Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel.

But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times said the film "... has all the weariness of a genre movie but none of the comfortable familiarity.

In a misguided attempt to appeal to an international audience, the film flits from London to Hong Kong to Amsterdam.

There are so many shots of airports and train terminals that it begins to seem as if one has purchased a Eurail pass rather than a movie ticket.