Lambada

Lambada has its heart in the 1950s and the rest of its anatomy in the 1980s. It's a Jerry Bruckheimer production, like Flashdance, in all but name. Kevin, a.k.a. "Blade" (J. Eddie Peck), is a math teacher by day, dancer/G.E.D. instructor by night. Sandy (Melora Hardin) is the kind of student Sting warned about in "Don't Stand So Close to Me." There's his dangly earring and her hair gel. There's her lunkhead boyfriend, who looks like Top Secret!-era Val Kilmer, and Blade's lambada nemesis, Ramon. And, oh yeah, Blade is Latino. Sound familiar? It is. Lambada is cheesy as all get out and doesn't have an original idea in its body. It's also a sure-to-be-guilty pleasure for fans of Footloose and other 1980s flicks with big beats and misunderstood heroes. It isn't as good, but it's still a hoot. And there's lots of steamy Lambada dancing in the nightclub scenes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Movie Details

Cast: J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Ricky Paull Goldin, Basil Hoffman, Debra Hopkins, Kayla Blake, Dennis Burkley, Eddie Garcia, Bonita Money, Adolfo Quinones, Gina Ravera, Kristina Starman, Leticia Vasquez, Rita Bland, Keene Curtis, Richard Giorla, Jimmy Locust, Michael Phenicie, Thalmus Rasulala, Tom Reda, Eric Taslitz, Gigi Hunter
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 104 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.33:1