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The mob has a new enemy. morePlot:
An American FBI agent is lured away by the Japanese Mafia--the Yakuza--in this action film. | add synopsisUser Comments:
I must have missed something moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Viggo Mortensen | ... | Nick Davis / David Brandt |
 | Ryo Ishibashi | ... | Shuji Sawamoto |
 | Michael Nouri | ... | Dino Campanela |
| Franklyn Ajaye | ... | Sam |
| Yuji Okumoto | ... | Kazuo |
 | Cristina Lawson | ... | Yuko |
 | Robert Forster | ... | Littman |
| John Fujioka | ... | Isshin Tendo |
 | Nicky Katt | ... | Vic |
 | James Taenaka | ... | Taka (as James Katsuyuki Taenaka) |
| Saiko Isshiki | ... | Aya |
| Fritz Mashimo | ... | Okazaki |
| Jeff Bankert | ... | Medical Student |
 | Rosine 'Ace' Hatem | ... | Agent #1 |
| John Hammil | ... | Agent #2 |
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South Korea:18 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | USA:R | UK:18MOVIEmeter: 
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For the shot near the beginning of the inside of a time clock as someone clocks in, an enormous time clock was built by the director and shot in his garage. The paper inserted is about 2 feet wide, and it was shot sideways so that they could just let the heavy stamper drop rather than come up from the side to hit the paper. moreSoundtrack:
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I was anxiously awaiting the chance to see this movie. I had only seen Viggo Mortensen in Hildago and A Hostory of Violence. I can't wait for Alatriste to come out on DVD as it will probably never play in my theater as I am a huge Perez-Reverte fan.
I was really disappointed. I know this is early stuff, but it just did't seem to have much point. Infiltrating the mob to catch them is old, and the Japanese-Italian angle is interesting, but this just had a few interesting moments in between a lot of shooting. Mortensen did not get much good dialog. The only really good part of the movie was the culture clash. Maybe a second viewing will make a difference, but I doubt it.