James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money, while saving the beautiful Lise Hatcher (hopefully for himself).
Practical Effects
Actual CN Tower stunts, no CGI nonsense
Acting
Harris and Plummer slumming gloriously
Production
Peak Canuxploitation aesthetics
Director
Peter Carter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the first films to feature the CN Tower prominently, essentially making it Canadian propaganda disguised as a thriller.
Canuxploitation peaked in this era—American stars, Canadian locations, tax-shelter money, zero logic. A beautiful disaster.
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