Tuesday, February 24, 2026

 Paydirt (2020) – Christian Sesma.

If someone had told me that I could appreciate a roustabout indie thriller that included the wholly blasphemous utterance of 'Throw some vegan eggs on the barbecue!!!!' I would have immediately checked my Ovaltine for an unwanted mega-dosing of fentanyl!!??? 33 life-changing millions of cartel money has been cannily squirrelled away by enigmatic thief The Brit (Luke Goss), masterminding an elaborately constructed ruse for his loyal crew to reclaim the loot, and thereafter jubilantly jaunting off to sunnier climes, proved to be a surprisingly smart, playful, hugely satisfying crime caper! While dashingly handsome Goss is the star of Sesma's conspicuously funky thriller, the sparky text is a close second, okay!!!! OKAY!!!! scratch that!!!! Ay caramba!!!!!! the BODACIOUS bevvy of mesmerizingly majestic Mexican mamasitas are the REAL stars! Paydirt demonstratively ticked all of the right B-movie boxes, snappy badinage, amusing characters, slamming score, a seemingly watertight plot, plus luscious Luke Goss utterly resplendent in dude-lord shades, AND that distractingly dazzling dusky diorama of dishy Latino vixens!!!! Whoopsie-doodle!!! almost forgot, Val Kilmer turns up as a gloomily rumpled sheriff, and he's pretty convincing too! Did I omit to mention the proliferation of delectable Latino honey babies????!!!! A saline-drip of weaponized Cialis has all the potency of a stale British Rail rissole compared to El Jefe's lustrously beautiful daughters!!!!!





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