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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 09/24/2001
0.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 07/07/2022
Seems like a type of visual quiz for aficionados of old movies. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 11/06/2008
1/4
An unusually irritating misfire... Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com 05/22/2006
2/5
It's little more than an interesting failure, a not-so-clever execution of a clever idea. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/12/2005
2/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 07/29/2002
2/5
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05/12/2012 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. See more 01/02/2011 "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. See more 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
Producer
Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Screenwriter
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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