So what do you think about the movie pairing Micheal Douglas with Ken Takakura? Takakura was shown to be effective, professional, in better control of his emotions and not emasculated at all, as far as I remember. Isn't there even a scene when Douglas interrupts Takakura's Kendo training and gets the finer points of Japanese philosophy taught to him by way of an asswhipping? And I wouldn't call Garcia's role a pillar of morality...more like stupidity and rashness.

@HollywoodsJapan, hmm, you're probably right, I was just reciting from memory, I haven't actually sat through the movie in a long time.