This movie doesn't have a lot to offer outside some scenic shots of the Mexican coast and Rachel Ward's semi-nude "coast". Everybody in the cast does a workmanlike job and are appropriately cast but the movie had a lot of problems for me.
First and foremost, I didn't care for Rachel Ward in this movie. Why are all the characters so obsessed with her? For a start, I don't think she looks all that good. Her hairstyle was awful and her costumes throughout the movie were baggy and unsexy. On top of that, she seems to be very physically awkward---no sexy, slithering walk as you might expect from some femme fatale in a movie. Yes, she gets all hot and bothered with Jeff Bridges in the Mayan temple but the camera just teases---was there ever such a major sex scene in a movie which didn't show more of the lead actress?
There were a lot of problems for me with the plot. Ward is from Australia and doesn't make any pretense of trying to use an American accent. The explanation? Her character's father is a late British actor so I guess she inherited her accent (but didn't she grow up in the USA? Why would anyone who grew up in the USA have an Australian accent?). Her character has no redeeming qualities--a troubled rich girl, a former drug addict, a thief. All she seems able to do is maniupulate people and satisfy men in bed. Alright, maybe that is enough! She's not even the villainess in this movie.
First and foremost, I didn't care for Rachel Ward in this movie. Why are all the characters so obsessed with her? For a start, I don't think she looks all that good. Her hairstyle was awful and her costumes throughout the movie were baggy and unsexy. On top of that, she seems to be very physically awkward---no sexy, slithering walk as you might expect from some femme fatale in a movie. Yes, she gets all hot and bothered with Jeff Bridges in the Mayan temple but the camera just teases---was there ever such a major sex scene in a movie which didn't show more of the lead actress?
There were a lot of problems for me with the plot. Ward is from Australia and doesn't make any pretense of trying to use an American accent. The explanation? Her character's father is a late British actor so I guess she inherited her accent (but didn't she grow up in the USA? Why would anyone who grew up in the USA have an Australian accent?). Her character has no redeeming qualities--a troubled rich girl, a former drug addict, a thief. All she seems able to do is maniupulate people and satisfy men in bed. Alright, maybe that is enough! She's not even the villainess in this movie.