This Japanese/American action flick provides a neat role for middle-aged action hero Bunta Sugawara, whom you may or may not remember as the lead in the vibrant BATTLES WITHOUT HONOUR & HUMANITY series in the 1970s. Here he's older and wiser, but no less a tough guy. Sugawara plays a man who visits America with his wife and daughter and hooks up with an old pal, police chief George Kennedy. Unfortunately his wife is murdered while sightseeing and his daughter kidnapped, leading him on a revenge mission. This is low budget stuff that nonetheless delivers the goods where it counts, with a hugely lengthy footchase/fight scene taking up the last half hour. No masterpiece, but as a programmer it works well and Sugawara is a delight.
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