Jakarta (1988)

Director


Main cast
Chris Noth; Suzee Pai; Franz Tumbuan; Ronald Hunter; Zoraya Perucha

Genres
Thriller

Description
A CIA agent roams the streets of New York haunted by the death of the beautiful woman he fell in love with while on assignment in Jakarta. When he is kidnapped and drugged, the destination is Jakarta once again where he tries to unravel the mystery that is the city which broke him three years earlier.


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