Lucas Kazan proves it doesn't matter where he goes: Italy or not, his talent works anywhere. Lovers Luca Andrade and Sergei Jordanov's bedroom encounter is the first of Journey's four scenes. Slow, sensual kisses, caressing arms, hands that slowly wander to bursting briefs, all build up before the action starts. After an oral appetizer, the two come and embrace some more before Jordanov fucks Andrade. Like all of the scenes here, Kazan evokes an intense sexual atmosphere through every aspect of his filmmaking. His use of color as backdrops to scenes (Scene One has a beautiful blue tone, while the following scene is draped in a pink/orange hue) serves to enhance the action.

Kazan also uses effective framing to highlight the sex. The threeway with Max Veneziano, Pietro Rosselli, and Antonio Armani starts with some playful naked fun by the beach, then moves indoors. The shot of Veneziano-silhouetted in the dark archway, his hands slowly rubbing his muscled body, his massive straight-out erection throbbing-while Armani licks Rosselli's ass in the colorful background will make you want to pause the screen to linger over the beauty of the men and the filmmaker's exquisite composition. Veneziano and Rosselli then flank the kneeling Armani, who sucks them both, their balls resting on his shoulders. A rim session follows, then the two tops take turns fucking Armani. The shots here are fantastic, and the cum-shots (there are three sets in this scene) provide some hands-free squirts, the best being Veneziano's release on Armani's stomach, his abs veins bulging out of his tight skin as his dick throbs. Pre-nom Best Threesome.

Just as good is the following threeway, where new discovery Sebastian Dunn's beautiful cock works its magic on Federico Bulsara (who gives some great oral service) and Ivan Cseska. As Dunn and Bulsara 69 on a bed, Cseska hops on and starts to fuck Bulsara in another gorgeous shot. Versatile Dunn, too, opens his hole before scene's end.

The steamy closer finds Jordanov and Mario Perez cruising each other on a balcony. They kiss, and when they pull down their jeans to simultaneously unleash huge identical boners and start some swordplay, the scene explodes and never lets up. Kazan, a master of romantic arias, has done it again.