Has not aged well.

This is a movie I have not seen for a few years. I remember quite enjoying it so when a the R1 SE came out I bought it.

Just watched it...and for me this is one of those movies that comes from Ridley's 'style over substance/dumb action movie' period, such as films like Someone To Watch Over Me and GI Jane.

Though it seemed ok back then, the concept of a hard-nosed, motorbike-riding, official-hating cop constantly under investigation by internal affairs, divorced and with money problems is very dated now.

Also dated is the stranger in a strange land/fish out of water aspect, and the buddy pairing of Douglas and Garcia, with Garcia as such a likeable character you just know he is not going to last until the end of the movie.

I can't say it's a bad film, but the conventions have been seen in countless movie since and are now cliches.

And boy, did Ridley love his smoke filled rooms, blue lighting and cityscape vistas.

Oh, and talking of cliches...why do all western made movies set in Japan, despite picturing people getting on planes and actually flying to Japan, and having a caption on screen telling them where they are, have to have that plinky-plink music just to hit the point home? It's like this is Japan...another country...not America, ok got it? No? OK, then we will have to play even more plinky-plink music... (I don't know what the instrument is, someone on here will know the name I am sure).