Dream Lover

This take-off on "Romancing the Stone" sinks into oblivion thanks to an "I think I'm oh so clever" screenplay by Marc Cushman, spelling his nom de porn Cash Marcman this time out.

It concerns romance novelist Mary, played by busty Rachel Love, whose agent Jordan Lee discusses her latest opus, featuring Lance and Jenny as romantic leads. We see a cornball scene of them locked up in a South American jail, with Jon Dough and Jessica James having sex.

In real-life Mary runs into Dough as a secret agent named Drake Wilder and falls for him, life mirroring art. He's involved with shady villains played by lovely Roxanne Hall and Joey SIlvera, latter affecting a phony accent.

Arch dialog ruins almost every scene, culminating in a stupid moment when Roxanne explicitly mouths Cash's cynical attitude toward his lowly profession, noting how a plot twist resembles something out of a porno movie, just to lead to sex.

It's a shame, because a good cast is wasted in this early Sin City release, directed by the usually more reliable (with a better writer on the payroll) Jim Enright.