So, I know the first question you are asking: Is "Darkroom" about a seedy sex lounge without lights or is a movie about photography? The answer is not simple, because though there is a bit of photography going on, it’s not the focus, and though there is a dark room as part of the set, it’s only seen briefly and everything else takes place in the light. Ah, a mystery!

Sean Everett, a good looking slightly hairy guy, and Samuel Colt, a massive big-eared man with a nipple piercing, wake up in a stark room, tied to chairs, with jockstraps stuffed in their mouths. Even their dicks are locked, in what seems to be a 21st Century version of a chastity belt. A menacing man in tight clothes and a mask forces them to the floor. He slowly inserts a buttplug into whining Samuel’s ass. The mystery man hands Samuel a larger toy and makes him ram it into Sean’s hole. Somehow, the guys end up enjoying all of this and the mystery man can leave. Sean’s worried groans turn into happy moans when Scott, still manning the dildo, also blows Sean. Samuel is a pretty ferocious cocksucker, especially when chewing on Sean’s foreskin. Then Samuel bends over a box and Sean goes wild rimming him. They switch places so Samuel can hammer a bent-over Brent. I’m not sure how they got the locked contraptions off their cocks, but it’s lucky they did, because Samuel’s beast looks gorgeous sailing in and out of Sean at top speed. A missionary position works equally well, with the angle allowing for better camerawork. Sean cums with Samuel still in him and then Samuel finishes.

In another room, this one very dark, Alessio Romero is also tied to a chair, bound heavily at his arms and legs. A hooded man in buttless chaps awakens him by pouring a bucket of water all over his massive frame. The light is then turned off and the hooded man returns with a light bulb to study Alessio’s hairy tattooed body. Squirming in fear, Alessio is also incredibly hard. The captor smashes the light bulb, but in a flash, both are in a lit room where he, now obviously Tom Wolfe, is blowing graying Alessio’s dick. Hairy beefcake Tom seems awed by Alessio’s piece, always keeping it in his mouth and using both hands to play with it and the balls as well. Tom really wants this cock. Full mask off, Alessio and Tom have a rather unusual make-out session. The kisses are there, but so is a lot of pushing, smacking and spitting. It’s damn hot! Alessio forces Tom over the box so he can eat his hairy-at-the-crack ass. His bearded face looks sensational doing it. Alessio then nibbles is way around Tom’s torso and armpits before finally wrapping his tongue around Tom’s dick. Tom’s big one is an ideal place for energetic Alessio to play. He deep-throats quite well. Tom, still in his chaps, fucks Alessio very easily. He’s able to start off with blasts of speed, rocking Alessio’s body with each increasingly fiery thrust. After taking a great missionary fuck, Alessio rides on Tom like a champ. After one more position change, Tom is ready to leave a huge blast on Alessio’s back.

I almost felt sorry for the third scene’s victim, Draven Torres. A muscular guy with spikey hairy and lots of ink, he’s asleep on a grimy mattress, and shaking with nightmares. However, just as I wanted to start crying for the poor pup, in comes Roman Wright, not to torture him, but to kiss him! And with steamy passionate kisses too. Draven takes immediately to shaved-headed (except for a landing strip down the center) burly Roman and their make-out has a frank sweetness that we’ve so far not seen. Roman slowly slips down to Draven’s dick and blows him with the same tender care he’s so far displayed. It’s a simple deep-throat for Roman, and Draven writhes with pleasure. I even detected a smile, the first one in the film. After lavishing such attention on Roman, it’s not wrong for him to sit back and pet Draven as the latter blows Roman’s gigantic cock. Draven is able to handle a great deal of the dick. Roman can’t stay idle for long, managing to slip them into a 69 without Draven ever stopping. This way, Roman can start prepping Draven’s asshole with his flapping tongue. The fucking begins with a bounce by Draven, and the guys are perfectly in tune. Draven’s ass takes in every inch of Roman’s cock with surprising ease, and whether it’s Draven riding or Roman thrusting upwards, it all seems like their bodies are gyrating as one. Roman does Draven bent over the box, as expected, with Draven still wearing that look of almost smiling. Draven really seems to get off on eye contact, so when Roman fucks him on his back, it works best for Draven. Then, side-by-side, they jack off. They then cuddle up on the bed. Captivity has never looked so romantic.

Way back before the opening credits, we saw Johnny Gunn running from masked men. Unfortunately, by the last scene, they have caught up with him. The bearded hottie is brought into a room already occupied by four men. The masked men leave him, untied, in the company of beefcake supreme Tyler Saint, handsome-as-sin Derrek Diamond and boyish-but-brawny Tristan Jaxx, who flock to grope him as soon as masked men leave. The start of this somewhat disappointing four-way has Tyler fucking Johnny, who has his mouth full of Tristan’s dick. Johnny is a fearless sucker and Tyler, as always, provides a regal stylish fuck, but that leaves Derrek standing around with his enormous dick (the prettiest one in the scene) unused. Eventually, he replaces Tyler in Johnny’s ass when the Tyler goes to Johnny’s mouth, but then Tristan has nothing to do. Granted, close-ups of Derrek’s entire piece slicing through Johnny’s hole are magnificent to watch. Predictably, Derrek moves his dick to Johnny’s mouth so Tristan can fuck him. Again, technically, the scene is just fine, but it loses points in not fully utilizing a spectacular quartet of performers as much as it should. It does unite them fully when Tristan face fucks Derrek, who is sitting on Johnny’s face as Johnny as getting fucked again by Tyler. In one very smart moment, Derrek raises his body a little so Tyler can lick his ass without having to stop fucking Johnny. That has some panache. The guys all stand over Johnny to cum on him.

How does all of this tie together? Honestly, I’m not sure. After the foursome ends, we go into a photography darkroom where a man, unseen from the neck up, jacks off while waiting for pictures to develop. So, is he blackmailing guys with sexual shots or is he a perv? Or is he not at all related to the rough action? Don’t overthink it, I guess, because it’s only the sex itself that matters in "Darkroom."

DVD features: Chapters; trailers ("XXX," "Manhole 2," "Green Door" and "Dirty!"); and no regional coding (playable worldwide).

A DVD Review by Brent Blue ( http://www.ManNet.com )

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