Marco Leonardi plays a bandit who escapes the wrath of the dreaded hangman
(Temuera Morrison- none too proud of the film, apparently) and takes the
title character (sexy Ara Celi, in the Salma Hayek role) with him to a bar
full of nutty blood-suckers.
They are joined by alcoholic writer Michael
Parks, and bible-bashing newlyweds Rebecca Gayheart and Lennie Loften.
Stealing every scene, a goofy, lisping bible salesman played Orlando Jones
and the astonishing Sonia Braga (who is sexier than usual here, I’ve never
found her attractive) as Celi’s whore mother round out an entertaining B
cast.
Decadent fun for the most part, this film is an improvement over the
not-so-bad but not great second film, but still treads on far too familiar
ground to be a classic.
It’s probably a peg below the first film, but only
slightly. Good location shooting and a fun music score as well. Thanks
probably to co-screenwriter Robert Rodriguez this one has more interesting
characters than the second film as well, only Gayheart and Loften missing
out, though in the former’s case, her inability to act in any way shape or
form that does not grate enormously, is probably more to blame.
OVERALL SUMMARY
A fun little B-movie for those who like mindless violence, campy
performances, and a film that drowns itself in all kinds of excess barely
seen in these PG- times.
