If there are indeed a bazillion stories in the naked city, then cab and limo drivers have heard most of them. HBO's "Taxicab Confessions" ( http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/taxicab10 ) even puts a lot of them on the air. Unlike that show's sneaky conceit, wherein the drivers coax the most lurid details about their customer's lives out of them on hidden camera, the eponymous central figure here is content to take it all in and reflect, and his voiceovers move the story along from scene to scene with glib pithiness.
If this driver were average looking, the results might be rather boring and pretentious. But since he is played by Erik Rhodes, the results are a hell of a lot more interesting. Erik is not the kind of driver who is a voyeur, although there is some of that, he is the kind who is willing to go the extra mile, so to speak, to keep his riders satisfied. Erik's saga takes off immediately, with two terse orders: 1. Get my bags, and 2. Strip. Erik obliges, taking off clothes before a cleverly placed full-length mirror, giving a sublime view of Erik's impressive physique. The camera slowly pans up and down his buff body, and the very obvious bulge in his white Jockeys makes quite an appetite-whetter.
When exposed, Erik's cock takes the prize. A long, tapered slab of uncut dicktitude, Erik's meat is so juicy-looking that it invites at least a taste. Brunet hottie Derrick Vinyard, appropriately plays the role of paying client all the while, calling most of the shots. But at times he can't withhold his sheer delight at the privilege of feeding Erik his cock and later pounding it between the big muscle stud's asscheeks. Erik's cum-shot, delivered while he is still being fucked missionary by Derek, is a beauty, splatting all over Erik's lower abs and drenching them with cum.
The next two scenes are about Erik's observations on the road, and don't directly involve him as a player. His voiceover delivery sets them up. In one, two sailors taking a piss in an alley and get caught by a predatory MP, and in the other, gorgeous Roman Heart and totally adorable Benjamin Bradley turn in a dynamite duo scene with dildo that upstages everyone else in the cast.
In the alley scene, Tyler Marks and Rod Barry are forced to swallow Matt Majors' enormous schlong (with the expected accompanying choking noises and slobbering). Tyler and Rod are no chumps, however: when Matt is otherwise occupied, about to fuck the two sailors in tandem, they turn the tables on the sadistic MP and take his ass instead! Tyler's sumptuous rear, with its shapely curves, is glorious to look at, whether he's filmed from behind as he thrusts deep into Matt's rump or whether he's feeding his cock to Matt while Rod takes his turn pounding Matt's hole. But the very best angle of it comes when Matt forces Rod to tongue-fuck it, with Tyler's hole gleaming with spit. The final fuck-you to the MP has both of the sailors giving him a very messy facial.
The tour-de-force duo that follows shows off Roman Heart in topman mode, and the heat generated between Roman and his cute, upturned-nose lover Benjamin Bradley would have been impossible (no matter how good the actors are) unless these two were totally turned on to one another. Romantic, slow kissing and fondling soon gives way to intense mutual cocksucking, with each stud demonstrating impressive talents in the area. There really is no linear scheme in the scene when it comes to action, which is unexpected and enhances the overall effect. Rimming and fingering figure into the foreplay, and true to his hallmark, Roman continues to make the best sex noise of any actor working in porn. The ass-teasing reaches a peak, and Roman drives himself inside Benjamin's pink, rosebud asshole from behind. Then Roman pulls out a double-headed dildo and alternates fucking Benjamin's pucker with the black-rubber dick and his own. Finally, Benjamin impales himself on the dildo while he jerks himself to a huge climax, followed by a big blast from Roman, who splattering on Benjamin's taut, hairless abs.
The finale is an orgy scene that takes place in what is probably the only twink leather bar in the world (yeah, I know, but just go with it, it's hot as hell). Erik's last customer for the night, a blond, surfer boy type played by Hunter James, seems to have ditched his girlfriend in favor of something entirely different. If something unusual is what Hunter was searching for, he gets it. He orders Erik to pull over, the two enter the bar, and they are immediately set upon by a trio, Andrew Bryant, Tony Bishop and Cypher. They jump on Erik and Hunter like lions on fresh meat. Hunter takes center stage for the scene, first shedding his tuxedo so that his cock can be serviced, and then sitting on a huge, thick dildo while he returns the favor. As Erik orders him to "go deeper," Hunter's mouth swallows Erik's uncut piece like a pro while his ass takes the dildo to the hilt. Hunter ends the scene with a stunning gang-fuck performance, taking Erik first, and then the other guys in turn. The view of Erik's long cock disappearing inside Hunter's hole (which is ringed with downy, blond fur) is amazing. Hunter is the recipient of four big cum-shots, and after he has watched shoot their loads all over his body, he sits alone and strokes out his cream.
Director Jim Steel's "Driver" is well worth the fare. With excellent direction and the clever device that keeps the story moving and the sex hot throughout.
DVD features: Chapters; alternate scene (scene No. 1); deleted scene; gallery; cast credits; and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Martin Cox
When I was a child, my favorite story was about a starving scoundrel who wanders into a small village and cons the local folk. He brilliantly convinces them to donate the contents of their pantries to help him make his miraculous stone soup -- for which, of course, he provides only the stone. For me, this story was better than all the reruns of The Beverly Hillbillies and Gilligan's Island put together, and I would beg my grandmother to tell it to me. I was fascinated about how that crafty stranger got the villagers to make such glorious fake soup. Of course, in Driver, every body part on display is glorious, and there is nothing the least bit fake about the studs on view. In fact, parts of this well-shot flick even evoke memories of all those sexily sinister '70s flicks starring people like Steve McQueen, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller and Ryan O'Neal.
Versatile hunk a-happening Erik Rhodes plays the titular driver, and the plot, as it were, involves all the things he sees and does sexually on his job one night. The outdoor photography is moody and evocative, and Rhodes and his fellow cast members certainly give vocally and physically charged performances.
Rhodes start things off in a hot little number with dark punk rock baby Derrick Vinyard. Tattooed bad boy Vinyard has a lean build and a baby face that makes him appear 10 years younger than Rhodes, but he orders that bulkier hunk around as if he were James Franco in Annapolis. Vinyard is a nonstop verbal encouragement machine for urging the cocksucking skills out of Rhodes' mouth. Even more than cocksucking, though, Rhodes loves being on the receiving end of Vinyard's fucking! It is amazing to watch the pleasure that this massive man takes in getting the stuffing plunged out of him. Vinyard drives it home in a variety of pulse popping positions, and Driver, the little porno film that could, is out of the gate and running!
Though Rhodes' and Vinyard's efforts are extraordinary, the most sizzling item on the menu at this particular Bandera restaurant of porn has to be the three-way between Matt Majors, Rod Barry and Tyler Marks, my new favorite "every guy" kind of porn star. Police officer Majors happens upon sailors on leave, Barry and Marks, relieving themselves in an alley. He proceeds to "punish" the reluctant Barry and the eager Marks with such medieval "tortures" as ass licking and dick sucking. Just as he has lined up the two to receive the corporal end of his thick and juicy 10 inch hurtin' stick, Barry and Marks reverse the tables on him. They render Majors helpless and haplessly splayed as they pound into him with their own spicy Cholula sticks. Barry is one of the most masculine creatures of the night that I have ever seen, and it is always a pleasure to watch him sneeringly mad and carnivore-like in his aggression. He, as always, is in amazing form in this scene. I also loved the handsome, goateed Marks and hope to see a lot more of him -- hopefully, in a juicy scene where he is the primary focus.
Roman Heart and Benjamin Bradley are so creamily and lusciously beautiful -- like two pieces of coconut pie with tons of whip cream on top -- that it is a pleasure just to watch them in motion. It almost doesn't matter what they are doing. Of course, they do a lot in this well-coordinated vignette. Heart begins in magnificent bliss as Bradley swoops upon his turgid phallus. He truly and awesomely is pleasurably nerve-racked, and it is amazing to watch his awestruck enjoyment. Of course, Bradley gets a bliss comeuppance as Heart invades his well-toned buttocks with both a huge black dildo and his own amazing piece. All in all, one leaves this scene wondering if men this "perfect" truly do exist.
Rhodes, who had proved himself a passionate bottom in the first scene, proves to be a taciturn and controlling topman in the film's final sequence with long-haired blondie Hunter James. Rhodes' stony presence and scant but well-chosen and dominating dialogue in this encounter give him an incredibly masculine and mysterious presence, which is an incredible turn-on. Whether he is ordering James to propel his buttocks up and down upon a thick, flesh-colored dildo or gripping his own massive penis at the base and swinging it in and out of James' incredibly tiny hole, Rhodes is truly a pleasure to watch. Andrew Bryant -- who fucks James, also -- Tony Bishop and Cypher provide great background material in this segment too. They lick ass, suck cock and stroke and fawn about Rhodes and James with juicy commitment and true intent. Still this scene belongs to Rhodes and James and it is a perfect way to end this rollicking adventure of sex.
So all in all, I must admit, though I truly miss my Granny, her multiple renditions of stone soup never filled me with as much pleasure, as a child as one viewing of Driver has done for me as an adult. Rhodes and the rest of the tone perfect cast make this vehicle a fabulous winner!
- Christian James