Rating: PG
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/16/1990(USA)
Release Date: 04/15/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: 1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM
One of several films released to trade on the short-lived Lambada craze (it was an especially sexy Latin dance in case you don't remember),
Lambada stars
J. Eddie Peck as Kevin Laird, a mathematics teacher at an exclusive Beverly Hills high school who by night puts away his slide rule and shuffles down to the barrio where, as Blade, he frequents a disco called No Man's Land and cuts loose, instructing the thermal-heated females on how to dance the lambada. After the bumping and grinding, he takes the ladies to a back room where he helps them get their GEDs. It appears that all is well with Kevin; he is appointed head of the mathematics department by principal Singleton (
Keene Curtis) and his family never questions why he goes out at night dressed in leather and earrings. But then one of his students, Sandy (
Melora Hardin), spots Kevin's gyrating pelvis when she heads to No Man's Land after an argument with her boyfriend Dean (
Ricky Paull Goldin). Sandy begins to frequent the club and it is not long before Kevin's double-life is revealed. Dean comes to the club to take Sandy back and a disgruntled member of Kevin's barrio entourage, Ramone (
Shabba-Doo), tells Dean the truth about Kevin. The result is a rumble between the posh high school kids and the barrio dropouts. Kevin is promptly fired, but a petition by Sandy reinstates him as the two opposing groups of kids square off in a math competition.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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