Lambada
Lambadahas its heart in the 1950s and the rest of its anatomy in the 1980s. It's a Jerry Bruckheimer production, likeFlashdance, 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'shisdangly earring andherhair gel. There's her lunkhead boyfriend, who looks likeTop Secret!-era Val Kilmer, and Blade's lambada nemesis, Ramon. And, oh yeah, Blade is Latino. Sound familiar? It is.Lambadais 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 ofFootlooseand 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