Lucas Kazan review

Mr. Pink’s review of Lucas Kazan
Review Date - 07/05/2011

Overview:
Compared to the number of hetero pornstars who’ve entered the public consciousness through mainstream success or plain ol’ dick suckin’ skills, the heroes of gay porn are few. Lucas Kazan, however, is certainly one of homosexual hardcore’s most prominent princes. A producer and director of immeasurable note, Kazan has been shooting gay porn since his first feature Journey to Italy in 1997 and now hosts a large selection of his works exclusively at Lucas Kazan, his self-titled website. Delivering all-male adult movies starring the hunkiest chunks of ripped Italian man-meat you’ve ever seen, Kazan’s site looks great even from the tour pages. Inside, though, you’ll find scenes so fantastic they’ve been called “a force to be reckoned with” (Kristen Bjorn) and “unique and beautiful works of art” (Adam Gay Video Directory). A monthly membership to Kazan’s online video emporium will usually cost you $29.95, but the current Summer Kick-Off Special brings that price down to $22.95; the most affordable chance you’ve yet had to enjoy the works of one of GayVN’s most esteemed Hall of Fame members, the one and only De Sica of gay porn, Lucas Kazan.

Pros:
Kazan is one of gay porn’s most respected and revered producers and directors and his work has been hailed as offering the highest productions values seen thus far in homosexual hardcore. The visual potency of his work is well presented here on Lucas Kazan, his official website.

Shot in some of the world’s most picturesque locations, Kazan’s scenes take the viewer on an erotic journey through beautiful scenery that perfectly compliments the gorgeous, hunky European pornstars as they strip, suck, rim, and assfuck their way around the world.

Lucas Kazan has recently added High Definition content to its archives. The Reality Series page may only offer six HD scenes, but they present a vast improvement over the usually mediocre video standards otherwise displayed here. We can only hope the entire site moves into HD territory soon.

The collection of video content available exclusively at Lucas Kazan offers 24 short films, sixteen features containing 139 scenes, six softcore titles with 30 scenes, and 137 scenes that fall under the Reality Series banner. All in all, an impressive collection.

Cons:
Very few of Kazan’s videos are available in downloadable formats. Only the Reality Series scenes offer any download options at all; the rest are limited to streaming. Of the HD scenes, the largest resolution you can download is 960x540, not the 1280x720 pixel HD minimum we’ve come to expect.

Many of the softcore titles simply reframe hardcore movies to cut out the penetration. While this isn’t a problem per se, those who relish the opportunity to watch real erotic softcore will certainly be a little disappointed.

Lucas Kazan’s undated content makes it difficult to determine what the site’s update schedule might actually be. Since the last time Mr. Pink’s took a look at Kazan’s site the content count hasn’t increased a huge amount, at least, not in the photo department. Makes me wonder how frequently new material is added and if it’s really all that new.

This last point really just comes down to a matter of taste, but most of Kazan’s work seems like the gay porn equivalent of Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same or whichever poet you grew sick of in high school: beautiful fog-swept countryside vistas with chiseled-chested men riding bareback towards divine ecstasy. In short, kinda ridiculous.

Conclusion:
Lucas Kazan has made an undeniable impact on gay porn and will likely be remembered as one of its artistic pioneers, and while his self-titled official website presents some stellar productions both hardcore and soft, resting on his substantial laurels is not something this GayVN Hall of Fame inductee can afford to do. The near-complete lack of downloadable video content is certainly cause for complaint, as is the lackluster “HD” resolutions now available for a grand total of six scenes. Content is not dated, making it difficult to determine just how frequently new content is added to the site. There is a good, strong archive already online and we must give Kazan and his crew the benefit of the doubt, but it’d be nice to see these few missteps corrected soon. For those that like the gay porn glamorous and highly erotic, complete with babbling brooks and waterfalls, Lucas Kazan is the cream of the crop.