The Blue Iguana (1988)
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 6
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In exchange for staying out of jail, down-and-out bounty hunter Vince Holloway (Dylan McDermott) agrees to work for corrupt IRS agents Vera (Tovah Feldshuh) and Strick (Dean Stockwell). Holloway travels to Diablo, a country run by criminals, to intercept a transfer of funds between crooked banker Cora (Jessica Harper) and gangster Reno (James Russo). Using a plot structure derived from Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, as well as from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sergio Leone's A Fistful of
Apr 22, 1988 Wide
May 23, 2006
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Dylan McDermott
Vince Holloway -
Jessica Harper
Cora -
James Russo
Reno -
Pam Gidley
Dakota -
Tovah Feldshuh
Detective Vera Quinn -
Dean Stockwell
Detective Carl Strick -
Katia Schkolnik
Mona -
Flea
Floyd -
Yano Anaya
Yano -
Michelle Seipp
Zoe Bartender -
Don Pedro Colley
Boat Captain -
Pedro Altamirano
Rubberhead -
Alejandro Bracho
Hotel Clerk -
Álvaro Carcaño
Teenager -
Benny Corral
Roy -
Jorge Luis Corzo
Gangster -
John Durbin
Louis Sparks -
Carlos Romano
Banker -
Raúl Araiza
Teenager -
Alberto Colin
Gangster -
Arturo Rodriguez Doring
Gangster -
Eliett
Veronica -
Enrique Garcia
Drunken Man -
Jonathan Kano
Solo -
Honorato Magaloni
Smuggler -
Siro
Gangster -
Amelia Zapata
Gangster -
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All Critics (9) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (6) | DVD (1)
An unusually irritating misfire...
It's little more than an interesting failure, a not-so-clever execution of a clever idea.
After a full hour of Iguana I was watching the DVD counter tick by in slow motion.
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