{"id":8386,"date":"2004-12-27T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2004-12-27T13:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/27\/tequila-sunrise\/"},"modified":"2005-10-23T03:32:11","modified_gmt":"2005-10-23T00:32:11","slug":"tequila-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/27\/tequila-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tequila Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/Watched yet another oldie on DVD – “Tequila Sunrise<\/a>“. While it is a pretty good film, it could have been a billion times better. Just imagine Mel Gibson<\/a> playing a drug lord, but a lonely father who tries to quit the business, being the best friends with Kurt Russell<\/a> who is a sneaky narcotics detective trying to bust Mel’s boss. Both of them are in love with Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a>, who doesn’t even think about choosing one. Ok, she does, but very much closer to the end of the movie. If that was not enough, Mel’s boss is his other best friend, played by Raul Julia<\/a>, who tries to pull this huge deal with drugs and lots of money. And, of course, there is a crooked policemen played by J.T. Walsh<\/a>, who is working together with Russell.<\/p>\n

With all these plot twisting and complicated relationships, this movie is best described as romance. No suspense what-so-ever. No action. There are about 3 dead people in the whole film with under 20 pistol shots. The only explanation I can find to this is that all the budget went for salaries. No special effects, no S.W.A.T. teams, no car chases, no gun fights, no martial arts, nothing. That’s a disappointment.<\/p>\n

I wish there were more to this movie except for the ancient theme of the love triangle between two best friends and a hot babe. 5 out of 10.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Watched yet another oldie on DVD – “Tequila Sunrise“. While it is a pretty good film, it could have been a billion times better. Just imagine Mel Gibson playing a drug lord, but a lonely father who tries to quit the business, being the best friends with Kurt Russell who is a sneaky narcotics detective … Continue reading Tequila Sunrise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[2573,2026,2021,500],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies","tag-kurt-russell","tag-mel-gibson","tag-michelle-pfeiffer","tag-romance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8411,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/03\/bird-on-a-wire\/","url_meta":{"origin":8386,"position":0},"title":"Bird on a Wire","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Bird on a Wire\" was on TV and I just couldn't miss it. 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