Underplayed Gems

Collision Course (1989)

Collision Course poster
Directed by
Lewis Teague
Genre
comedy film, action film, buddy film, buddy cop film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Detroit cop and a Japanese officer must team up to recover a stolen turbocharger. The two often clash because of their different backgrounds and styles.

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What happens

Collision Course is a 1989 American action comedy film starring Jay Leno as a Detroit police officer and Pat Morita as a Japanese officer forced to work together to recover a Japanese turbocharger stolen by a thief played by Chris Sarandon. It was directed by Lewis Teague and unreleased in the U.S. until 1992, when it debuted on home video. The story plays upon the culture clash between Detroit - whose economy is largely built on automobile manufacturing - and Japan - whose trade policies and export of cars were blamed for Detroit job losses in the 1980s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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