A Movie That Deserves More Credit Than What It Gets. Rourke's Performance As James Wheeler Is Mesmerizing. With The Lush Backdrop Of Rio And An Alluring Music Score, Wild Orchid Is Breathtaking.

the absence of story is the fundamental characteristic. than, the nudity of Carre Otis.a film who , at its time, was impressive for its courage and for deep sensuality. today it remains only an episode from the past. soft piece from an industry, it is a chain of sex scenes and frontal nudity with few drops of strange poetry and violence. a film who has ambition to challenge the viewer and who becomes only good memory about an obscure role of Mickey Rourkey and Jacqueline Bisset. is it enough ? maybe. because the film is a strange legend who not gives many events but it is important for a form of sensitivity who was always seductive. and, maybe, that is the key of its success.

First the way the movie starts it seems like an intriguing movie. Then after the scene gets to Rio, it becomes a long protracted sequence of events that's just a filler. Jaqueline Bisset, the girl, Rourke all were so boring in this movie. Watching their expressionless faces got old after a while.So many irrelevant and unimportant scenes goes on all throughout the movie. Rio really looks like a boring place (it looks like a small local Mexican carnival) in this movie which is amazing. Very little actually happens in this movie, and is not recommended for viewing.

MovieAddict2009 probably has the best review for enthusiasts of this kind of film. Think high-budget soft-core passed off for mainstream entertainment. Oh well. Somebody had to do it.On a more serious note, the other reason this movie is so half-brained is the Mickey Rourke character. He's a good-looking, egotistical, to- clever-for-his-own-good, jerk who likes to toy with people because he can. He's used his traits to make himself a financial success and a man of mystery, only there's no real mystery to his character. He just likes being an aloof and detached idiot to satiate his own ego.Otis's character sums him up in the end, but it's such a long drawn out (and sex filled) affair that the coupling in the end hardly makes up for an emotionally vapid male character. That's what makes movies interesting. Yeah, sure, the sex scenes were titillating back then to those of us who didn't make a habit of watching these types of films, but, beyond that, there's not much else here.There's some sumptuous cinematography, some interesting music and sound effects trying to convey to us a sense of sensuousness and eroticism, but it's really all for naught. Without a bit more on why the James Wheeler character is who he is, we might as well have watched "Debbie does Dallas" or any of the other adult film offerings around at the time.The reason we have no insight into Wheeler, and the reason this isn't a better film (in spite of all the positive technical elements), is because Wheeler is not someone deserving of sympathy. His lack of romance is self inflicted because he thinks he can out think people and be clever to get what he wants. But even this doesn't come across very well in the film. He explains it in a bit of dialogue, but ... so what? Did he do it as a cheap thrill? Answer; yes.He's not hiding a deep family secret. He's not struggling with some inner turmoil. He's not trying to forget a bad romance. He's not coming to grips with any deep personal angst. No. He's just being a twit. What he really could've used was a right-cross to the chin to knock him on his backside. Now that's a movie!As an audience our reaction should be thus; "Wow, mister Wheeler. You're a real jerk, you know that?" But instead we find ourselves getting sucked into the icing on the cake, and ignoring the sweet inner bread portions of said cake. Yet, when all is said and done, we understand that we've been short changed, and it's no fault of the director. Heck, you can't even blame the screenwriter, assuming he based the script off of a real person.The one person to blame for this films fallen arches is the real person upon whom the James Wheeler is based.Beyond that, if you want to see sex, well, the nets filled with so called adult websites.