Lamas stars as a down-on-his-luck American living in Puerto Rico, who gets paid to frame a woman for adultery and finds himself dragged into a murder intrigue.

[4] Old San Juan, the capital city's historic district, was the main location[5] and key scenes were shot at the former Carmelite convent turned luxury hotel, El Convento.

[6] The picture was screened on April 11, 1998, at a Latin American film festival hosted by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, in presence of director Frank Kerr and producer Paul Boghosian.

"[9] In Ante el lente extranjero, an examination of foreign films shot in his country, Puerto Rican academic Luis Trelles Plazaola wrote that "two acceptable action sequences, one at the beginning and one at the conclusion" were to the film's credit, while the rest was "a reiteration of common tropes, frequent nudity and scenes of simulated sex, with little conviction put into a story of betrayals and twists."

[10] TV Guide wrote that "[t]he doublecrosses are neatly woven into the fabric of this derivative crime picture, but neither screenwriter Wayne Behar nor director Frank Kerr can stay ahead of the jaded audience."