An overweight California slob hears his brother's been killed in Tijuana and goes down to investigate. Once there he meets an odd assortment of characters, all of whom either knew his brother or in some way were involved with him.
Acting
John Voldstad's shambling everyman anchors the weirdness surprisingly hard.
Direction
Bernstien squeezes genuine atmosphere from dust, neon, and probably no money.
Cinematography
Tijuana as character: sweaty, flickering, morally humid.
Director
Les Bernstien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Voldstad was best known as Darryl #2 on Newhart—this is basically his anti-Darryl.
Shot in actual Tijuana on what appears to be someone's credit card, capturing the city's 90s grindhouse energy before cartel cinema took over.
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