No Way Back 1996

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No Way Back ★★ 1996 (R)

FBI agent Zack Grant (Crowe) has never dealt with the death of his wife in childbirth and his career has suffered. His last professional chance is a sting operation involving the Mafia and the Yakuza. But when the operation goes wrong, Grant has a vendetta on his hands. Mafia boss Serlano (Lerner) kidnaps Zack's young son so Zack will turn over his prisoner—Yuji (Toyokawa), a Yakuza whom Serlano believes is responsible for his own son's death. Zack's only interest is to rescue his son and he doesn't care who gets in his way, including his fellow feds and the gangsters. 92m/C VHS, DVD . Kelly Hu, Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Michael Lerner, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ian Ziering; D: Frank Cappello; W: Frank Cappello; C: Richard Clabaugh; M: David Williams.

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