Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) (1988)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Jesus Franco (French dialogue as A.L. Mariaux)
H.L. Rostaine (story)

Release Date:

18 August 1988 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity | Drugs

Cast

Christopher Mitchum	...	Derek Timothy Carpenter
Cristina Higueras
Christopher Lee	...	Luis Morel
Alicia Moro	...	Elena Barrios
Daniel Katz
Richard Harrison
Brigitte Lahaie
Antonio Mayans
Henri Lambert
José Miguel García
Frank Desmet
Trino Trives
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carmen Carrión

Also Known As:

Columbian Connection (International: English title)
Dark Mission (Les fleurs du mal) (France)
Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) (France) (video title)
Dark Mission: Evil Flowers (USA)
Flowers of Evil (USA) (video title)
Randevou stin Kolasi (Greece) [el]
Trudna misja (Poland) [pl]
Vaarallinen tehtävä: Dark Mission (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Eurociné

Worst anti-drug film since "Poppies Are Also Flowers"

Prolific sleaze merchant Jess Franco's sorry excuse for a message movie has plenty of unintentional hilarity for dedicated bad-movie fans. Atrociously acted, hopelessly amateurish action scenes, horrendous dialogue and one of the worst music scores ever make for a truly strange film experience. Christopher Lee and Brigitte Lahaie try to lift the film, but is let down by the stupid script and Franco's clumsy direction.

1/10