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The Crush
Rating: 3 Stars
Directed by John Rutherford. Videography by Max Phillips. Edited by Delta Productions. Music by E.M. Diaz. Starring Colby Taylor, Travis Wade, Cameron Fox, Christian Taylor, Tuck Johnson, Scott Davis, Marcus Iron, Drew Damon, and Daniel Montes.
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The personal quote below Colby Taylor's high school yearbook picture reads, "You'll never survive if you don't get a little crazy." That's the spirit in which he's invited his allegedly straight love object of yore, Travis Wade, to visit his rural digs, where he intends to tell the long-absent Wade that he's gay.

When Taylor comes out to him, Wade stalks out into the underbrush alone, trying to process the news. While brooding in the woods, Wade happens on another old buddy, Tuck Johnson, enjoying a three-way in the back of a pickup truck with Scott Davis and Cameron Fox. As he watches, he beams with delight. The experience primes him for the inevitable.

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Abetted by Max Phillips's superb videography, John Rutherford's direction makes gay sex look like an activity no sane man could fail to pursue. Although Rutherford can be particularly good at handling group sex, the strongest portion of The Crush is the closing one-on-one encounter between Wade and Taylor. Travis Wade, cast recently in Falcon's No Way Out as a thuggy dominant top, infuses his role here with surprising sensitivity. He and Colby Taylor have crossover acting skills. The erotic potency of their sex scene is enhanced by the way it develops their characters and completes the narrative. For Wade, it's an initiation; for Taylor, it's a dream come true.