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Overview
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Writer (WGA):
J.F. Lawton (written by)
Release Date:
24 February 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
He's trapped in a world where killing is an art and revenge is an obsession more
Plot:
Paul is on one of his many business trips to Tokyo, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Typical action flick that suffers from poor fight scenes more (42 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Lambert | ... | Paul Racine | |
| John Lone | ... | Kinjo | |
| Joan Chen | ... | Kirina | |
| Yoshio Harada | ... | Takeda Sensei | |
| Yôko Shimada | ... | Mieko Takeda | |
| Mari Natsuki | ... | Junko | |
| Tak Kubota | ... | Oshima | |
| Masumi Okada | ... | Lt. Wadakura | |
| Tatsuya Irie | ... | Hiryu | |
| Michael Warren | ... | Chase | |
| Bart Anderson | ... | John | |
| James Saito | ... | Nemura | |
| Seth Sakai | ... | Dr. Otozo Yamura | |
| Toshirô Obata | ... | Ryuma | |
| Ken Kensei | ... | Sujin |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody ninja violence and some sexuality.
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Runtime:
106 min | USA:111 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Exterior shots of the train were filmed on location on Japan, however, the interior shots were filmed on a set at Bridge Studios in Vancouver, B.C. The scenery rushing by outside the windows was simulated using large rotating drums with "blurred" scenery painted on it. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the Opening scene where Racine is walking with his business partners talking about "selling ice to Eskimos", Racine enters the taxi-cab with his trench coat on. When he arrives at the hotel, he gets out of the cab without the trench coat. more
Quotes:
[Paul Racine, still injured, is carrying two buckets of coal]
Racine:
[puffing] I wish I knew Japanese so I could tell this guy, I am not a donkey.
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Referenced in Your Studio and You (1995) more
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Paul Racine is an American executive on a business trip in Tokyo. One evening he meets a woman in a bar and after a one night stand she is murdered by a legendary ninja cult. Paul sees the ninja leader's face and they try to kill him, but he manages to somehow survive and finds himself a man marked for death. He soon meets a mysterious martial arts teacher and his wife who fill him in on what is really going on... an ancient and bloody feud.
The pretty dull story idea could have been forgivable due to the fight scenes, however for such a martial arts/ninja centered action movie they are actually as dull as the story. Choppily edited, often with obvious jump-cuts, the action scenes just end up being slew of ruthless carnage that manages to knock off all non-significant characters in addition to the bad-guys. The two-dimensional acting and character development don't help out either.
The only thing that stands out in a good way is the limited comic relief of a drunken sword-maker and the use of Japanese music and not a pounding rock soundtrack - it manages to place the film in its actual setting, but in the end, the film is just a poorly made bloody mess. 3/10
Rated R for brutal violence