A young woman from America inherits a beach bar in Ibiza, Spain, and soon experiences all kind of wild and crazy adventures. This is the story of Lauren, a young woman from America who learns that her Uncle Sam has been missing at sea, and that as a result she has inherited a beach bar in the island of Ibiza, Spain. When she arrives, she meets Angelito, a handsome and young Spanish artist. They go to the bar, only to find it rundown. Depressed, Lauren returns to town where she meets Beth, another young American woman working in a bar, who offers to show her the town, Marilyn, a passionate young dancer who was fired after a altercation with a group of drunk buffoons, and Crazy Larry, a wacky British DJ who also was fired when he accidentally threw up on his boss. Together, they decide to renovate the bar and get business running again. Meanwhile, Beth's ex, Nick has come from the States to try to get back together with her. But romance on the rocks is the least of their worries, when they discover that Angelito's father is being held captive by Cortez, a local gangster. Will Beth and Nick get back together? Will our heroes and heroines save Angelito's dad? And is Uncle Sam really gone? Wow, this must be like the best-est film i've ever seen! From the hilarious melon sequence at the beginning (oh my melons!) to the accident with the avocado (don't forget to squeeze the avocados!) this film delivers on every level and a few others that didn't exist before this film was made, but now do, because of this film.<br/><br/>With glistering dialogue and top performances from the beautiful young cast and cameo performers such as the multi-talented Sadie Winters, every aspect of the production has been dealt with in the tiniest detail. Including the design department.<br/><br/>Plus Gary Busey is on amazing form as the bad guy, bringing a realistic quality to the film that lifts it above your average Baleric comedy romp.<br/><br/>Miss it at your inconvenience!<br/><br/>Spoiler: Uncle Sam is alive and living in Thailand!!! This has to be one of the funniest multi-national action comedy drama crime capers set in Ibiza that I've ever seen. It's got everything in it. Some superb photography, hilarious set pieces (the statue gag is a classic), slightly questionable art direction (why all the chiffon?) but above all a wonderful effort.<br/><br/>Gary Busey steals every scene he's in, apart from the ones featuring the fabulous Mike Burnside (I loved that teeth gag). Only someone as seasoned as Martin Cove could have bettered Busey in this I think.<br/><br/>If anything, what the film really needed were more whip-pans and musical montages, then I would have given it a straight ten out of ten.<br/><br/>However, the witty dialogue is just pucker, the action scenes thrilling (how did they do that with the melons? CGI?) and the splendid music by Hard-Fi's Richard Archer gives the film a real kick.<br/><br/>All in all, this film is Wicked The Movie! Oh, and did anyone else notice the sublime cameo from Yeti front man Harmony Williams as the thieving hippy?
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