It would be eminently fair for the powers-that-be at Evil Angel to market Rocco's tapes with the legend "Accept No Substitutes." In today's competitive Euro-raunch market, there are a lot of guys with foreskins and digital cameras trying to do what Rocco has been the ardent master of for years: rough, intense anal sex. This tape is in no way the equal of some of Siffredi's most memorable videos; in fact, Rocco's Initiations weighs in at the low end of the Siffredi bell-curve, which is to say it's merely excellent.

As usual, there are several gorgeous European girls being bombarded up the butt by a whole slew of swarthy studs. But all the alliteration in the world can't hide the fact that the first two scenes just aren't up to the usual Siffredi standard. Both are solid, but they can't stand against the final three, which are incredibly hot. Of particular note (read: pre-nom) is the scene with Rocco and a stunning young brunette who surrenders her sphincter with glee on the work table in a country hatmaker's shop —with the old woman who tends the shop watching all the while. Granny Velma, no!