Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carre Otis, Bruce Greenwood, Assumpta Serna

Director: Zalman King

Summary: An uninhibited international banker and her young, innocent assistant travel to Brazil to close a deal with an impotent, vicious and seductive man who becomes a sexual obsession for both women.

In WILD ORCHID, Emily (Carre Otis), a beautiful young attorney, undergoes a sexual awakening after traveling to Rio de Janeiro. She takes a job as the assistant to Claudia (Jacqueline Bisset), a no-nonsense, extremely successful businesswoman. As part of her duties, Emily must travel with her boss to Brazil during carnival. There, the lawyer meets Wheeler (Mickey Rourke), a mysterious American tycoon who is instantly attracted to her. The two of them become romantically involved but Wheeler wants Emily to take part in a series of unusual erotic games....

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Soft-porn impresario Zalman King's Wild Orchidis supposed to be an "erotic drama", but it fails because there isn't the faintest semblance of chemistry between the three main players. "From the creators of 9 ½ Weekscomes the most eagerly awaited film of the year", trumpets the voice-over on the trailer, but therein lies the problem: in 9 ½ WeeksMickey Rourke smouldered with Kim Basinger. In Wild Orchid, things have wilted before he even gets on screen. There is a vague semblance of plot: young, naïve, beautiful multilingual lawyer Emily (Carré Otis) is hired to help the obnoxious Claudia (Jacqueline Bisset), a big-time developer, to close a major property deal in Rio. Wheeler (Mickey Rourke) is the poor kid made good who proves the fly in the ointment.

Bisset is supposed to have developed an obsession with the emotionally constipated Rourke after he rejected her. And Otis is supposed to be the one who eventually gets under his skin. But child-model turned actress Otis seems to be having trouble getting her swollen lips round a whole sentence at a time, let alone acting. The film dates from 1990 yet seems firmly stuck in the 1980s, from the obsession with all things commercial to the ludicrous fashion-sense (Rourke: big jacket, no shirt, lots of gold jewellery; Otis: virginal flowing dresses and tresses to match). And the sex scene, when it finally arrives in the dying moments, is brief and entirely unerotic. Brazil looks good though.

On the DVD:Wild Orchidon disc has acceptable sound and picture, but the lack of any extra features is not impressive. When you get bored you can always amuse yourself by selecting from the substantial list of subtitles. --Harriet Smith

Aspect Ratio:	1.78 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu, Chapter Selection
Subtitles:	Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Year:	1990
Release Date:	September 16, 2002
Runtime:	106 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	19900 D V D
Keywords:	Wild, General, Orchid, Drama
Genre:	Drama