Based on Michael Crichton's provocative bestseller, this "smart, engrossing and electrically charged" thriller (Joanna Langfield, The Movie Minute) is as entertaining as it is thought provoking.

A special liason officer investigates the murder of a call girl in the boardroom of a Japenese corporation. Accompnied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture, the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties