Review by Keeneye Reeves
By: Keeneye Reeves
In-House Review - Dec 30 2010
Big Guns is one everyone was chomping at the bit (and more) to own when DVD first hit. Glad to say the wait was more than worth it. The print, while a bit soft in spots due to its age and film stock, looks absolutely incredible. Get out that credit c...
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Big Guns is one everyone was chomping at the bit (and more) to own when DVD first hit. Glad to say the wait was more than worth it. The print, while a bit soft in spots due to its age and film stock, looks absolutely incredible. Get out that credit card - this is one you simply must see and must own. William Higgin's all-time top-selling feature (and shot on actual film, too) is still incredibly influential and incredibly hot, filled with steamy pre-condom era mouth and asshole plungings. It's hard to pick the best scene, as everyone has their favorite. It truly is one incredible scene after another. My fave is the threeway among the straight dudes who yank off each other's underwear, make jokes at the expense of each other's girlfriends, and then have a foot worshiping, double-oral sucking, rim-blasting, fuck-chain sextacular good time. While most of the film is amazing, highlights include one of the best solos ever caught on film (Mike Henson), a nearly painful to watch but hard-on inducing reaming of Kevin Wiles by hairy and hung mega-stud top Chad Douglas, and the final threeway scene with Rocky Armano that was not included in the original version. A must own for every collector, this thinly-veiled version of Tom Cruise's Top presents what every guy watching Tom and Val Kilmer in that lockerroom already knew: flyboys make the best bottoms! I get off every time I see it. No question about it - this one is essential and a true classic.
Review by buddhawannabe
By: buddhawannabe
If tall men in their 20s, with broad shoulders and narrow waists (see box cover), hairless six-packs (with the exception of Chad Douglas), long, thick cocks, beautiful asses, and long, beautiful legs and feet appeal to you (p.s. that preference doesn...
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If tall men in their 20s, with broad shoulders and narrow waists (see box cover), hairless six-packs (with the exception of Chad Douglas), long, thick cocks, beautiful asses, and long, beautiful legs and feet appeal to you (p.s. that preference doesn't exactly put you in a minority within the gay community), this is your movie. Those, like me, for whom this is not the particular body type of their own sexual fantasies, can still revel in the aesthetic enjoyment of Mike Henson's beauty, as displayed in, for instance, his opening solo--see my review of "Hot Rods: Young and the Hung 2" for further examples of such revelry. A word of caution, though, to modify the ecstasy expressed in the other two reviews on this page: in most of Higgins' films, the adventures seem almost thrown together at random, giving them a feeling of spontaneity that seems reflected in the high level of passion exhibited in many of the encounters--see the finale of "Brothers Should Do It" (and my review) for an example. "Big Guns" seems a lot more "planned out," perhaps in order to complete with the more "plot oriented" videos that Falcon was producing in the same time period. In consequence, you never get the feeling that the sexual encounters are spontaneous, and the plot, such as it is, instead of providing stimulating contexts for the sex, appears noticeably irrelevant and unnecessary. The dialogue is delivered in a flat, matter-of-fact way, as when the men are referring, with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm, to their girlfriends and other women--but they talk about each other in the same way. Higgins achieved a much better attempt at "realism" in the first part of his video "Cousins" (see my review). But, taken for what it is, "Big Guns" is quite enjoyable as a pageant of pulchritude and of "manly-men" very thoroughly exploring each other's bodies.
Review by halfspidey
By: halfspidey
Director William Higgins truly struck the mother lode with this gay porn variation on the then-current smash "Top ". Typical of Higgins, it's strong on theme but nearly plotless... and these boys spill what seems like gallons of spunk! Every singl...
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Director William Higgins truly struck the mother lode with this gay porn variation on the then-current smash "Top ". Typical of Higgins, it's strong on theme but nearly plotless... and these boys spill what seems like gallons of spunk! Every single scene is a scorcher, with the best looking models of the time & sex that'll curl your toes.
You'll stroke along with boy-next-door brunette coverboy Mike Henson as he starts off his day right. You'll sit in awe as hung "daddy" Chad Douglas "pays in full" for cute paperboy Kevin Wiles by power-plunging his butt. You'll see pent-up macho passion between hunks John Davenport & Chris Gray. You'll see Henson give blond boyish cutie Kevin Williams a massage & thensome... a scene you'll break your remote through constant rewinds. You'll see the improbable - but still steamy - "straight guys experimenting together" bit between Henson & buddies Mike Ryan & Jeff Boote. And finally, you'll see the outrageous but hot-kinky scenario of handsome blond Jeff Quinn "pretending to be the girl" so gorgeous John Rocklin can "practice technique".
I can't say enough about this one. For collectors of vintage 80's gay porn, it's a must!