Ulterior Motives (1993)
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A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.
- Date of release
- 1993-01-06
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- James Becket
Casting
- Thomas Ian Griffith — Jack Blaylock
- Mary Page Keller — Erica
- Jeff Imada — Yakuza #3
- James Lew — Yakuza #5
- Toshishiro Obata — Bull Neck Yakuza
- Roger Yuan — Yakuza #6
- Ray Sua — Yakuza #4
- Craig Shugart — Guard #1
- David Efron — Guard #2
- Ellen Crawford — Elizabeth
- Cameron Michael Erwin — Child in Restaurant
- Hayward Nishioka — Sakagami / Sakagami Imposter
Interesting facts
Ulterior Motives, also known as Kill Fee, is a 1993 martial arts action thriller film written and directed by James Becket, starring Thomas Ian Griffith and Mary Page Keller. The film follows Erica Boswell (Keller), a reporter pursuing a story about a businessman who may be selling American secrets to the Japanese. Boswell enlists the help of private detective Jack Blaylock (Griffith) to investigate and the two of them quickly discover that the case is even more complex and dangerous than they thought.
Production
Ulterior Motives was originally produced and released under the title Kill Fee.
Thomas Ian Griffith and Mary Page Keller star as the main characters of the film, but the former is also credited as a producer and the latter as a co-producer. Griffith is also credited with helping generate the story alongside screenwriter and director James Becket.
Filming locations included the Ennis House (Malcolm's office) and Little Tokyo (Jack's office), both of which are in Los Angeles, California, where the film is set.
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