marcussands Jans De Bont makes this film, it's pretty as hell visually. Ridley Scott shows his directorial chops, Douglas delivers as the vengeful cop with a chip on his shoulder. Great support from Garcia, Capshaw, Spencer and Takakura. Yasaku Matsuda plays a great villain, a tragic story that he was suffering from terminal cancer during filming. Hans Zimmer provides a great score and soundtrack. One of the truly underrated cop films of the 90's, I still love watching this movie.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues l'd watched this picture for first time in 1993 on television since then more twice but now on DVD on widescreen format and classic dubbed version. The movie remember Robert Mitchum's Yakuza and Ridley Scoth has a visual approach of Blade Runner in many scenes...and Michael Douglas as a corrupt cop in a mission in Japan to delivery mob's gangster who escape of this hands for a false Japanese police which arrive early at airport...so he has to prove that wasn't intentional escape and they accept but as observer until your friend and cop Andy Garcia be killed by the mob's boss...even has been suspicious of your past by local police Douglas have a new partner and together trying to arrest the gangster who now have a half of plate to make fake dollars...great Scoth's picture on action and great surprise in the end!!!

aj_sff4949 **NO SPOILER REVIEW** I really liked this movie. This movie has some AMAZING cinematography, and does a fairly good job of portraying the culture shock that an American would experience during a first time visit to Japan, even though it's somewhat simplified and is also trying to be a buddy cop movie where there's also a good cop/bad cop dynamic. Bottom line is, it's a movie, some themes will have to simplified otherwise it'd be a 3 hour slog.The concepts of "GAIJIN" and Japanese police culture aren't fully explained so if you take some time to learn about these two things beforehand it makes the movie much more cohesive and ... well, just helps things make more sense. The movie 'Freakonomics' details a fascinating aspect of Japanese police culture which is on full display in this film, I highly recommend you watch a segment in the movie 'Freakonomics' on Japanese policing (probably 20-30 minutes long) I'd also suggest you briefly read up on Japanese people's disdain for a "Gaijin" prior to watching this movie if you aren't familiar with either concept. It will greatly enhance your viewing experience. Also keep in mind that in Japanese culture, saving face and maintaining honor (in all aspects of life, not just policing) is of the utmost importance, this will help explain why the Japanese seemed to do some of the things they did in the movie. It wasn't that unrealistic or far-fetched if you ask me.FYI: I served overseas as a military service-member in Tokyo (so I WAS the Gaijin), this is partially why I enjoyed the film so much. If you lived in Japan like I did you probably don't need to read up on "Gaijin" or research too deeply into Japanese culture since you're already familiar. I'm rating this 10 stars because some other people rated the movie way too low IMO, the cinematography alone is 5 star quality, the plot is somewhat predictable at times but there are a few surprising twists so I wasn't disappointed. If you ever traveled to Japan (which would help you understand and enjoy the film's setting easier) or if you enjoy Asian themed cop flicks (i.e. Police Story, Supercop, etc.) then you'll like this movie. I was lucky to come across it on Amazon Prime so if you see it on your streaming service definitely give it a watch!

Johan Dondokambey Well, the opening gets way too long, and in my opinion, doesn't really detail anything except to connect at the finale action sequence. That, in my opinion is kind of stupid because it waste enough minutes to have a not so significant connection. The story gets so very predictable, just like a typical Steven Segal or Van Damme movie where he would go into a place outside the US and wreak havoc and beat the living hell out of the sorry people there. Having a very predictable plot, it gets even more stupid by presenting it just over two hours long. The scenes take too long while most viewers would have guessed where they would lead to after the first 2 or three minutes into them anyways. Michael Douglas tried to act as the tough guy cop, but in my opinion, he should stick to dramas, or at most thrillers, and stay away from action movie.