Undercurrent

Undercurrent (1999)

Quick Kill, Black Money, Erotic Thrill

A nightclub manager with financial problems accepts an offer to seduce another man's wife for money, and soon finds himself entwined in a web of double-crossing con artists.

Date of release
1999-01-01
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Romance
Director
Frank Kerr

Casting

Interesting facts

Undercurrent is a 1998 American–Puerto Rican neo-noir crime film directed by Frank Kerr, starring Lorenzo Lamas, Brenda Strong and Frank Vincent. Lamas stars as a down-on-his-luck American living in Puerto Rico, who gets paid to frame a woman for adultery and finds himself dragged into a murder intrigue.

Production

The creative principals behind Undercurrent have roots in the Boston area, and it was the first feature from Belmont-based producer Paul Boghosian after several documentaries. The film drew its inspiration from 1940s romantic thrillers, and shares its name with one such film from 1946. PRITCEFF (Puerto Rico Investors Tax Credit Enhanced Film Fund), an incentive program created by the Puerto Rican government, also lent its support to the project.

The film was shot in Puerto Rico, where it is set, in the spring of 1997. Old San Juan, the capital city's historic district, was the main location and key scenes were shot at the former Carmelite convent turned luxury hotel, El Convento. Undercurrent was the first film collaboration for Denise Hajjar, a Boston fashion designer who had dressed local TV personalities.

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