Leave it to director Kristofer Weston (aka Steve Landess) to use a famous philosophical treatise to tie four long sex scenes together, and have it actually make a point and be wickedly hot at the same time. That's not something you see very often in porn these days, if at all. Kudos to you, Mr. Weston.

Using performers from Colt Studio's Buckshot "brand" of men, Strong Will: The Assertion is an easy to watch, immensely hot way to spend 85 minutes (longer if you count the Special Features).

Let's start with the cover. After having viewed the movie, in retrospect I have to say I am a bit disappointed with the studio's cover design. Not that the model isn't attractive: Guy Parker is always easy on the eyes (though I do think I like him better with the Billy Idol blond hair, but hey...that's just me). Given the slick production values of the movie, and the truly gorgeous DVD menu and interface, the cover is just sort of...blah. Don't let that stop you, however. It's what's inside that counts.

The DVD menu rivals any mainstream, major studio production on the market, and in many ways I feel it's superior. There are no annoyingly loud bursts of video or music in case you want to take this movie to bed late at night and you happen to doze off when you're done. I hate that. The menu is extremely classy looking—if someone walked in on you unannounced, they'd never know you were watching porn just judging by the menu. This could come in handy in a dorm situation. The menu is well organized, intuitive, and there are no glitches with navigation. This earns my highest rating, and sets the bar awfully high for the competition.

The opening scene, which is subtitled Assertion, features Trystian Sweet and Tory Mason. There's about twenty seconds of dialogue, then they hop onto the bed and get right down to it. A fairly long kissing preamble leads into the actual sex. Sweet is the obvious top, and has a good take-charge attitude without it being exaggerated. Tory Mason has a sweet (no pun intended) little ass that you just want to squeeze in both hands and take a bite of.

As is true of the entire movie, the camera work is excellent, the lighting is perfect, and the sound quality is way above average. The music is quite good as well; it's there when it needs to be and unobtrusive when it is.

Once the money shots are over, Trystian can't find his copy of 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation. I'm really glad that someone has finally put this into a porn video, because this happens to me all the time. (A small portion of this lengthy work, by the way, asserts that the male sex drive is not of one's own free will, but is instead inherited in order to assure the propagation of the species. Insert this reviewer's chuckle here.) At any rate, it is Trystian's sudden concern over the whereabouts of his book that conveniently segues us to the next scene, which features Omer and Dean Phoenix.

Omer is the lucky guy reading the discarded, but apparently fascinating, philosophy book. Dean Phoenix comes waltzing in, and they get busy right off. This segment's subtitle is Denial of Will, but for the life of me I couldn't see any denying going on whatsoever. Hot scene, and fans of the buff Israeli Omer should be very pleased with his work.

In the next segment, amusingly entitled Platonic Idea, somehow Mason Wyler has acquired the book. Donny Malone shows up and asks what Mason is reading, which naturally leads immediately to hot sex. While not my favorite coupling in the movie, I will say that Mason Wyler sure does moan nicely, and it seems neither faked nor contrived. Wyler appears (and sounds) to be truly appreciative of Malone's energetic attempt to fuck him clean through the mattress. I like that quality in a man.

The Objectification of Will features coverboy Guy Parker and the extremely cute Zack Randall in this final segment of the movie. The "objectification" part consists of Guy sitting in the chair next to Zack and staring at him while he reads for a sum total of fifteen seconds.

This scene is why Guy Parker is on the DVD box cover.

Good heavens. I had to watch this scene in two sittings, if you're catching my drift. These two hot men seemed so into their interaction that I almost felt like an actual voyeur, in a nicely dirty sort of way. I also want to go on record as saying, that if ejaculation for height ever becomes an Olympic sport, these two guys should automatically qualify for the team. In fact, I hereby nominate Zack Randall as team captain. Impressive, with Parker's ass perched on a chair, Randall's ass perched on Parker's lap facing away, I had to damn near crane my neck up to see where the spunk flew.

Fortunately, the DVD Special Features menu contains a convenient "Climax Reel" with all eight orgasms neatly consolidated into just a few minutes. I have to admit to replaying the Parker and Randall's respective geysers several times, they were that impressive. Zack Randall gives Mason Wyler a run for his money in the sound effects department as well. I get twitchy just listening to those two.

The Special Features menu includes the requisite trailers for several other Colt Studio Group titles, including Paradise Found. There is a terrific slideshow of each performer featuring stills from the movie plus gorgeous, magazine-quality posed photographs. The previously mentioned "Climax Reel" is also a handy addition.

I give this DVD a definitive A+. There is absolutely nothing technically wrong with the format, the menu, or the movie itself. Sound and video are impeccable, and what little acting it contains isn't bad at all. Good-looking guys, hot bodies, nobody looked bored for even an instant, and all eight of these men sport gorgeous cocks with hard-ons that a cat couldn't scratch. Add to that a little bit of playful philosophical musing on the director's part (the male sex drive is not of one's own free will…no, really?), and you've got top quality porn with just a little dab of substance. You can't ask for much more than that.