Waitress Maxine (Carey Lowell) unwittingly becomes involved with international criminals who are trying to get their hands on the Crucible of San Lucas, a valuable South American religious relic.
With its beautiful female protagonist thrust into an adventure in a banana republic, accompanied by an untrustworthy stranger with his own agenda, Down Twisted reminded me a bit of Romancing the Stone (1984). But where that film had class, wit, and engaging performances to spare, this effort from director Albert Pyun has none. It's a mess of a movie from start to finish: the plot is all over the place, the direction is sloppy, the editing is choppy, and the acting is terrible. The only reason I stayed the course was because of lovely Carey Lowell (my favourite Bond woman), who is very easy on the eyes, although she spends the entire film dressed in completely unflattering clobber (even donning a Mexican parrot costume for one scene!).
I've only scratched the surface of Pyun's filmography, but this must surely rank as one of his worst.
1/10 - Possibly worth a look for avid Courtney Cox fans, the actress making her movie debut. Oh, and the Oingo Boingo song on the soundtrack is a good choice (although the same tune is put to better use in the far superior Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2).
With its beautiful female protagonist thrust into an adventure in a banana republic, accompanied by an untrustworthy stranger with his own agenda, Down Twisted reminded me a bit of Romancing the Stone (1984). But where that film had class, wit, and engaging performances to spare, this effort from director Albert Pyun has none. It's a mess of a movie from start to finish: the plot is all over the place, the direction is sloppy, the editing is choppy, and the acting is terrible. The only reason I stayed the course was because of lovely Carey Lowell (my favourite Bond woman), who is very easy on the eyes, although she spends the entire film dressed in completely unflattering clobber (even donning a Mexican parrot costume for one scene!).
I've only scratched the surface of Pyun's filmography, but this must surely rank as one of his worst.
1/10 - Possibly worth a look for avid Courtney Cox fans, the actress making her movie debut. Oh, and the Oingo Boingo song on the soundtrack is a good choice (although the same tune is put to better use in the far superior Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2).