No Way Back (1995)

Director:

Frank A. Cappello

Writer (WGA):

Frank A. Cappello (written by)

Release Date:

20 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

When F.B.I. Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible...

Plot Keywords:

FBI Agent | Dead Wife | Fishing | Japanese | Urn

Cast

Russell Crowe	...	FBI Agent Zack Grant
Helen Slater	...	Mary
Etsushi Toyokawa	...	Yuji Kobayashi
Michael Lerner	...	Frank Serlano
Kyûsaku Shimada	...	Tetsuro
Kristopher Logan	...	Mr. Contingency, Serlano Henchman
Kelly Hu	...	Seiko Kobayashi
Andrew J. Ferchland	...	Eric Grant
Ian Ziering	...	Victor Serlano
Monty Bane	...	Goatee
Christian Keiber	...	FBI Agent Carl Dundreff
Patti Davis Suarez	...	FBI Agent Numeyer
Caroline Lagerfelt	...	FBI Agent in Charge Emily Fukes
Todd Jeffries	...	CHP Officer
François Chau	...	FBI Agent Gim Takakura
Kurek Ashley	...	Nosering, Serlano Henchman
David Barrera	...	FBI Agent Brodie
LaRita Shelby	...	Louise
John Hammil	...	747 Pilot
Jack Lindine	...	747 Navigator
Lennie Loftin	...	Terry
Claudia Templeton	...	Bonnie Nueman, CNN Reporter
Walter Eric	...	Coroner
Jim Maniaci	...	Chinscar
Renee Parent	...	Sam Grant
Dan Koji	...	Gambling Yakuza
Bill Kyusaki	...	Yakuza Bodyguard
Steven Ito	...	Yakuza Bodyguard
Al Goto	...	Yakuza Bodyguard
Tsuyoshi Abe	...	Yakuza Bodyguard
Viaclimer Orlov	...	Scalp
Charlie Bang	...	Scalp
Stephen P. Dunn	...	Scalp
Kim Robert Koscki	...	Scalp (as Kim Koscki)
Charles Grisham	...	Scalp
Joe Murphy	...	Scalp
Monty L. Simons	...	FBI Agent (as Monte Simons)
Chuck Madalone	...	FBI Agent
Red Horton	...	FBI Agent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clark Hunter	...	Big Daddy Scalp (uncredited)
Cheryl Rhoads	...	Female Auto Mechanic (uncredited)
Scott Roberts	...	Sleuth (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank A. Cappello

Writing credits (WGA)
Frank A. Cappello		(written by) (as Frank Cappello)

Produced by
W.K. Border	....	executive producer
Raquel Caballes Maxwell	....	co-producer
Thomas Calabrese	....	line producer
Takashige Ichise	....	executive producer (as Taka Ichise)
Aki Komine	....	producer
Mitsuru Kurosawa	....	planner
Michael Leahy	....	co-producer
Don Phillips	....	associate producer
Joel Soisson	....	producer

Original Music by
David C. Williams

Cinematography by
Richard Clabaugh

Film Editing by
Sonny Baskin

Casting by
Lisa Bankert

Production Design by
Clark Hunter

Set Decoration by
Traci Kirshbaum

Costume Design by
Cathryn Wagner

Makeup Department
Patty Beigel	....	key hair stylist
Patty Beigel	....	key makeup artist
Nellya Burdan	....	assistant hair stylist
Nellya Burdan	....	assistant makeup artist
Shauna Giesbrecht	....	key makeup artist: pickups
Shauna Griesbrect	....	hair stylist: second unit
Shauna Griesbrect	....	makeup artist: second unit
Beth O'Rourke	....	key hair stylist
Beth O'Rourke	....	key makeup artist
Michael A. Pearce	....	mr. zierings makeup effects

Production Management
Candice D. Campos	....	post-production supervisor
Jennifer Lane	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Art Adams	....	second unit director
Candice D. Campos	....	second second assistant director
Daniel Carrey	....	second assistant director
Rod Smith	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Will Alovis	....	assistant property master (as Bill Alovis)
Jacob Alsbrook	....	swing gang
Joe Arnold	....	on-set decorator
Max Biscoe	....	set dresser
Scott Buckwald	....	property master
Inga Helgesson	....	scenic artist
Bryce Holtshousen	....	lead man
Wade Robinson	....	construction coordinator
Dennis Winters	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Flavia Amon	....	audio post coordinator
Eric Behrend	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dickran Bezirgenian	....	adr recordist
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Mark Boccaccio	....	sound effects editor
Arman Boyles	....	sound engineer
Ed Carr	....	foley mixer
Dorian Cheah	....	dialogue editor
Erik Flockoi	....	sound engineer
Bruce Greenspan	....	supervising dialogue editor
Daniel Hancock	....	assistant sound coordinator
Monett Holderer	....	foley artist
Paul Holzborn	....	foley artist
Jonathan Karp	....	sound editor
Kurt Kassulke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Don MacDougall	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pablo Miralles	....	boom operator
Stewart Nelson	....	sound editor
Bret Newman	....	sound engineer
Angie Orozco	....	assistant sound editor
Aidan Paskal	....	assistant sound editor
Darren Paskal	....	sound supervisor
John Post	....	foley artist
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound supervisor
Dennis Sager	....	chief sound engineer
Dennis Sager	....	mixing engineer
Larry Scharf	....	production sound mixer
Brian Slack	....	stereo sound consultant
D. Chris Smith	....	sound supervisor
Sallye Stotsbery	....	assistant adr recordist (as Sally Stotsbery)
Daniel W. Victor Jr.	....	stereo sound consultant
Shawn Willms	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Beverley Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator
Albert Lannutti	....	on-set special effects technician
Joe Viskocil	....	second unit pyrotechnics

Visual Effects by
Randy Cooper	....	visual effects model builder
Tamar Dick	....	visual effects model painter
Phillip Giles	....	visual effects animator
Jamison Scott Goei	....	assistant digital animator
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects assistant (as Jamison Goei)
Chace Nolan	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Joni Avery	....	stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunt coordinator
George B. Colucci Jr.	....	stunt performer (as George B. Colucci)
George B. Colucci Jr.	....	stunts (as George Colucci Jr.)
Edward Conna	....	stunts
Christopher Doyle	....	stunts (as Chris Doyle)
James Ent	....	stunts
Joe Murphy	....	stunt performer
Koichi Sakamoto	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael R. Thayer	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Art Adams	....	director of photography: second unit
Kelly Baldwin	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jennifer Bell	....	camera loader
Jennifer Bell	....	second assistant camera: second unit
James Carlton	....	best boy grip: second unit
Grace Chan	....	still photographer: second unit
Chris Chomyn	....	director of photography: second unit
Blake T. Evans	....	director of photography: second unit
Ricardo Jacques Gale	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael Grady	....	best boy grip
Gerardo Gutierrez	....	dolly grip
Greg Hewett	....	key grip: rigging crew
Jenna Miller Kapczynski	....	camera loader
Jeff Keiser	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Alan Koshiyama	....	first assistant camera
John Mang	....	dolly grip: second unit
George Maxwell	....	electrician
George Maxwell	....	gaffer: second unit
Ben Perez	....	grip
Damien Perez	....	grip
Andrew Rawson	....	gaffer
Michael Otis Ropert	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Mike 'Otis' Ropert)
Michael Otis Ropert	....	second assistant camera (as Mike 'Otis' Ropert)
Alan M. Rowe	....	electrician
Jason Santelli	....	best boy electric
Paul Schmidt	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Paul Schmidt	....	key grip: second unit
Paul Schmidt	....	second assistant camera
Taylor Evan Sparks	....	electrician
Robert J. Studenny	....	grip
Andy Waldron	....	key grip

Casting Department
Dian Arnold	....	casting associate
Erik DeSando	....	extras casting: second unit
Leigh French	....	voice casting
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wendy Benbrook	....	costume supervisor
Christina Mongini	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Carrie Ansell	....	assistant film editor
Jean Cooper	....	assistant film editor
Tom Dailey	....	assistant film editor
Lenge Hong	....	assistant film editor
Jennifer Lane	....	assistant film editor
Ray Morfino	....	color timer
Ken Schwartz	....	colorist
Jim Williams	....	color timer

Music Department
Melanie Miller	....	music clearance coordinator

Transportation Department
Darrell Dubovsky	....	driver
Dan O. Wiseman	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Dian Arnold	....	craft service
Kelly Baldwin	....	assistant: Mr. Capello
Brett Boydstun	....	assistant production coordinator
Jacqueline Butryn	....	location coordinator
Candice D. Campos	....	production coordinator: second unit
Teresa Chiozza	....	set production assistant
Chad Ferrin	....	production assistant: second unit
Michael Franco	....	key set production assistant
James Frederick	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Getzinger	....	script supervisor
John Grant	....	location manager
Laura LeFaivre	....	production assistant
Mark McRiley	....	craft service
Melanie Miller	....	assistant: Mr. Crowe
Curtis Myer	....	set production assistant
Christian O'Reilly	....	set production assistant
Steve C. Plutte	....	assistant location manager
Silvie Rodriguez	....	animal wrangler (as Sylvi Rodriguez)
Andrew Salaz	....	production assistant: second unit
Torie Scott	....	set production assistant
Mike Tristano	....	weapons specialist
Ron Cosmo Vecchiarelli	....	set production assistant

Production Companies

• Overseas FilmGroup (presents)
• Ozla Productions (in association with)
• NEC Motion Pictures Inc.
• First Look International

Distributors

• Alpha Media (2007) (China) (video) (VOD/IPTV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Belgium) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Videosonic Arts (1996) (Greece) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and a scene of sexuality

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Crescent City, California, USA

Company:

Overseas FilmGroup

Trivia:

The film features veteran actors Etsushi Toyokawa and Kyusaku Shimada together for the first time. They are the only two Japanese actors to have portrayed the popular literary villain Yasunori Kato in film. Shimada pioneered the role in Akio Jissoji's TOKYO: THE LAST MEGALOPOLIS (1988) and Toyokawa assumed it in Takaashi Miike's THE GREAT YOKAI WAR (2005).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): While broadcasting information about Yuji Kobayashi over the police radio, the police officer mispronounces his surname as "Ko - ya - bashi."

Quotes:

Mary:You know I once served a medium rare swiss steak to Patrick Stewart.
Zack Grant:Who's Patrick Stewart?
Mary:Patrick Stewart, Picard, The greatest starship captain that ever lived.
Zack Grant:What about Kirk? Captain James T. Kirk?
Mary:Old news.
Zack Grant:What? What? You're shunning the guy who went first where no man had ever been before?
Mary:He was a D-Type. Sub-A.
Zack Grant:Hey, he kicked Klingon ass, baby.
Mary:He was always breaking the prime directive, Picard never breaks the prime directive.
Zack Grant:That's because he's an old bald guy from Liverpool, he couldn't break a date.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

Soundtrack:

I Am Onto You

A waste of time

I find it hard to believe that I could dislike any film starring Russell Crowe, but this one is a complete waste of his talent -- and my time. I'd like to say that his acting job was a "rose among the thorns" but I don't think that even he was convincing. He was a foul-tongued protagonist [with an ugly hair-style that even his character couldn't have thought was becoming] who over-reacted to everything in this tortured and unbelievable plot. In retrospect, I wonder why I even gave it a "3".