ManNet.com: “Director John Rutherford is a man who has truly hit his stride with his craft, and he’s as confident and creative as ever here turning in a flick that is as hot as a volcano. HAWAI’I shot on location on the grounds of the Horizon Guest House in Honaunau, features an archipelago of gorgeous men who seem to be as in love with each other as their director is with capturing their lovemaking. The sex here is sensual, often urgent and robust, but always affectionate. Likewise for the Vangelis-esque score by Rock Hard, the aural sounds rising and falling with the visual passion. [...] The opener features coverman Mitch Branson, a COLT stud if there ever was one, with his hairy chest and sculpted muscles, he’s a dream come true. His partner, Gage Weston, is an innocent-looking bombshell, who is anything but once the action gets underway. The opening vista is a stunning view of the duo sitting on the ledge of an infinity pool that looks out toward the Pacific, the water stretching out beyond where the eye can see, the men shown in glorious close-up as they kiss and touch.”

Arizona’s X Factor magazine: “John Rutherford’s HAWAI’I features romantic and breathtaking sex between ultra-masculine men. The romance derives from the synergy of setting, light, chemistry, mood and music rather than from any specific amorous attachment between the models. The sex is quite vanilla, but it surely does not suffer on that account. [...] The opening scene between Gage Weston and cover model Mitch Branson is one for the memory books. The day is overcast, and the gray-green sky turns the pool the same color, so that there’s hardly a demarcation between foreground and horizon. To invoke Emily Dickinson, it is as if the water holds but the men themselves, and eternity. Branson surges into a contender’s position for “Hottest Man on the Planet” for his tough and tender coupling with Weston. Fans of chest hair may cum simply by looking at him; his may be the best hairy chest in porn since Logan Reed. If ever one wanted someone to sit on his face, it would be exactly as it is done here, with Branson above and Weston below.”

RADvideo.com: “There√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a minimalist feel to this starkly beautiful release, and maybe that√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s because director John Rutherford knows that with a cast like this, and the beautiful backdrop that is the big island of Hawai√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢i, you don√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t need much else. Gorgeous as the setting is, though, the COLT men here are the ones that make the eyes pop most. From hairy he-man Adam Champ to beefy, smooth all over Luke Garrett, this cast is easily one of the most stunning ever assembled. Luke gets hottie Darin Hawk as a fucktoy, while Adam, superbly built Gage Weston, and creamy, buff Eric Valentin provide the production√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s sole three-way one of the beefiest trios you will ever see on camera. This one is a winner from beginning to end.”

Official site: HAWAI’I at ColtStudioStore.com