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DVD : No Way BackIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner, Kyusaku Shimada directed by: Frank A. Cappello  List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.95 (13%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767859516 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767859510 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: November 28, 2000 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1996 Sales Rank: 35013 MPN: COLD05818D Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: Special agent zack grants career is on the line and hes given one last chance to prove himself. When the sting operation hes in charge of goes disastrously awry grant finds himself with a mob vendetta on his hands. Mafia kingpin frank serlano has brutal revenge in mind and his target is yuji. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/22/2008 Starring: Russell Crowe Helen Slater Run time: 91 minutes Rating: R Director: Frank Cappello Amazon.com: The FBI, the Mafia, and the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) fight to the death in this nonstop action thriller starring Russell Crowe (Gladiator). FBI agent Zack Grant (Crowe) sends beautiful rookie operative Seiko (Kelly Hu) on a sting operation against the depraved, skinhead son of a Mafia kingpin. Little does he know that Seiko is on a revenge mission of her own. This bloody situation escalates into all-out war, as the Mafia kingpin, Frank Serlano (Michael Lerner), and the head Yakuza, Yuji (Etsushi Toyokawa), get into the act. Grant is forced to go renegade from the bureau when Serlano kidnaps his young son, a plot point that certainly raises the story's emotional stakes. During an exciting airplane hijacking sequence, we meet Mary (Helen Slater), a dizzy blonde flight attendant who introduces an unexpected note of comic relief to the proceedings (along with a touch of romance). Crowe is convincing in Dirty Harry mode, bringing his characteristic intensity and empathy to the role. It's fun to watch a former Miss Hawaii, Kelly Hu, display her martial arts mastery, and the performances of Slater and Toyokawa are a cut above the action-genre norm. Still and all, No Way Back falls squarely into the "guilty pleasure" movie category. Writer-director Frank A. Cappello (American Yakuza), provides plenty of slam-bang, shoot-'em-up action, plus enough nail-biting suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat. --Laura Mirsky Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Uhhhhh.....Yakuza Hijacking....Mob kidnapping FBI Agent's son for Yakuza bad guy unthrillerDid anyone beside me notice in the beginning of the movie, when Saiko (the FBI UC woman) blew away the bad guys, her semi-auto's slide never recoiled back? Okay, small detail. Did anyone notice Russell Crowe (Zack) using the same gun on the airliner that John Malkovich used, to attempt to assassinate the President in Clint Eastwood's film "In The Line Of Fire?" Well, gee, Helen Slater (she was Super Girl, remember?) was pretty entertaining as Mary, the airline stewardess/hostage. On ... Read More Rating: - One of the OK Crowe movies before he got into doing really good stuffWhen FBI Agent Zack Grant, played by Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man, Heaven's Burning), loses his partner Seiko Kobayashi, played by Kelly Hu (Scorpion King, X-Men2:X-Men United), in a blown up operation, a Neo-Nazi son of a mafia man named Victor Serlano, played by Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills 90210, Domino) also dies and his father Frank Serlano, played by Michael Lerner (The Mod Squad, Godzilla (1998) with a not so believeable mustasche, kidnaps Zack's son Eric, played by little Andrew J. Ferchland ... Read More Rating:  - Crowe acting like himself or is he REALLY acting?I like this movie simply because it was entertaining. There's no deep drama, brainiac prose or intense emotional scenes here. It's just a story about your average cop with a major attitude problem who has a somewhat strained relationship with his 7(?) year old son. The reasons as to why there's a seeminly lack of affection from this single father to his son is explained through poignant flashbacks. The movie is LA Confidential meets Rush Hour. I found Crowe's character humorous, simply because ... Read More Rating: - If collecting the lot...While I am a huge fan of Crowe's... this was NOT one of his better performances. There is plenty of action, more than average suspense but the dialogue is lacking greatly. Phrases and sentences that just don't make a lot of sense permeate the entire script. More specifically, I found myself saying "would they REALLY say that in this situation???". Russell drops in and out of his "American" accent, which is a painful reminder of the fact that this is one of the earlier ... Read More Rating:  - There is "No Way Back"... unless you return itFrom the typical action movie title that slips out of your memory within days to the typical overused clichés, I felt like I had seen this one before. Surely Crowe is a good actor, but he isn't exerting himself in this blah flick, and he definitely can't save it from the suspense B-list (at best). There is really no reason to buy this DVD, even with the one talented actor in the cast. Browse for similar items by category:
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