- Jerry Douglas, GAY CHICAGO MAGAZINE -
" Now that hockey has become as popular an international sport as baseball or soccer, it was inevitable that the world of the stick would find it's way into adult films. Released by Kristen Bjorn's Sarava Productions, the work is entitled Ambassadors of Ice, and it's an impressive first effort from director Tom Bradford, and his videographer Alexander Grey. Exquisitely photographed and energetically performed, the four scene production boasts a mix of new and familiar faces, the most arresting of which is a promising new hunk named Jeremy Sheldon.
Built around a simple but sturdy screenplay by Bradford, Amabassadors tells the tale of two youths (Sheldon and Brian Wels) who are recruited to train with a pro hockey team, though only one of them will be hired. The first sex scene focuses on rookie Wels in the weight room. He tells the coach (Daniel Kilmer) "I'd do anything to be part of this team." In seconds, tongues are dueling, and pelvises grinding, crotch to crotch. Wels' sexual arousal has never seemed more real, and Kilmer is an uninhibited animal who devours the rookie's uncut cock, and gobbles his ass like a pig in a trough. In time, he plows Wels in three different positions on a weight bench before both drop their loads. Both oral and anal action is intense; Kilmer's rap and their eye contact enhance the heat.
The action focuses on Sheldon in the next scene, which takes place at the goalie's cage on the rink itself, where two members of the team (Tony Magera and brunet Ed Burton) offer to give the rookie a tip or two. A willing learner, Sheldon glides eagerly from one to the other in a series of open-mouthed kisses and proudly whips out his stiff erection for Magera to suck. His handsome face lights up at the sensations, and when he kneels to reciprocate, he dives right in with instinctual skill, never letting go of his own cock, pounding himself in fervid counterpoint to his avid sucking. The anal action begins with Magera riding Burton, who is flat on his back on the ice, but the highlight of the scene is Sheldon's standing fuck into Magera. His long, muscular legs spread wide, his rock-hard cock pistoning with primal force, Sheldon is like a dog in heat. And when he explodes, he delivers the most impressive money shot of the day.
In the third sequence, set in the cluttered locker room, four of the teammates; goateed Steve Hogan, and stocky Kevin Elliot, butch bottom Rob Nelson, and blond top Alan Williams strip down. After discussing the rookies, and the traditional sexual initiation they face, Hogan comes on to Elliot, and in a wisk the two pairs are going at it on facing benches. The camera waltzes between the two couples, and all four men slobber their way through some high energy sucking. The fucking is energetic but impersonal, and as a result, this is the most pro forma scene in the film. Midway through, the two tops switch partners, and Hogan delivers the best money shot of the scene.
Fortunately, Sheldon is back for the finale, which is set in the showers. Here, he is pitted against coach Kilmer and the team captain, that international sexdog George Vidanov. Concerned that he is too cocky and selfish to be a real team player, they test him out. Sheldon is a compliant, even aggressive participant, pasting his long kisses each one, and offering up his well-defined body and rigid hard-on for extensive slathering. But he is quick to reciprocate and is soon on his knees servicing them, frequently stuffing both into his mouth at once while they kiss above him. Before long, he effortlessly penetrates Vidanov standing doggie, then sprawls on his back for Vidanov to sit on his cock and ride it like a pogo stick. Before our very eyes, the cleancut jock becomes a sex icon of the first order. Eventually, he is content to watch the other two fuck while he strokes his own meat to a four-streamer ejaculation that is the best of the show.
Ambassadors has a lot going for it, most particularly Bradford's ability to guide the performers to performances that seem genuinely enthusiastic. The film is also vibrantly lensed; the color and clarity are as good as it gets, and the use of s jib makes the camera soar in ways that translate the kinetics of sex into arousing visual images. "
Rating: 3.25 stars.
- Onan The Vulgarian, X FACTOR -
" Filmed in an actual hockey stadium, Ambassadors of Ice is a white-hot flick that made the Zamboni (the equipment that resurfaces the ice) work overtime. The movie is amazing, not just because of the cool soundtrack, or the men and the sex, but because of the camera work. Director Tom Bradford doesn't only use a handheld camera, but cameras that give us panoramic views, a crane to give us a view from the top, and other production values that show this isn't your average porno, but a rival to Hollywood mainstream movies. Plus, when we do see the team playing hockey, they look like an actual team, not a bunch of guys pretending until the sex comes. When we do get to the sex, that's just as amazing. The coolest scene features Jeremy Sheldon, Brian Wels, and Tony Magera getting their freak on after practice, still on the ice. It's incredible to watch, and makes hockey a sexier sport than it already was. "
- Martin Cox, ManNet -
" Besides the fact that it strives for realism -- these studs don't just fuck in the locker room, they actually do get out on the rink and play hockey -- director Tom Bradford's Ambassadors of Ice delivers in every way. These Eastern European puck-pushers are drop-dead gorgeous, the sex sizzles, the videography is superb, and the ice hockey theme is used to full advantage.
Following an opener that sets the tone, the guys practicing on the ice in a real hockey rink, hot studs Ed Burton and Daniel Kilmer show that there's more than one way to make the team. In the locker room, they show off their ripe suckable nipples, and Daniel is gifted with a very long cock that juts out from beneath a nice treasure trail. Daniel and Ed trade wet blows, then Daniel tongues Ed's tasty-looking hole. Daniel plows Ed missionary on a weight bench as Ed's uncut cock bobs over his belly, Daniel then flips him over and shoves his dick in from behind. The action nicely captured from close-ups from below. The intense screwing ends with Daniel pulling out of Ed's ass and shooting cum all over Ed's thick quads (all that skating develops great legs). Ed follows with a shot that sprays all over Daniel's hairy thigh. They end with a very passionate kiss.
A three-way between Jeremy Sheldon, Brian Wels and Tony Magera is a jostling-and-slamming poke-check fantasy come to life. They get going right on the ice with the guys wearing full hockey uniform gear. Soon the hockey sticks are all but forgotten, though, and jockstraps are plundered for treasure, lowered for blows, and amazingly (with the use of mats for protection), they fuck right on the surface of the ice. Even better, they keep their helmets and part of their gear, including their shin guards, on as they face off. All three blow massive loads: Jeremy, who has been fucking Brian from behind, pulls out, fires a gusher of juice all over Brian's buff backside, Brian follows with his cum, and Tony shoots last -- a big, wet, dripping load that just oozes from the head of his uncut dick. Amazingly, the ice doesn't melt.
Following a grueling workout, four sweaty players return to the locker room and strip. Two of the men, Kevin Elliott and Steve Hogan, stay behind as Rob Nelson and Alan Williams head for the showers. Kevin, who has a wonderfully defined physique, lets boy-toy Steve suck his cock, and Steve's bluer-than-blue eyes and long sexy eyelashes look great as he looks up at Kevin, his mouth stuffed full of cock. Rob and Alan, who can't help but get in on the action, rejoin them. With jerseys, pads, helmets and other sports equipment strewn about (you can practically smell the sweaty jockstraps), the four dudes use each other's hot bodies in a myriad of ways, starting with side-by-side suck-offs. The fucking begins, using benches for easier asshole access, Kevin penetrates Steve's bubble-butt from behind as Rob rides Alan, his long uncut dick dangling above the action. Bottoms and tops change partners, Kevin fucking Rob as Alan shoves his dick into Steve. Then, one by one, they all deliver huge jets of cum.
In a shower room, George Vidanov, one of my favorite bottoms in all of gay porn, teams up with Daniel Kilmer and Jeremy Sheldon. (George, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. It's enough that George has boyish good looks, a tight body covered with downy golden fur, and an ass that could inspire poetry. The fact that he is also an accomplished bottom is icing on the cake, or cakes in George's case.) George, Daniel and Jeremy get started with kisses that lead to rock-hard erections. George goes down on Jeremy's beautiful dick as Daniel jacks his cock and watches. George trades off, tasting the two cocks, as Jeremy and Daniel kiss. George first gets his furry hole speared from behind by Jeremy, who moans as if it's the best thing he's ever felt around his dick. While Jeremy is thrusting away, George sucks Daniel's erection. George sits on Jeremy's amazingly erect dick, and then goes sidesaddle and doggy for a good fucking from Daniel. Daniel is the first to blow, his load dripping all over George's back, then George's explodes, and finally, Jeremy lets loose a major gusher of cum as he continues to stroke his uncut dick as it jets out. "
Rating: *** Highly Recommended ***
- ALL MAN -
" Fans of athletic accoutrements will wallow in this one, which also has enough collective foreskin to choke a horse. Bradford has his own directorial style but includes the gorgeous close-ups, minimal plot, and nonstop sex Bjorn is famous for. "
- Brady Jansen, ADULT VIDEO NEWS -
" Though there are several gay XXX videos with ice hockey themes, Ambassadors probably has the most exciting and believable ice hockey sequences, thanks to its European performers who have been playing ice hockey practically all their lives. This may also be the first feature to include a gay porn scene on the ice. Hockey players Jeremy Shelton, Tony Magera, and Ed Burton start sucking each other (in their skates, mind you), then get to fucking behind the goal (after ditching the blades). The hot scene has Magera's hard dick bouncing up and down as he rides Burton. Given the inordinately cold conditions, it's amazing that these guys stay hard. The almost-too-adorable Shelton is one of two rookies trying out for a spot on a professional European hockey team. (Brian Wels is the other.) When the team members put these fellas to the test, the ice heats up real fast. The charismatic Daniel Kilmer takes part in two scenes. Tall, dark and handsome, he starts by seducing Wels before joining Shelton and team captain George Vidanov for the closing shower room threeway. A hot shot in that scene finds Kilmer pinning Vidanov's ass on the floor, plowing him beautifully. Add a locker room fourway led by the gorgeous physical specimen that is Kevin Elliott (big body, big dick, big abs). "
Rating: 4 stars