The young lawyer Emily Reed (Carré Otis) travels with her new boss Claudia Dennis (Jacqueline Bisset) from New York to Rio de Janeiro to finalize a real estate deal. She gets to know the millionaire James Wheeler (Mickey Rourke) there and they start an erotic adventure.

The sex scene of Otis and Rourke at the end of the film was too explicit for the MPAA to provide a R-rating, it would have got a X-rating, which means that the film couldn't have been screened in normal cinemas. So the director Zalman King reluctantly decided to make it appear a bit more harmless to get the more promising R-rating.

There've been a lot of rumors about the sex scene at that time. It's said that it really came to sexual actions between Otis and Rourke, who got closer during the shooting. They both denied that.

An uncensored version of the film was later released on VHS which contained the complete sex scene. Both versions have been released on a double-sided DVD by MGM.

Mickey Rourke and Carré Otis were both nominated in 1991 for the Golden Raspberry Award in the categories Worst Actor and Worst New Star.



Differences between the two versions:
- 4 additional scenes in the R-Rated version, runtime 40 seconds
- 8 additional scenes in the Unrated version, runtime 5 minutes and 45 seconds
- 1 scene with alternative footage, no runtime difference

Additional scene in the R-Rated version
00:07:23
There are more shots of Rio during the drive from the airport to the hotel in the R-Rated version.
12 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
00:08:30

At the arrival at the hotel, Claudia hears from Roberto that the secretary isn't yet available, so they are forced to begin their work on the next day. In the meantime Emily watches some young men playing volleyball.
1 Min. 19 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
00:25:21

During the first meeting with James in the restaurant of the hotel, he wants Emily to let her imagination run free and tell him something about the life of the other hotel guests. When she's talking about a rich pair sitting on the table next to them it gets a little bit more explicit. James wants to know more about how they've met and about their wedding night. Emily, who earlier watched a local pair during their love play while she was on an inventory of a construction site, thinks back. A short shot of that is missing in the R-Rated version.
1 Sec.

Alternative footage
They used alternative footage for the rest of Emily's flashback.
No runtime difference

R-Rated version	Unrated version

Additional scene in the Unrated version
James urges her to tell the whole story.
1 Min. 45 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
00:29:23
The dancers are shown a bit longer.
6 Sec.

Additional scene in the R-Rated version
00:31:51
The skyline of Rio.
5 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
00:35:35
Emily and James at the car rental company.
11 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
00:35:59
Emily and James on the motorcycle.
4 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
00:52:23
Emily alone in the hotel room.
19 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
01:31:59
Claudia is shown a bit longer in the hotel room.
2 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
01:35:17
Emily receives James' message.
4 Sec.

Additional scene in the Unrated version
01:39:33
In the hotel room, James tells Emily something about his past. The following passage of him telling about the disappearance of his father is missing in the R-Rated version.
21 Sec.

Additional footage in the Unrated version
01:44:21
They used more explicit footage for the following sex scene between Emily and James in the Unrated version, with an overall runtime of 1 Min. 56 Sec.
54 Sec.