It is a story seemingly meant to be funny but only fitfully successful in this mission, and way too pleased with its own brand of deadpan wisecracking.

Blue Iguana grates on pretty much every level, a misjudged hodge-podge of ill-defined characters, tired filmmaking licks and an air of general unpleasantness. It also contains one of the worst shootouts in recent memory.

Rockwell and Fox are very funny and very strange together. You get weirdly invested in them.

Oliver Daly’s film is a love letter to 80s action characters, but it’s just not a very good one.