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Author Michael Crichton and director Philip Kaufman had a falling-out over the script for this film, based on Crichton's best-selling novel (which was...(read more...) controversial for its take on the Japanese invasion of American business in the early '90s). Kaufman ultimately won, doing an above-average job creating a murder mystery based on the culture clash between Los Angeles cops and Japanese multinational business interests. When a prostitute is murdered at the opening of a new L.A. headquarters for a Japanese company, detective Wesley Snipes is forced to call upon retired cop (and Japanophile) Sean Connery to help solve the murder. But he runs into obstruction from the Japanese, as well as a high-tech cover-up, while having to deal with anti-Japanese sentiments from people on his own team. Intriguing if overlong. --Marshall Fine

Director: Philip Kaufman

MPAA: R

Running Time: 129 min.

Release Date: Jul 30, 1993

Cast: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Anderson, Mako, Ray Wise, Sean Connery, Steve Buscemi, Tia Carrere, Wesley Snipes