Richard Becker

Andrew McCarthy plays a doll house designer who, dumped by his girlfriend on Christmas Eve, meets a beautiful new girl and takes her to an island paradise.

When hard times fall upon gentle bird owner Ben Girdis (Jason Robards), his 149-year-old macaw, Mac, leads Girdis's teenage grandson, Sam (Jamie Croft), on a quest to a South Pacific island to track down treasure buried by the parrot's previous owner, a buccaneer. As medical bills are forcing Ben out of his home, Mac and Sam track down the spoils -- but a greedy archaeologist who has learned about the plan awaits to steal the riches for himself.

Luckless dollhouse designer Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) gets dropped by his fiancée just before their trip to Mexico, but when the dejected ex hits it off with gorgeous party girl Amanda Hughes (Kelly Preston) at a bar, he finds himself a new travel mate. In this romantic escapade, the vacation turns disastrous as Amanda plays peekaboo with her intentions, but travel agent Clare Enfield (Helen Hunt) proves a friendly face in a foreign land.

Financial analyst Michael Boll (James Spader) is young, smart, successful and engaged to the perfect woman. Then he befriends Alex (Rob Lowe), a handsome drifter who lives by no rules, who begins to influence every aspect of Michael's professional and personal life. At first, Michael enjoys his new adventure and is empowered by the advice Alex offers, but soon, he's drawn into a dark world of theft, sex, voyeurism and murder.