In their efforts to lay their hands on a Dutch computer hacker named Jan
Strook the American authorities are willing to resort to any means at their
disposal, no matter how fantastic and risky. It so happens that the
CIA agent who was responsible for protecting Jan Strook, Bill Pope, is close
to death. So as not to lose his knowledge and expertise, his memory
is transplanted into a dangerous criminal, Jerico Stuart, who has spent most
of his adult life in prison. When he realises how he is being manipulated
by the authorities, Stuart rebels and embarks on his own private investigation,
helped by secret information that was known only to Pope...
The cinema of Japan is noteworthy for its purity, subtlety and visual impact. The films of Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa are sublime masterpieces of film poetry.
American film comedy had its heyday in the 1920s and '30s, but it remains an important genre and has given American cinema some of its enduring classics.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.