This is a fairly solid thriller with great performances from Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes as Capt. Connor and Lt. Smith, two Los Angeles police officers called in when a woman is found dead on the boardroom table of a Japanese company.
When the officers arrive at the crime scene they find their investigations are being impeded by the Japanese who are desperate to avoid a scandal at a time when they are negotiating to take over a major US defence contractor. After a couple of hours stonewalling they hand over the discs for the boardroom's security cameras which appears to show the murder being committed by the victim's boyfriend. There are however the possibilities that it wasn't murder but kinky sex that went too far or that the camera footage has been edited.
As the investigations continue it appears that somebody does not want the case to be solved, Smith finds an allegation of corruption being made even though he'd been cleared of it years before and Connor is accused of being anti-Japanese which is a bit of a surprise given that his police colleagues suspect that he'd gone native while living in Japan.
In some ways the film seems somewhat dated, Japan no longer has the sort of economy that is able to buy up any Western company they want and technological advances mean that the idea that video can be doctored is no longer shocking but something we take for granted. That doesn't spoil the film though as it is a decent story which is well acted, hhile Connery and Snipes are clearly the stars the film includes good actors like Harvey Keitel and Steve Buscemi in relatively minor roles.
When the officers arrive at the crime scene they find their investigations are being impeded by the Japanese who are desperate to avoid a scandal at a time when they are negotiating to take over a major US defence contractor. After a couple of hours stonewalling they hand over the discs for the boardroom's security cameras which appears to show the murder being committed by the victim's boyfriend. There are however the possibilities that it wasn't murder but kinky sex that went too far or that the camera footage has been edited.
As the investigations continue it appears that somebody does not want the case to be solved, Smith finds an allegation of corruption being made even though he'd been cleared of it years before and Connor is accused of being anti-Japanese which is a bit of a surprise given that his police colleagues suspect that he'd gone native while living in Japan.
In some ways the film seems somewhat dated, Japan no longer has the sort of economy that is able to buy up any Western company they want and technological advances mean that the idea that video can be doctored is no longer shocking but something we take for granted. That doesn't spoil the film though as it is a decent story which is well acted, hhile Connery and Snipes are clearly the stars the film includes good actors like Harvey Keitel and Steve Buscemi in relatively minor roles.