Something Wild a review by Onan the Vulgarian Best of Phoenix Alternative Video Reviewer

	Cast: Scott Avery, Glen Armstrong, Brian Michaels, Gavin Burke, Wade Davis, Randy Page, Greg Girard, Bud Adams, Ron Collier, Eliot Higgins, Phil Shannon. Directed by Robert Walters for Nova.
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Nostalgia for this 1984 film may have bumped the rating, but Something Wild is still a film every porn fan should see. If nothing else, it captures perfectly the experiences of two young men discovering their sexuality, at a time before AIDS stole the innocence.
    Scott Avery and Glen Armstrong are hiking in Yosemite when they spot two guys having sex, and it unleashes first a barrage of stories, then their own experimental (and totally torrid) lovemaking.
    But first they pause to ogle what's happening in the shed between Greg Girard and his unidentified blond boyfriend. Rather than being grossed out, they're fascinated. They carry on a running commentary about what they see, which includes impressive sucking, rimming, fingering and fucking. There are crisp close-ups and the microphone captures every sigh and groan.
    This is Scott's and Glen's spring break. The conversation reveals that they're glad to be in the wilderness and away from the craziness that most of their peers pursue. But over the evening campfire, the talk gets back to what they saw that morning. Scott regales Glen with a story about something that allegedly happened in the library between the Black Studies teacher, Eliot Higgins and fellow classmate Gavin Burke.
    Gavin's research for his term paper requires some personal attention from his teacher. This scene is etched so vividly in my memory because it marked so many things that were still seldom seen in porn: interracial sex, flip-flop fucking and self-sucking (by Burke, who cums in his mouth while Higgins drills him). The same year this film came out, Mitch Gaylord made Olympics history as a gymnast on the USA team, and Burke is a ringer for Gaylord.
    Glen responds with a story about what happened to him the previous summer on a job interview. although he didn't take the job, he let the interviewer, redheaded Wade Davis, seduce him. First, Wade tells him he will need liberal sexual attitudes because of what he might see in the warehouse — an example of which we witness with a fourgy that involves Wade, Brian Michaels and two other models.
    When Glen doesn't freak out, Wade orders Glen to rub his (Glen's) crotch and pull out his cock and suck it. Glen gets a thorough introduction to gay sex, giving up his virginity to Wade before the interview is over.
    Encouraged by Glen's candor, Scott tells him about the sexual relationship he had with his cousin, Randy Page. The scene begins with Scott visiting Randy, who lives in the big city. There's a few minutes of fun, fast-paced footage of the boys taking in the sights, similarly dressed in body-hugging polo shirts and skin-tight jeans. That night, Randy pokes fun at Scott for wearing pajamas to bed. He orders Scott to sleep naked, then talks him into a j/o session to help them sleep. Of course, Randy intends more than a j/o. He works Scott by degrees into jerking each other off, sucking, 69, rimming and finally playing "horsy," with Scott as topman.
    Having whipped their libidos into a frenzy, Scott and Glen climb in the tent, strip and have deliriously happy sex, with all the (t)rimmings. This time, Glen tops and Scott bottoms.
    Something Wild is one of the best films of the 80s, and re-watching it now, I wonder why it wasn't on my list of the 25 all-time top porn films. The models are hugely attractive; the sex is 100 percent without reservations of any kind; there are multiple cumshots per model in most of the scenes; facials and cum-eating are the norm rather than the exception; the camera work is exceptional; and there's even a bubblegum-pop theme song, "Something Wild," that creates exactly the right mood.
    The DVD has scene selection.

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