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The Blue Iguana

The Blue Iguana (1988)

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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

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

May 23, 2006

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Critic Reviews for The Blue Iguana

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (6) | DVD (1)

An unusually irritating misfire...

November 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

It's little more than an interesting failure, a not-so-clever execution of a clever idea.

May 22, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

After a full hour of Iguana I was watching the DVD counter tick by in slow motion.

December 15, 2001 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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