
Betrayal at every turn... Danger around every curve
Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her bodyguard, Luke Campbell, conceives a plan to rescue her. By kidnapping the real Lisa Ozaki and turning her over to the kidnappers, Luke hopes to save Maria, and ultimately Lisa, as he knows her father will only pay the ransom for his daughter and not the double. However, the bodyguards hired to watch Lisa have another plan in mind. About to lose their jobs for losing Lisa when they were supposed to keep an eye on her at all times, they decide to steal the ransom money and rescue Lisa, in an attempt to be the heroes and save their jobs
Jodi Baker
The film's tagline is: "Betrayal at every turn... Danger around every curve"
The production budget was $3.0M.
The runtime is 87 minutes (1h 27m).
It was a co-production between: Japan, United States of America.
The film was directed by Toshimichi Ohkawa.
The screenplay was written by Chris Chan Lee and Toshimichi Ohkawa.
Cinematography was handled by Blain Brown.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0249511.

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Double Deception
Released
English
Japan, United States of America
$3,000,000