La Cucaracha

With the vague notion of writing a novel in Mexico, would-be author Walter Pool (Eric Roberts) dumps his girlfriend in New Jersey and chucks his dead-end job. Observing how Walter belts down booze, an obsequious stranger named Luis Graves (James McManus) sizes up his patsy potential and offers down-on-his-luck Walter a gig as a hit man. Too soused to think straight, Walter accepts. Luis's wealthy, sadistic client Jose Guerras (Joaquim de Almeida), will pay Walter $100,000 for assassinating Herberto Ortega (Victor Rivers), whom Guerras accuses of the rape and murder of his college-age son. Before he knows it, inebriated Walter is pointing a shaky pistola at Ort...