My review was written in June 1990 after watching the film on Media Home Entertainment video cassette.
Treat Williams headed to Italy three years ago to make this desultory adventure film, currently in release here as a direct-to-video title.
Except for some brief gore when a nasty old shark eats Williams' ex-wife, it's not really a horror film. Title refers to the pagan ritual of Mexican locals praying to their gods for good fishing once a year at a fiesta.
Williams is living with West Indie buddy Antonio Farga and bronzed beauty Nina Soldano when his ne'er-do-well brother drags him into trouble. Bro has stolen an incriminating disk that implicates corrupt businessman John Steiner in shady dealings. Steiner sends his ment to get the disk, which Williams receives after his sibling dies.
Poorly motivated film has Williams stubbornly hanging onto the disk until the legendary shark Cyclops eats it along with lovely Scandinavian star Janet Agren. Instead of becoming "The Old Man and the Sea", film winds up a routine actioner with a smg happy ending.
Williams has had currency in Italy since "Prince of the City" , but deserves better.
Treat Williams headed to Italy three years ago to make this desultory adventure film, currently in release here as a direct-to-video title.
Except for some brief gore when a nasty old shark eats Williams' ex-wife, it's not really a horror film. Title refers to the pagan ritual of Mexican locals praying to their gods for good fishing once a year at a fiesta.
Williams is living with West Indie buddy Antonio Farga and bronzed beauty Nina Soldano when his ne'er-do-well brother drags him into trouble. Bro has stolen an incriminating disk that implicates corrupt businessman John Steiner in shady dealings. Steiner sends his ment to get the disk, which Williams receives after his sibling dies.
Poorly motivated film has Williams stubbornly hanging onto the disk until the legendary shark Cyclops eats it along with lovely Scandinavian star Janet Agren. Instead of becoming "The Old Man and the Sea", film winds up a routine actioner with a smg happy ending.
Williams has had currency in Italy since "Prince of the City" , but deserves better.