Collision Course (1989)

Collision Course is a 1989 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. (When Morita guest-starred on The Tonight Show in 1989, with Leno serving as guest host, they recalled that the movie had run out of money on the last day of filming, with key scenes yet to be shot and no budget left for editing and post-production.)

Much of the principal photography for the film was shot on location in Detroit, Michigan. Numerous local landmarks are shown in various scenes, including the now-defunct Trapper's Alley in the city's Greektown Historic District neighborhood and the Garden Bowl within the Majestic Theatre Centre—the United States' oldest continuously operating bowling alley.

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.

Synopsis

Tony Costas, un flic impétueux, odieux, sexiste et raciste de Détroit qui a depuis longtemps cessé de suivre les règles, se fait dire qu'il devra travailler avec l'inspecteur Fuji, un policier japonais direct. Fuji est à Detroit à la recherche d'un ingénieur japonais qui s'est rendu en Amérique avec des plans pour une pièce de voiture top secrète. Le couple ne parvient naturellement pas à s'entendre au début, mais au fur et à mesure que l'enquête se poursuit, ils commencent presque à tolérer la présence de l'autre.

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