Let me get this out of the way first: OH! MY! GOD! Marco Parelli's penis is humongous, which is strange considering how he didn't seem so... big when I last saw him naked in Double En Ju. Did he pump something into his penis to make it bloat to the size of an elephant trunk? I don't know whether to scream or coo when I see that thing. Size queens aren't the only ones who will be pleased, I suspect, when Marco proves that he can hold a decent erection in his scenes and therefore he's not like Ken Ryker - Marco can actually perform in his sex scenes. In the lead role, Marco is more than capable of proving that he can carry the film, if only because of his astoundingly fat cock. However, his emotionless face and vacant expression in his sex scenes soon cause me to feel the tedium that he seems to be feeling and I start wondering whether the movie will end soon and cut short both his and my suffering. Clocking in at slightly more than two hours, Hammam soon becomes a tedious "See Marco fuck, whee! See Marco fuck again, whee! See Marco fuck again and again, all the while looking bored out of his mind, whee! Er... how long more do I have to watch him suffer?" marathon of mechanical thrusts.

Hammam starts out with an excellent and red-hot scene between Marco and his one-night stand Mario. What is really nice about this scene is how these two men actually cuddle and kiss in a warm and passionate manner before getting down to the pumpies. I like how Marco wakes Mario from sleep using his lips and that tree trunk between his legs before making love long and slowly with Mario. Marco's apartment block is undergoing severe repairs and the electrician Haythem, whom Marco eventually gets screwed by, tells Marco that his uncle has a nice place in Tunisia. As Mario gets gang-banged spectacularly by Haythem's two colleagues, Marco and Haythem enjoy some rump-slapping fun together before Marco goes to Tunisia and screws every man he meets in the process.

Haythem looks like an anorexic maiden aunt rather than a hot gay porn star but he has a nice smile and a vigorous way of screwing any buttocks that are splayed open beneath him, so a part of me wonders whether Haythem will do a better job as the lead in this movie. Marco is a handsome man but between his vacant face and his increasingly disgruntled expression as the movie drags on, I find myself thinking that he looks so much better - and happier - clothed. He is a very handsome man to look at and he can work a loose white shirt and embarrassingly outdated pants very well. But take off his clothes and he's just a handsome doll with a big dick and nothing more. Marco needs responsive partners to bring out the best in his scenes. He gets that when he bottoms for the enthusiastic Haythem or when he screws Mario who is a beautifully responsive bottom but his other partners are merely going through the motions with him. Since there are so many sex scenes of this nature in the movie, Hammam comes off as a long and tedious movie packed with too many throwaway sex scenes with only a few really resonating fucks here and there to interrupt briefly the constant boredom I am feeling.

The movie ends on a high and correct note though: Marco gets taken in the ass by a mysterious stranger who sneaks into his room. Marco is surprisingly responsive here and him getting the ass-drilling of his life is a satisfying ending to this overall long and tedious exercise in mechanical hip-piston mechanics.

Rating: C+