Former football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is searching for Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward) in Cozumel, Mexico for a shady acquaintance Jake Wise (James Woods). She's the daughter of the owner of Terry's former pro team. Jake claims that she came at him with a knife and stole $50k. Terry is broke and desperate to get back on the team. He contacts Jessie's mother (Jane Greer) but all she offers is more money than Jake to find Jessie. Jessie doesn't want to be found by either Jake or her mother but she falls for Terry.
The movie is bogged down by a lot of unnecessary plot. I don't understand why cutting him from the team is so complicated. It should be a lot simpler. There are real estate deals and politics. Some effort should be expended to simplify a lot of this. Everything is artificially elevated. Terry and Jake are racing their fast cars and I don't care. Nobody is going to die and there's no prize to win. That scene could have been cut down to achieve the same point. It takes 35 minutes to get to Rachel Ward and it takes even longer for them to develop the required chemistry. It's a lot fake overwrought romanticism in the breezy Caribean. At least the movie locations provides a terrific backdrop for the iconic Genesis song. Then the movie devolves into a convoluted mess.
The movie is bogged down by a lot of unnecessary plot. I don't understand why cutting him from the team is so complicated. It should be a lot simpler. There are real estate deals and politics. Some effort should be expended to simplify a lot of this. Everything is artificially elevated. Terry and Jake are racing their fast cars and I don't care. Nobody is going to die and there's no prize to win. That scene could have been cut down to achieve the same point. It takes 35 minutes to get to Rachel Ward and it takes even longer for them to develop the required chemistry. It's a lot fake overwrought romanticism in the breezy Caribean. At least the movie locations provides a terrific backdrop for the iconic Genesis song. Then the movie devolves into a convoluted mess.