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The Blue Iguana

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IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The Blue Iguana is as close to a no-brainer as you can get, and still have anything left on the screen at all. It's a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies. Rated: 0.5/4 Sep 24, 2001 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Seems like a type of visual quiz for aficionados of old movies. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 7, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews An unusually irritating misfire... Rated: 1/4 Nov 6, 2008 Full Review David Cornelius DVDTalk.com It's little more than an interesting failure, a not-so-clever execution of a clever idea. Rated: 2/5 May 22, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Jul 29, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Offbeat crime comedy, with a Yojimbo-like plot, and a particularly dry Dylan McDermott as the noirish hero. Quirky characters, some memorable lines, and plenty of black humor means this will play poorly to most, but very well to a select few. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member "She was a real looker, but I knew if she got the chance, She'd put a bullet in my back. Dames are funny that way." To stay out of the slammer, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Vince Holloway (Dylan McDermott) reluctantly agrees to do the bidding of two crooked IRS agents (Tovah Feldshuh and Dean Stockwell). Tasked with recouping $20 million of laundered drug money, Holloway heads south of the border to a banana republic where double crosses and murder are de rigueur. James Russo and Jessica Harper provide support in this quirky caper film. Also features Flea of the Red Hot Chillip Peppers. The soundtrack is a wild, unpredictable collection of songs (a James Brown mega-hit, a popular Fela Kuti number, and a rousing cover of âBorn To Be Wild❠by Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction), a couple of doo-wop classics (âYou Cheated❠by the Del Vikings, and the great âWinner Take All❠by the Platters), some hip-hop curiosities (an early rap-rock fusion with the White Boysâ(TM) âThis Is Hardcore, Is It Not?â, an ultra-rare Fat Boys track, and Kurtis Blow doing the movieâ(TM)s theme song), a few original songs by punk producer Ethan James (who also wrote the surf-noir score), and even some funk and metal (by Chuck Brown and L.A. Guns, respectively). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zoe 'The Bartender': Found a new sport that I like. Know what it is? Golf. Know why I like it? Because golf is walking through a park... with a purpose. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).
Director
John Lafia
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$114.9K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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