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27 April 1989 (West Germany)
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The only thing stopping these two cops from solving the crime of the century... is each other. more
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A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger. full summary | add synopsis
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(From Fast Company. 31 August 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)
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(From Fast Company. 31 August 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)
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If you're from Detroit
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Pat Morita | ... | Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo | |
| Jay Leno | ... | Detective Tony Costas | |
| Chris Sarandon | ... | Philip Madras | |
| Tom Noonan | ... | Scully | |
| Ernie Hudson | ... | Shortcut | |
| John Hancock | ... | Lieutenant Ryerson | |
| Al Waxman | ... | Dingman | |
| Dennis Holahan | ... | Derek Jarryd | |
| Danny Kamekona | ... | Oshima | |
| Soon-Tek Oh | ... | Kitao | |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Kosnic | |
| Jack Poggi | ... | Mac | |
| Hamadi Izzard | ... | Tenement Kid | |
| Damien Leake | ... | Tenement Man | |
| Kevin Hagan | ... | Cop, Junkyard |
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100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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According to Tom Noonan, he was hired by Bob Clark, the original director, to help rewrite the script. When Clark was fired, much of Noonan's rewrites were discarded.
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Crew or equipment visible: The camera's shadow can be seen on Natsuo when he runs out of the hotel room.
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Features "The Untouchables" (1959)
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CAN YOU FEEL THE FRICTION
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The movie is worth watching if you're from Detroit or are familiar with the area, as a lot of the city's highlights are featured as scenery. It's also decent if you just have to watch Jay Leno as an actor. But there's a reason he's a show host. Pat Morita never seems confident in his role as the visiting cop. It's a little comical at first, especially if one is only familiar with his roles in the Karate Kid movies and Happy Days. Jay Leno seems overly smug as the guy who's smarter than his superiors and they resent him for it. He must have had a lot of fun driving the cars he got to in the movie. Maybe they were his own, as he is a huge auto enthusiast. It's a very clichéd cop movie that's been done dozens of times. But, no movie captures Detroit better.