Undercover X
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Undercover X is a 2001
action-adventure film that was directed by and stars Scott Shaw
.
This feature was filmed in Hollywood, California, Seoul, South Korea, Tokyo
and Kamakura, Japan. According to IMDb
Scott Shaw lives much of every year at his beach home in Kamakura, Japan.
This film follows a non-linear story line following two primary characters Detective Truck Baker, played by Shaw and Detective Bobby Torino, played by Richard Magram, as they battle the Yakusa who are attempting to bring the drug trade to Los Angeles
.
Elemental to all of Scott Shaw's Urban Cinema is his reference to African-American or Blacksploitation Cinema. In this film the lead nemesis, played by Kevin Thompson, is an African-American character named Cyrus. This character is in obvious reference to the antagonist of the 1979 Walter Hill film The Warriors, as the character uses many dialectic references to the character in Hill's film.
This film is considered a "Zen Film" in that it was created in the distinct style of filmmaking formulated by Scott Shaw
known as Zen Filmmaking. In this style of filmmaking, no scripts are used.
This film was released in the United Kingdom
as Slip Into Oblivion.
2001 in film
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action-adventure film that was directed by and stars Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...
.
This feature was filmed in Hollywood, California, Seoul, South Korea, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and Kamakura, Japan. According to IMDb
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Scott Shaw lives much of every year at his beach home in Kamakura, Japan.
This film follows a non-linear story line following two primary characters Detective Truck Baker, played by Shaw and Detective Bobby Torino, played by Richard Magram, as they battle the Yakusa who are attempting to bring the drug trade to Los Angeles
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Elemental to all of Scott Shaw's Urban Cinema is his reference to African-American or Blacksploitation Cinema. In this film the lead nemesis, played by Kevin Thompson, is an African-American character named Cyrus. This character is in obvious reference to the antagonist of the 1979 Walter Hill film The Warriors, as the character uses many dialectic references to the character in Hill's film.
This film is considered a "Zen Film" in that it was created in the distinct style of filmmaking formulated by Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...
known as Zen Filmmaking. In this style of filmmaking, no scripts are used.
This film was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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as Slip Into Oblivion.