No Way Back on Blu-ray & DVD (1996)

No Way Back

1996

Overall rating: 2 out of 5

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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.

No Way Back details

Formats:	18 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner, Ian Ziering
Director:	Frank Cappello
Genres:	Action/Adventure, Thriller - Mystery, General
Studio:	UCA

Name	Discs
No Way Back	18 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 27 minutes
Rental release:	13 Oct 2003
Main languages:	English
Dubbed:	German, French, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Name	Discs
No Way Back	18 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 27 minutes
Rental release:	15 Jun 2009
Main languages:	English

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Old school...kinda

By a customer from London , 03 Nov 2004

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Not russel's best movie. It starts out good, but quickly turns into cliched storyline and feeble attempts to mix humour and action. If your totally bored and a fan of crowe then its worth a watch, but otherwise you won't miss it.
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By a customer from Hythe , 27 Jul 2009

This film was watchable but dissapointed, expected more from Russell Crowe.
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Strange combination

By a customer from Swindon, Wiltshire , 02 Feb 2006

Russell Crowe fans will want to give all of his films a watch, as I do.

Not too bad, but can't for the life of me work out why he was teamed with a very annoying Helen Slater. It just isn't believable I'm afraid and spoilt the film for me.
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Old school...kinda

By a customer from London , 03 Nov 2004

Not russel's best movie. It starts out good, but quickly turns into cliched storyline and feeble attempts to mix humour and action. If your totally bored and a fan of crowe then its worth a watch, but otherwise you won't miss it.
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