Ridley Dovarez

Ridley Dovarez Review

Ridley Dovarez is a French adult film director, and his eponymous theater is a part of a network of 38 sites run by French production company Studio Presse. Dovarez has produced 103 DVDs to date, all of which appear on the site, and many of them have dark themes and explore various kinds of kinky and rough sex. I couldn't find much information about Dovarez online, but his Twitter feed says that he started filming in 2002, he likes pushing boundaries, and, in some cases, smashing them. It also says that he's won the Best French Label and Best Director award at PinkTV Awards in 2016, 2017 and 2018. It's been a while since we last visited, so please join me as we see what's been happening.

The performers are a mix of slender, athletic, and some well-built men who are mostly French guys in their twenties and early thirties, although I’ve seen plenty of Spanish men and other Europeans, as well. Some are clean-shaven, others sport face scruff, and a couple have beards. They're all pretty well-hung, and the cocks are uncut. Mathieu Ferhati, Jordan Fox, and Doryann Marguet have all appeared in a number of videos, and each has his own "Best of" DVD. But there are also other European hunks like Antonio Miracle, David Valentin, Gabriel Phoenix, Dmitri Osten, John Brachalli, as well as many guys I didn't recognize who are regulars on the French and European porn scene.

Many of the DVDs are story-driven gay porn involving European spies and secret agents or Spanish street gangs, and they often feature heavier BDSM themes that include dog training, bondage, fisting, foot fetish action, and rough sex, but there's no shortage of sucking and fucking, and cum facials are common in these productions. There are also plenty of less edgy sessions where guys simply suck cock and fuck ass. Much of the action is in duos, but there are 39 scenes with threeways and small groups, and there are an equal number of outdoor sex sessions.

This site and network have two ways to enjoy the videos. First is an unlimited streaming membership which lets you watch all videos in all of the theaters, but if you want to download videos, you’ll have to buy a package of tickets Downloading scenes generally costs from four to 13 tickets each, but see more about this below. You can also use tickets to stream videos à la carte, and these costs anywhere up to nine tickets. There are ticket packages available at from five to 100, and your tickets can be used on all of the network's 38 theaters. I always recommend trying out the streaming membership first because paying per scene can get expensive. Keep track of the scenes you want to download, so you can purchase the right ticket package and take advantage of volume discounts.

Ridley Dovarez offers 444 streaming videos in MP4 format, each a scene from the director's 103 DVDs. The videos play in an adaptive player and are offered up to five speeds on newer releases while older ones come in two. The quality on newer scenes is generally good, but the oldest videos are average at best, and this really shows if you’re viewing them on a large screen where the videos are enlarged to fit the player. The site and videos are mobile-compatible, and I watched the videos on my phone with no problems.

Since downloads cost you extra in the form of purchased tickets, it’s important to mention that I was surprised to discover the very latest scene was only five minutes long and seemed to be cut out of a longer scene and it cost 21 tickets. Most videos on this network cost around 12 tickets, so this is quite a lot more. I suggest before purchasing any downloads that you check the video’s length on each episode’s page, it should be right underneath the scene’s title. Two of the new releases I downloaded played at 1920x1080, but you will find other sizes among the older scenes, which are usually 960x540, but we did report that some older scenes came in at 640x480. Quality is fairly good on the downloads, although the newer scenes are more crisp.
 
Each video comes with a picture set. These are decent quality screencaps that preview the men and the action well. The pics are shown on the episode's page at 440x248, but while they're not clickable, when you save the thumbs individually, you'll get the full images, sized at 1080x608. There are no zip files or slideshows.

Only the latest six RidleyDovarez releases are dated here, and these indicate that Ridley Dovarez has added one video in each of the past five weeks, and during one week they added two. Since our last review 27 months ago, the site has added 148 videos, which works out to be a little more than five a month.

As mentioned, RidleyDovarez members get access to the entire Studio Presse network of 38 sites. Some offer kink, like DarkCruising with 3,828 scenes, and Sketboy (1,727 videos) , There are also more sites featuring French men like CrunchBoy, with over 4,200 scenes, Cadinot (547 videos), and French Porn, with 4,255 vids. And there's lots more.

Now let's talk about issues. First, any update claims you see on the tour pertain to the network, not to this site in particular. They say the network has 26,577 videos, but since many scenes appear in multiple theaters, the count is likely exaggerated. I always like model bios, so I was disappointed this network is sparse on them; there’s not even a page about the director himself. I have seen Ridley Dovarez content on another paid membership site, so the content here isn't exclusive, but it's not all over place, either.

I wouldn't recommend you stream the older videos à la carte; the quality isn't great so you're better to pop for a couple of extra credits and download them. You can download or stream entire DVDs, but these require separate purchases above whatever credits you may have already bought. Lastly, dialogue isn’t often available with English subtitles, although Spanish language is often subtitled in French. However, many of the videos just jump right into the sex, so subtitles aren’t necessary.

It's unclear if Doverez is still filming because while there are now 66 DVDs on the site, the latest additions are mostly produced by others, like director Mark Celtik, and some from an unnamed Latin porn company.

Ridley Dovarez does, indeed, explore dark themes and push boundaries, and who doesn't like being pushed a little? And the good news is that the Studio Presse network has a number of fetish sex and BDSM theaters, so Dovarez's rough sex scenarios fit right in. That means there's lots of stuff to watch here using your streaming membership or tickets, throughout the entire network. RidleyDovarez itself offers 444 videos to stream on your desktop and mobiles, and the site adds new content at an average of around four to five scenes monthly. And don't forget the network adds at least 100 to 120 videos each month, so there's plenty of new stuff to keep you entertained. This is one of my favorite theaters in the Studio Presse network and these sessions are hot and worth checking out.

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