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Barebacking Across America
Rating: 3 Stars
Directed by Brad Flannery. Starring Tristin Taylor, Kayden Scott, Brent Everett, Chase McKenzie, Jamie Raves, Ethan Gage, Diego, Camron LaDic, and Larry Spencer.
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Some gay adult video icons have threatened to resign from porn if on-camera "barebacking"-- condomless fucking-- becomes generally acceptable again; most AIDS activists cringe at the notion of unsafe sexual depictions as an entertainment option. Because of the uninterrupted availability of "pre-condom" classics, of course, condom-free fuck footage has never ceased to have wide distribution. But during the more scrupulously safety-conscious '90s, bareback videos were only being made on the fringes of porn. Now, as pharmaceutical advancements lessen the fear of HIV, unprotected anal sex is creeping back toward the mainstream. The market is presently brimming with titles like Muscle Bareback, Bareback Shack, Bareback Pool Party, and Breed Me-- productions of varying quality made by an array of low-end companies.

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The problematic but competent Barebacking Across America has the undeniably hot uninhibited quality of porn made in the '70s and early '80s, before "exchange of bodily fluids" became taboo. As you watch gay couples having no-holds-barred, condom-free sex in L.A., Seattle, and St. Louis, you may find yourself turned on against your better judgment. Some viewers will wince (and others may swoon) when Tristin Taylor fucks Kayden Scott without a condom, pulls out, spurts, then dunks his dripping, still-hard cock directly back inside Scott's butthole. Red-haired Chase McKenzie and tight-bodied, plush-lipped Brent Everett comprise the most romantically erotic pair; Jamie Raves and Ethan Gage are the liveliest and spoogiest. In the closing scene, Dixon Scott wanders into a secluded men's room where he meets two disembodied cocks thrust through glory holes, and then a fully visible, nude young man. In addition to condom-free fucking, each scene shows models unabashedly slurping up their partners' semen.

Tipo Sesso International opens this release with a warning about HIV, a reminder that condoms do prevent infection, and a declaration that the decision to wear a condom "is between you and your partner" and should be made "with a clear head." Your reaction to Barebacking Across America and videos like it depends in part on which you prize more, individual freedom, or safety.