Tequila Sunrise is a 1988 American crime thriller film written and directed by Robert Towne. It stars Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, with Raúl Juliá, J. T. Walsh, Arliss Howard and Gabriel Damon in supporting roles, presented on Blu-ray.
Mac McKussic may have quit the business of drug dealing. But – inside and outside the law – the business won’t quit him. Mel Gibson (as Mac), Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell and Raul Julia star in this high-gloss, high-stakes thriller from Chinatown Academy Award® winner Robert Towne. Russell is Mac’s pal Nick, a cop under pressure to bring Mac down; Julia plays a Mexican lawman with shady intentions; and Pfeiffer is a cool restaurateur torn between her feelings for Nick and Mac. All four bask in Conrad Hall’s glowing, award-winning cinematography. The volatile elements of Tequila Sunrise make an excitingly watchable mix.
Tequila Sunrise movie reviews
“Kurt Russell has never seemed more clever, Mel Gibson more vulnerable nor Michelle Pfeiffer more goddess-like. Once upon a time, before the pictures got small and the hills were obscured by smog, the Hollywood sign read: "Hollywoodland.” That was back when Tequila Sunrise, an intelligent, escapist epic for adults, wouldn't have seemed the anomaly it seems today" The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Tequila Sunrise succeeds in both its larger strokes and its smaller ones-as both a romance and a thriller.” Washington Post