When Chris Murdoch falls obsessively in love with a Japanese girl attending University in Seattle (Kaori Ozaki) he murders Japanese men who have shown her kindness under the pretext of revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII. However the ruse involves the FBI in the case, and Agent Sara Daniels. However, the investigation is hampered when Yoko Sugimura of the Tokyo Police arrives to take Kaori back to her influential father. Despite their initial dislike, Sara and Yoko are forced to work together to stop Chris when his obsession is manifest with high explosives.
Acting
Lori Petty's chaotic FBI energy outshines the material
Direction
Keoni Waxman's workmanlike tension that almost works
Director
Keoni Waxman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keoni Waxman directed this same year he started his long Steven Seagal collaboration phase—consider this his training wheels.
The film awkwardly gestures at US-Japan tensions post-WWII but mostly just wants two women cops to bicker before bonding.
US
