Ulterior Motives, also known as Kill Fee, is a 1993 martial arts action thriller film written and directed by James Becket, starring Thomas Ian Griffith and Mary Page Keller.

[1][2][3] The film follows Erica Boswell (Keller), a reporter pursuing a story about a businessman who may be selling American secrets to the Japanese.

Boswell enlists the help of private detective Jack Blaylock (Griffith) to investigate and the two of them quickly discover that the case is even more complex and dangerous than they thought.

Erica Boswell is a New York reporter pursuing a story in California about a businessman who may be selling American aerospace technology secrets to Japan.

Meanwhile, it is revealed to the viewer that Elizabeth Walthrop, among others, is working with Malcolm (Ken Howard), a pseudo-uncle figure in her life who owns a public relations agency.

The group concocted the Sakagami story to shift public opinion and influence the trade bill vote, inciting conflict with Japan that will benefit the U.S.

Thomas Ian Griffith and Mary Page Keller star as the main characters of the film, but the former is also credited as a producer and the latter as a co-producer.

Several of the film's vocal tracks, "Forever Love," "I Wanna Hold You Right," and "Satori" are all performed by Joe Yamanaka, who portrayed himself in the movie.

For the most part, the political commentary and Griffith's performance are praised by viewers, while criticism is directed at the movie's slow pace and emphasis on dialogue over action.

"[5] Jason Rugaard of Movie Mavericks criticized the film for stoking anti-Japanese paranoia but noted that "The acting from Griffith is strong enough to support the ludicrous writing.

The film was distributed in Swedish as Falska motiv,[9] in German as Teuflische Intrigen,[10] in Italian as Moventi diversi,[11] in French as Force brute,[12] in Hungarian as Japanska veza.