Paradiso nero

After accidentally getting involved in an altercation at a counter-culture festivity, "Dean" (Richard Beymer) and his girlfriend "Karen" (Lana Wood) ride off on his motorcycle to escape the law. Although he is initially hesitant, he needs money desperately, so he accepts a job accompanying a couple of local hoods down to Mexico where they buy some drugs and then proceed to transport it back to the United States. Unfortunately, once they return across the border two detectives follow them to their rendezvous point and after a brief scuffle the drug traffickers subsequently kill them. Not wanting anything to do with them Dean drives off with the drugs. But that isn't all, upon heading back to pick up his girlfriend he is betrayed by an acquaintance named "Link" (Russ Tamblyn) who puts some LSD into his drink in an effort to stall for time but is accidentally killed after trying to interrogate him while Dean is in his drug-induced state. However, the two drug traffickers manage to seize Karen and are waiting for Dean to return for her. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a rather peculiar film which focused heavily on psychedelia and the effects of drugs. Overall, I thought it was an okay movie but quite frankly it may be a bit difficult for some viewers to really appreciate, and I have rated it accordingly. Average.