COLT Minute Man, vols. 1-3 a review by Onan the Vulgarian Best of Phoenix Alternative Video Reviewer

	MM1 (1986): David Lash, Peter Stride, Link Benedict, Ryan Hayward. MM2 (1987): Ray Mars, Tom Lee, Rigardo Merlo, Joe Falco. MM3 (1983): Joey Arena, Hal Rodman, Mark Christian, Troy Yaeger. Directed by Rip Colt.
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John Rutherford and his COLT cohorts are not taking their 40th Anniversary lying down (although their models may be). They have commenced an ambitious and aggressive program to convert archival film and VHS footage to DVD — and I have a small suitcase of screeners on my desk as proof.
    The first three Minute Man Solo films date back 20 years and more; what do these guys look like today? Each film has four models, although the Tom Lee solo in Minute Man 02 is a twofer: while he jacks off he summons up a leatherman in his imagination, who matches him stroke for stroke.
    The individually titled scenarios of each disc exploit the usual tropes: cops, firemen, bodybuilders, athletes, construction workers and such, but there are a few surprises, too. Even without surprises, the awesome parade of masculine physical perfection is relentless. If I'm not mistaken, it was Mr. Rip Colt himself, Jim French, who first postulated that to be on film, a model must have at least two of three stellar qualities: great face, great body, great cock. Every one of the dozen models appearing in these three discs gets the Triple Crown.
    Here's a quick rundown of what's playing:
    In Minute Man 01, body builder Dave Lash gives the viewer a taste of "Flex Appeal." In "Ring of Fire," tired and sooty fireman Ryan Hayward comes home, showers off the grime and relaxes, playing with his taint and his hole. When Link Benedict finds himself on the cover of the latest issue of Olympus, he can't wait to strip off his suit and tie and shoot a big load all over himself, in the amusingly titled "Model Release." Finally, "Brush Strokes" shows how furry painter Peter Stride spends his lunch break.
    Minute Man 02 begins with "Built," in which the amazingly built and handsome Ray Mars gets distracted by the mirror on his construction site. After posing and preening, he breaks off a piece of his boot lace and ties it around his cock and balls and jerks off. "Leatherotikus" is the Tom Lee fantasy mentioned earlier. Tom fingers himself during his solo, while his leatherman squats on the heel of his boot as if it were a butt plug. Rigardo Merlo gives my favorite performance of these three DVDs in "His Brother's Box." While visiting his older brother, Rigardo finds a box in the basement of college sports memorabilia — and a scrapbook full of photos of hard and naked men. He drapes a couple of his brother's gold medals around his neck, finds a pair of shorts to sniff and another pair to wear, and lies down on a musty old sofa and jerks out a load that could have extinguished the fire in Ryan Hayward's scene. Soldier Joe Falco, whose locker in his "Private Quarters" is decorated with girlie pin-ups, plays with his enormously elongated nipples and literally dances horizontally on the sheets as he shreds every stitch of his clothing while jerking off to a Playboy centerfold.
    Mark Christian gets Minute Man 03 off and cumming with "The Ceremony," a solo that mixes leather and religious ritual. In "The Best Man," Troy Yaeger relaxes after a wedding with calisthenics and masturbation. Joey Arena is "Accident Prone." When he falls off a ladder into the pool, the most logical thing to do after stripping off his drenched clothing is jerk off. Cop Hal Rodman is "On the Beat." That's the name of his disco strip routine, in which he takes The Full Monty to its ultimate conclusion: a cumshot that must have traveled eight feet.
    In all of these solos, the models turn in genuine performances. Not only are they gorgeous to look at, they convey a sense of jacking off as an ultimate erotic thrill.
    Each DVD has contact information, a slide show and previews.

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