My review was written in October 1988 after a screening at Cine 42 theater on Manhattan's 42nd Street.
"Caribe" is a picturesque but dull actioner, vaguely reminiscent of the exotic programmers of yesteryear while lacking their energy.
John Savage toplines as a laidback agent for British Intelligence, whose mission is to abort an illegal sale of explosives in Belize. Stephen McHattie is an ex-CIA agent who's masterminding the operation, using as dupes two Yanks, Sam Malkin and Kara Glover, who are attempting to raise $500,000 to cover an embezzlement from their munitions company.
Pic's main switch is that Glover, exhibiting fashion model beauty in even the most primitive of jungle locations, handles most of the rough stuff while Savage contents himself with calling the shots. There's some okay stunt work and speedboat chases, but action tends to be languorous as we gaze at lovely Belize scenery (previously spotlighted in "The Mosquito Coast".
Glover and Savage make a comfortable team, immediately encoring together as the leads of Vestron's "The Beat". Zack Nesis has a showy role as a mystical hippy left over from the '60s ethos, who aids the duo at crucial moments.
