75 Min.

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Phil St. John's fascination with youth culture has resulted in a trio of remarkable movies: first, Skateboard Sliders; second, Getting It at the Rave; and now Taggers. Though virtually a remake of Sliders-with spray paint-Taggers' photography is much more beautiful and exciting, the East L.A. locations more authentic and interesting, and the sound design-always a St. John specialty-superior. The cast is attractive and believable as a group of adorable streetboy sociopaths who can't resist the call of blank space and answer it with spray paint and markers, "tagging" every surface they come across.

Whitebread newcomer Bobby Brennan has a crush on dark, furry, superhung Gura who runs a tagger supply emporium. The crush is so strong that Brennan has dreams about spying on Gura while he's having sex. (Dream sequences are a St. John trademark and are very convenient for introducing all types of sex or couplings that might not normally happen within the regular scheme of the story.) The first dream is a Gura threeway with Jason Sizemore and Lexx Parker. This is Parker's most restrained performance to date. And no wonder-he's got two huge dicks in his ass at once! It's pretty difficult to squirm around with an anchor like that. In the second dream sequence, Gura, assisted by Paco, fucks slender beauty Tim Tyler in a sling. This results in a wet dream for Brennan, and the cum soaking through the bedsheet covering him is a detail most directors wouldn't think of. Brennan has sex too: an oral scene with Anthony Holloway, the nine-tagger orgy, and the final scene (a slow, romantic fuck) where he gets his man at last.

Also as in Sliders, there is a sex scene in a sewer. It's an excellent set and, though in a studio, the audio is given a bit of reverb to make it sound as if it were bouncing off concrete. Twenty-one-year-old Bastian gets boned in the sewer by hot top Cameron Fox while solitary stroker Scott Walker spies on them-and older perv Ed Stack wanks while spying on him spying on them! The highlight of the tagger indoctrination-the "bust in"-is another double penetration, this time of Brandon Weber whose asshole hosts Cameron Sage's and St. John favorite Bobby Golden's cocks. Gura really plows newcomer Sean West, Brandon and Brennan go down the line sucking everybody's dick (and get tagged with spray paint in the process), and Court Logan inhales Golden's ten-incher and delivers the most spectacular ejaculation of the group.

The final Gura/Brennan encounter is well-paced and sensual. Sounds of thunder and rain outside enhance the romantic mood as Gura slowly wipes the paint off Brennan's body. Nothing is rushed and as Gura gradually slides Brennan's pants down to reveal his lovely butt, you'll probably be breathing pretty hard. They rim-69 before Gura launches his immense log up Brennan's bum. Dark and light, hairy and smooth, big and small, experienced and in-, Gura and Brennan are a perfectly matched pair-of opposites.

Taggers is one of the best looking movies of the year (Pre-noms for Best Art Direction, Videography, and Editing), and its believably streetwise performers are really into their roles.