentic. The bonus in this production is the breathtaking scenery and the ability it has to transport you, into another world. In fact, if I were you I would suggest that, unlike Deke and Chuckie, you say, "Fuck you!" to that cruise you've been planning and just stick at home and wait for the second installment of what is sure to be an amazing series! George Duroy -- you rule the Seven Seas of my porno loving soul!!!
- Christian James
