Leather and Chains a review by Harley Shadow

	Cast: Claudio Antonelli, David Bathory, Joshua Rodgers, Rick Bauer, Solten Talton, Nico Blade, Giorgio, Randy Jones, Julian Vincenzo, Kevin Cage, Lucio Maverick, Glen Santoro. Directed by Joe Budai for Elite Male.
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Wild, crazy, outlandish and sometimes torturous sex is what comes to mind when you think of Leather and Chains. Despite props like whips, slings, and cages in the backdrop, and the leather costumes, the sex here is pretty tame and vanilla.
    It is a big surprise that the sex isn't up to par, because models like Claudio Antonelli, Julian Vincenzo, Lucio Maverick, and Rick Bauer always deliver Grade A work. But here, they and their costars suck and fuck, and little more. What's missing is the chemistry or attraction between them.
    For instance, the film opens with Antonelli chowing down on David Bathory's uncut wanger. Then Bathory fucks him, and it's over. There is nothing in their performances that shows they crave each other to no end, despite Antonelli taking Bathory deep in various positions. The slightest lustful touch or gaze could've made that scene, as well as the other four, incredible, but for the most part it just looks like the models are there only to bust a nut. In Bathory's case, he spends most of his scene looking past Antonelli as if he's concentrating on something or someone other than the stunning Antonelli.
    The chemistry heats up a bit when Solten Talton fucks Bauer's incredible booty while he sucks Joshua Rodgers. Talton can't get enough, and once it's his turn, Rodgers, who looks timid initially, opens up and sets his sights high as he gives Bauer relentless pounding.
    They make good use of the set as Bauer holds on to the cage he was formerly locked in, and which now Talton is in getting his cock sucked for dear life as he gets pounded. This very steamy three-way, one of the movie's best scenes, ends with three huge cumshots.
    Along with the lack of chemistry, the editing poses a problem. At times the action or angles are a little drawn out. Instead of five minutes of a side shot of someone getting fucked, it would've been better to have the camera shoot from above, underneath, or just move instead of staying stationary.
    This would help in the case of the bathroom three-way with Giorgio, Nico Blade and Lucio Maverick. Maverick comes out of the stall and watches Blade and Giorgio suck and fuck, but never joins in. We don't see much of him pulling his pud, as the action is mostly focused on Blade and Giorgio, although shooting Maverick from below to see him stroke his long rod is a tasty view. Because he enters after we've seen Blade and Giorgio fuck in three other positions, Maverick gets less screen time.
    Luckily, Maverick's fans won't be disappointed to learn he returns after Vincenzo fucks the super buff Randy Jones, in a three-way with Kevin Cage and Glen Santoro. Their three-way is a high point in the film as they begin to stroke themselves while staring intently at one another, and as the action picks up, so does the chemistry. Santoro and Maverick, surprisingly, can't get enough dick in their mouths before Cage and Maverick piston-fuck Santoro in various positions.
    If the soundtrack, which sounds like something from a 1980s movie montage, were taken out or replaced, and the models kick up the chemistry another notch, Leather and Chains could've been in the same caliber as films that have made Maverick, Vincenzo, Santoro and Bauer box cover staples.
    The DVD has photo galleries, trailers, behind-the-scenes footage and fetish menus.

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