Tequila Sunrise

Tequila Sunrise

1988 · 115 min · EN · R · 6.0 (449 votes)
Dir. Robert Towne · Starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raúl Juliá, J.T. Walsh, Arliss Howard · Music Dave Grusin

A business on the line. A friendship on the edge. A woman caught in the middle.

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In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.

VIBE

A sun-drenched, neon-soaked neo-noir. It feels like a hazy, late-night drive through Los Angeles, filled with simmering tension, romantic longing, and the sticky sweetness of bad decisions.

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