this film is a slick caper movie that's not what it seems. a little slow starting, it tells the story of an ad exec who loses his chance to bag a big deal because the company boss sees a different direction for the product. he runs into juri, the boss's runaway daughter, and they plot to fake her kidnapping. but things turn bizarre when after the payoff, juri is still missing. the love angle between the two leads is expected, but there are a lot of twists towards the last thirty minutes of the film. it's not the usual, simple plot. there were a lot of parts that had me in suspense, without any shooting or violence, due in large part to naohito fujiki's excellent acting. it's slick, it's smart, it's suspenseful. watch it now, before Hollywood decides to buy the rights and turn this excellent story into another pretty-boy action-star vehicle.
