This sometimes-hilarious hybrid of the detective and thriller genre makes for an outrageous East-meets-West concoction when an ex-cop, his teenage daughter and two Japanese Yakuza get caught in the crossfire of a bank job.
Directed, edited, and co-written by Roger Nygard; starring Michael Rooker, Ryo Ishibashi, Danielle Harris, and featuring Bobcat Goldthwait as the psychopathic, explosive-laden bank-robber.
“BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT EXPLODES! Folks, if that isn’t reason enough for you to rent this movie, I don’t know what is. Back to Back is surprisingly good. Non-stop action sequences, decent performances by the majority of the cast, and the Bobcat Goldthwait explosion make decent cinema. Michael Rooker turns in a fair performance. Granted, his hot-tempered, boiling-over persona is reminiscent of his most famous role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, but I gotta admit, I dug it anyway. The true scene stealer, however, is Ryo Ishibashi. Though it sounds horribly cliché’, I find it impossible not to compare him to action film god Chow Yun-Fat. Now, he has yet to reach Chow’s level of overall coolness, but in Ishibashi’s defense, I must say that he holds his own fairly well.” J. Bannerman, www.StompTokyo.com
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Seattle International Film Festival, USA Film Festival Dallas,
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival
Production Stills
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Key art from BACK TO BACK.
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Hideo (Koh Takasugi) and Koji (Ryo Ishibashi) in their limo after arriving at LAX.
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Director Roger Nygard directing Bobcat Goldthwait, Koh Takasugi, and Koji Ryo Ishibashi in the finer aspects of hand dismemberment.
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Bobcat Goldthwait after losing a hand to Koji (Ryo Ishibashi).
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Bob Malone (Michael Rooker) with a shot-gun, hunting the hunters.
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Mob hitmen riddling Bob Malone’s (Michael Rooker) house with bullets.
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Koji (Ryo Ishibashi) has Lt. Dusseq (John Jaughlin) in his sights.
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Michael Rooker and Director Roger Nygard after Rooker disagrees with Nygard’s ideas. (Make up effects by Kenneth Michael Beck and Constance Hall.)
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Bob Malone (Michael Rooker) thwarts one of Bobcat Goldthwait’s bank robbery crew.
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Bob Malone (Michael Rooker) with a street sweeper shot-gun, preparing to unload a clip.
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Bobcat Goldthwait detonates.
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Michael Rooker and Ryo Ishibashi preparing to take on the mob.
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Fred Willard, who plays the bank manager, with Director Roger Nygard.
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Back to Back sales art.
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Back to Back DVD artwork.
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Bobcat Goldthwait in mid robbery attempt.
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Bob Malone (Michael Rooker) fires at one of Bobcat Goldthwait’s bank robbery crew.
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Koji (Ryo Ishibashi) observes as Bob Malone (Michael Rooker) tests a handgun
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The house walls after Bob Malone (Michael Rooker) passes through with the street sweeper shot-gun.
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Mob Boss Delorenzo (Frank D’Amico) attempts to squeeze Koji (Ryo Ishibashi) to death.
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Director Roger Nygard.
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Director Roger Nygard with Elvis impersonator Steve Peri.
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Back to Back artwork.
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Back to Back artwork.