CARIBE

US, 1987, 86 minutes, Colour.
John Savage, Kara Glover, Stephen Mc Hattie.
Directed by Michael Kennedy.

Caribe is a routine thriller about arms smuggling and the CIA in Central America. It's chief advantage is beautiful Belize scenery. Filmed on location, the sea, rivers and mountains of the country make more impact than the plot and the stars. John Savage is the hero, Steven Mc Hattie the villain. Routine material.

1.Popular thriller elements? Heroes and villains? Arms smuggling? The CIA? Chases and confrontations?

2.The title, the Caribbean? Belize locations, the town, river, sea, mountains? Central American ruins? Musical score?

3.The plot outline and its familiarity: the embezzling of money, arms deals? The Chicago secretary, her crooked boss? His crooked partner, the CIA and the double cross? The henchmen? American Intelligence, working for the British? The double-crossing, the murders, the pursuit, the confrontation, the final explosion?

4.Helen and Roy, their background in Chicago, the books, the arms? The villain and his double-dealing? The rendezvous, Jeff and his arrival? The delay, Roy and his discussions - and his death? Helen and her escape with Jeff? Up-river, the pursuit? The meeting with Tommy, his eccentricity? His help? The villains and their pursuit, the boat, the shootouts? The pursuit in the mountains, Tommy and his assistance? The final explosion?

5.Helen, glamorous, rescued by Jeff? Her double-dealing? His saving her? Jeff, on the beach, computer, reports? Pursuit, shot, helping Helen, falling in love with her? The confrontation, the pursuit in the mountains? His finally rescuing her?

6.The villains, CIA, tough, selling arms illegally? The henchmen? The pursuit, the brutality, shootings?

7.Tommy, the eccentric in the Central American mountains, drugs, rituals? Crazed? His helping out?

8.Formula ingredients for popular entertainment?