What if your Lamborghini dealer was also your cocaine dealer?
In Miami’s neon-lit streets, “EXOTIC” follows Alejandro Vasquez, a charismatic entrepreneur leading a double life. Publicly, he runs an exotic car rental business, but secretly, he operates a criminal organization for the Calamar Cartel. His life is upended when Isabella, a New York journalist, arrives to expose Miami’s underworld. As she gets closer to the truth, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. “EXOTIC” is a thrilling tale of crime and redemption, blurring the line between hero and villain against Miami’s glamorous backdrop.
Cinematography
Miami shot like a sweating, glittering wound
Acting
Tiffany Toney's Isabella weaponizes charm into a shiv
Production
Cars so beautiful you'll forget they're blood money
Director
Segrin Phillips
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film deliberately mirrors Scarface's Cuban refugee narrative but swaps Miami's 1980s Marielitos for modern Mexican cartel dynamics, updating the 'American Dream' corruption thesis for post-NAFTA border politics.
Peter Pera learned to drive stick shift in a $400,000 Lamborghini Huracán on camera—his terrified expression in the dealership scene is 100% real.
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