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What Robinson brings to this 60s cross between Bond, Marlow and Dean Martin is a fantastic sense of pace and action. If you have never read a screenplay before, this is an excellent one with which to begin as the witty scene setting and punchy sequencing of action makes the images both unroll before you while catching the wry grin on the storyteller's face. This script makes the reader feel that they are watching as tense and dramatic a car chase as in any thriller/action movie, and at the same time bringing a knowing smile to the process, but this might only be expected from the writer of 'Withnail and I'.

For while this is a ripping action-packed read, the witty and sharp author's voice that emerges in the scene setting is expertly used to remind us of the real hero of the narrative, the beautiful, innocent island of Puerto Rica itself. In brief snatches of emotion rather than detailed description Robinson reminds us that away from the cheap tackiness of the bars and bowling joints, the sleazy US paper that tows the party line and the marinas oozing money there is a stunning, almost virgin land that is steadily being despoiled by those who both carelessly and knowingly exploit its beauty. Just like Chenault, the gorgeous female interest who is ultimately dragged down in spite of her beauty, Robinson makes us see that Puerto Rice is going the same way.