Jay leno and pat morita! A detroit cop is told to team up with a japanese investigator to track down an espionage spy, who has arrived here from japan.. it's pretty bad. They both get in some laughs; the story starts out well, but gets more cheesy as it goes along. Lots of cussing, and detective costas keeps asking the ladies for their home phone. (that was a wall mounted phone, for you younger folks) but it never works. Lots of racist comments from all parties. The usual shootouts. Driving the wrong way on a one way street. This starts to really come apart in the last fifteen minutes. And wow, there's an abrupt ending. See the trivia section for the explanation! Boo. Hiss. Filmed in spring and summer 1987, but not released until april 1989. That was the first sign of trouble. Leno has stated numerous times he regrets taking the role, as the producers ran out of money prior to completing it. This was filmed five years before leno got the tonight show, and i guess didn't have the big dough yet to chip in to finish the film! I'm sure having tonight-show-dough later, he would have contributed the cash just so it wouldn't be so cheesy. Morita made this in between karate kid films. He was even nominated for the first one! Who knew??
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