|
All young Hiro (Sonny Chiba) wanted to do was steal a date with pretty
Miyako, and suddenly he's a suspect in the murder of a plastic surgeon.
Now that's not such a good thing, but since Hiro thinks he's a star
private detective anyways, just because his father runs a detective
agency, he figures he'll be able to solve the case on his own, a case that
soon takes him to a mysterious island, where he meets ... Miyako. You see,
Miyako is a sport reporter, and she tries to track a college baseball
player down who has mysteriously disappeared just before he could sign up
with any of the big teams. Hiro soon figures the two cases are connected
to one another and wants to work together with Miyako, but she thinks he's
a reporter for a rival newspaper trying to steal her scoop, so she tries
to shake him every step along the way, until she falls into the hands of
the baddie of the piece, the baseball players manager, who keeps the boy
confined to his basement after an accident that could have cost him his
career - but with the help of a plastic surgeon (whose assistant was the
dead man) he could be made presentable for a transfer to a top team. The
manager is already trying to tie up all loose ends when hero intervenes,
his father and the police in tow, and he sees to it that the manager and
his cronies get their just desserts while he himself gets the girl. Mildly
entertaining and completely pointless murder mystery/comedy that's very
competently done but offers nothing new to the genre, instead follows
similar US-American B-movies from about 20 to 30 years ago to the letter,
at least storywise, regarding its silly setup, far-fetched plottwists and
ultimate resolution. That's not to say this is a really bad film though,
it's enjoyable enough to kill less than an hour of time in fact, but
ultimately it's nothing more than just another genre flick.
|
amazon.com
amazon.co.uk
amazon.de
eThaiCD.com
