Tequila Sunrise (1988)

Second viewing; first was on August 6, 1989.

Dale McCussick is a retired drug dealer who was never caught. He is friends with Nick Frescia, a police lieutenant, now assigned to the district (is that the word?) where McCussick lives. They both develop a romantic interest on Jo Ann, a restaurant owner who thus becomes involved with the criminal universe that surrounds both men. The FBI has the firm purpose of convicting McCussick, which puts Frescia on a personal conflict of interests. An old friend of McCussick's who is a major drug dealer in Mexico requests his collaboration on a new deal.

Not much to say about this film; although I did not recall much of it, I seem to have had similar degrees of liking on both viewings. It is a well-made and pleasant film, very well-written on the microlevel, by which I mean the scene-by-scene basis, the dialogue, etc. On the macrolevel, i.e., the general plot, and the characters' behavioral credibility and consistency , it did not convince me much, especially the girl's behavior, which remains all but an enigma to me.

Rating: 63 (unchanged)