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Absolute, Aqua
Rating: 3 Stars
Falcon Studios. Directed by John Rutherford. Videography by Todd Montgomery. Edited by Devin Stone and Max Phillips. Music by E.M. Diaz and Beef. Starring Lane Fuller, Anthony LaFont, Matt Spencer, Dylan Reece, Josh Stone, Clint Williamson, Tony Cirillo, David Coleman, Jake Slade, Paul Miller, and Spike.
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Shot on the edge of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and in spectacular Queensland locations, this is the video equivalent of a coffee table book. Visually, Absolute, Aqua is one of the most beautiful gay adult films or videos ever made. Sexually, it's less successful. Part of the problem may be the lack of context; models appear totally naked and godlike in pristine natural settings usually on isolated beaches and fling themselves wordlessly into Olympian sex that seems staged in the service of stunning production stills.

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The most effective sequence may be the least gorgeously sited, a back-yard foursome involving Spike, Clint Williamson, Josh Stone, and Dylan Reece. The presence of human artifacts like a lawn chair provides grounding here; elsewhere the only man-made objects are condoms that magically appear on dicks as needed. This is one of those rare John Rutherford productions devoid of dildos, sex toys, or elements of kink.

This video showcases Lane Fuller, The Guide's December 1999 cover model, who is being groomed for stardom by Falcon Studios. Fuller is shown to physical advantage here, particularly in an Edenic beach encounter with Anthony LaFont, but he fares better playing a role, not representing some force of nature. In FULLfilled, another new Falcon release, he shines as Kevin Williams's nerdy neighbor. In Absolute Aqua, like most of the stunning Australian and American models in the cast, he's embalmed in prettiness and relegated to a higher, less accessible plane where the most human attribute he's allowed to have is a tan line.