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and starring Miguel Ferrer,

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and Henry Silva. Its

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was played by artists from

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appears briefly in the film, playing a transvestite; Clooney is also a cousin of the film's leading actor, Miguel Ferrer.

Plot

Charlie Pope (Miguel Ferrer) is a writer who goes to Mexico to write the ending of the plot for a movie. In Mexico he is attracted to a woman, Natalie (Leilani Sarelle). They go together to a beach where when she goes away to swim, he is attacked and wakes up five days later. When he wakes up he discovers that one of his kidneys has been removed. Rather than return he decides to find the "ring" whose members removed his kidney. He begins by tracking down Natalie (whose involvement with the ring he is unsure of). He returns to United States with Natalie. There he is attacked by Noel (Tony Denison) who tells him that the surgery was a failure and they require his other kidney. He learns that Natalie was involved in the ring. When Steve is about to kill Charlie, Natalie intervenes and Charlie is able to kill Steve and turn away the people who have come to remove his other kidney. It seems the end and Charlie is finishing the script when Detective Topo (Henry Silva) comes to meet him and informs him that he has questioned Natalie and she is innocent. Charlie goes out to meet her and sees that she looks identical to the Natalie he traveled with. In the end we hear a telephone conversation between Charlie and his boss (who had sent Charlie to Mexico) and we overhear that his boss has had a kidney transplant.

Cast

* Miguel Ferrer as Charlie Pope *

as Natalie Caldwell (as Leilani Sarelle Ferrer) * Henry Silva as Detective Topo *

as Noel Guzmann (as Anthony John Denison) * Tim Thomerson as Steve Mobley * Harvey Fierstein as Bob Lakin * Michael M. Vendrell as Vent *

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as Hank * Randy Walker as Border Guard *

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as Alex * Angélica Aragón as Dr. Emma * Juan Antonio Llanes as Hotel Clerk * José Lavat as Doctor * Jorge Zepeda as Officer Morales *

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as Kind Eyes * David Villalpando as Cabbie * Guillermo Ríos as Local *

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as Toothless Local * Rafael Conde as Lagno * Dave Galasso as Pock Marks * Claire Jacobs as Model #1 * Lisa Harington as Model #2 *

as Lip-Syncing Transvestite * Salvador de la Fuente as Van Driver

External links

* * 1993 films 1993 directorial debut films 1993 thriller films Films about organ trafficking Films set in Mexico Mexican thriller films American thriller films 1990s English-language films 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s American films 1990s Mexican films {{1990s-thriller-film-stub