Los ojos del crimen

My review was written in January 1990 after watching the movie on Vidmark video cassette.

This sequel to a 1986 Canadian-made thriller is notable for snapy pacing and a rather complicated plot line. Helmer Chuck Vincent downplays his usual skin quotient, however.

Wings Hauser plays a fairly sympathetic role for a change, an unscrupulous stockbroker married to art dealer Kathy Shower who decides to have a romance with Linda Blair after he spies on Shower in a sexual tryst with an artist.

All hell breaks loose when Blair is murdered and both Hauser and Shower are prime suspects. Key to unravelling the mystery is a wall portrait of Hauser's late first wife, which closely resembles one of the other characters.

En route to a bittersweet finale, the cast does a good job in alternately creating sympathy and suspicion. Vincent's favorite actress, Jane Hamilton, pops up in a key supporting role. It's all played on the surface, but the plot is intriguing enough to hold one's interest.