"Another delicate and deliciously unfolded masculine interconnection is between Benjamin and Rich, an old queer who smacks his lips all over the former's Adonis physique (full-front nudity is a must). The gamesmanship between a predator and his prey, and how the table is eventually turned. SWALLOWED is awash with such racy innuendos, like Dom's prolonged erection as a side effect of the leaking drug (a close-up of Benjamin swallowing his saliva is a nifty tease), or Benjamin's fist work to extract the condoms from Dom's anus (thankfully, the film's coprophiliac predilection doesn't really aim for verisimilitude), all play up to salve the thirst of the film's demographic. Koch makes a good introduction as a new queer leading man, but Malone's Alice getting fridged unceremoniously is a letdown. She is tough-as-nail, her maternal solicitude only gets exuded gradually, and should be given more agency to operate."
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