This quickie from Roger Corman tries to make the most of its weak novelty of taking place in the Latino community of Los Angeles. Ethnicity gets smeared over KISS ME A KILLER's hackneyed plot like hot sauce; here's an erotic thriller that intercuts its gratuitous nude scenes with
gratuitous shots of rice and beans cooking on the stove. Call it "The
Caballero Always Rings Twice."
The Circle Club is an East LA lounge owned by blustery, middle-aged Anglo Jake (Guy Boyd) whose lovely but stifled young wife Teresa (Julie Carmen) waits the tables. When the club's headlining salsa singer faints away drunk, a handsome patron named Tony Montero (Robert Beltran) su...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
74 mins