Laid Off: The Review
Workplace sex has been a common theme in gay porn at virtually every studio including but Mustang puts a different spin on it in Laid Off. As you might guess from the title the theme of this sex flick is losing one's job--which may strike you as a not-so good idea for escapist, boner-inducing porn given today's economy. That said, it all really works thanks to some of the most rough & tumble, surprising and uninhibited scenes and performances we've seen in a while.
The action all takes place in a warehouse business that has unceremoniously laid off some employees and with the threat of more firings there's quite a bit of anger & anxiety permeating the workplace. This mood is captured in all the scenes and acts as a catalyst for the sexual encounters that you'll see here. While this backstory interconnects each of the four scenes in Laid Off you can enjoy them all independently of one another.
You don't have to wait long at all to see this balls-to-the-wall tone in Laid Off. In the very first scene Dean Tucker & Ari Silvio are none-too pleased to be sealing and labeling packages on what seems to be their last day on the job. Dean Tucker loses it completely when security guard Christian Wilde strolls into the room to make sure the guys aren't stealing anything. Tucker decides to go out with a bang by really giving Wilde something to look at. He force feeds his cock to fellow worker Ari and before you know it Tucker is fucking him on the table---all for the benefit of Christian Wilde who beats his meat at the site of the private sex show. The sex-charged employees invite Wilde to join in and it turns into a verbal & wild romp that may require you to adjust your volume. Dean Tucker really steals the scene but Christian Wilde (aside from being handsome & hung) is a close second thanks to a more restrained but effective persona.
In another part of the warehouse business Conner Habib is moving boxes around and nervously chattering about losing his job to his disinterested fellow worker Girth Brooks. Girth gives a call to an upstairs office where Colby Keller is busy with a six pack of beer (apparently no one seems to like this job). Girth tells Colby he's found a solution to the annoyance of Conner--he's got him tied & gagged in a back part of the warehouse. The bigger & taller Girth & Colby manhandle the slighter Conner by stuffing his mouth with cock--and not just any cock. Girth Brooks may possibly be the biggest & thickest guy in the biz so he gives Conner Habib a lot to handle. Colby Keller is huge too and he & Girth take turns gagging the helpless Conner. Eventually Conner Habib gives in and though he remains a "chatterbox" it has evolved into loud sex talk. He gets stuffed from both ends and after a variety of positions (including a hot daisy chain with Colby in the middle) the three performers unload -- a lot! Both Colby Keller & Girth Brooks drench Conner Habib who in turn shoots on himself. At the end his face looks like an over-glazed doughnut.
To say that all three guys are amazing in this scene would be an understatement. First of all they all are total sex bombs in the looks department. And there's the obvious benefit of having inches & inches of cock to look at. But all three guys give it their all too---both in their acting and enthusiastic performing. There's not one false note here and that translates into one near-perfect scene. Conner Habib really is convincing as a guy that deserves his mouth stuffed with cock yet he's no voctime--he's a dirty-mouthed sex pig. Coby Keller seems to have scene chemistry with whomever he works--he really steps up to whatever role he plays. Newcomer Girth Brooks could easily just show off his big cock but it's obvious he wants to be more than just a prop and it shows.
In the next scene Alessio Romero is called to the office of supervisor Clay Towers who tells the studly employee that he's been laid off AND if he wants severance pay he's going to have to give up his ass. Clay doesn't exactly wait for an answer as he forces himself on Alessio--then again the rough treatment is a turn-on for the fired employee. That in turn excites Clay Towers more whose physical & verbal dominance of Alessio Romero move into high gear. The two never let up in a high energy verbal sex scene where Alessio is mounted & stuffed in a variety of positions before both guys shoot their loads. Clay Towers makes a very impressive feature debut and he makes the perfect partner for the equally active but relatively quieter Alessio Romero. One of the things we like about Allesio Romero is his duality. On one hand he has a semi-innocent handsome face but he also has a & rugged & rough tattooed body. He gets manhandled a lot in his movies but he isn't a limp rag doll either. You'll see what we mean in Laid Off.
In the final scene executive Andre Barclay takes blue collar employee Matthew Ford to task and Ford flips his lid. He not only calls out Andre but he becomes his sexual boss. Ford is in total domination mode and Barclay can do little but take on his new role as "bitch". Even when he knows he won Matthew Ford continues to verbally brutalize Andre Barclay and bark out orders. Eventually Ford fucks his boss on the desk until but are spent. The extended scene here, not available on DVD, includes a fisting sequence where Ford gives it hard to Barclay to really show who is now boss.Were it not for the fact that Barclay is known for this kind of play in his other movies this might be a very shocking scene. Nevertheless the scene isn't for everyone so you may want to wait for the tamer DVD version.
All the scenes in Laid Off are well shot and the fact in was filmed on location in some real warehouse business certainly adds to the sense of realism. The drawback to seeing this movie scene by scene rather than as one disc is that there are no credits. But, thanks to a trailer posted on YouTube we learned that Laid Off is co-directed By John Bruno & Erik Rhodes. We couldn't tell you if each of these talented men worked solo on separate scenes because this really seems like a successful collaborative effort. While there's nothing genteel or romantic about the sex here it's not passionless or mechanical either. In this regard you can see Erik Rhodes' influence on the way the movie plays out. It gives you a hint of what's in store for his FIRST solo directorial job, the upcoming Rhodes Rule's.
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