​Industriespion Fox sucht nach den klügsten Köpfen der Wirtschaft, um sie für Konkurrenzunternehmen abzuwerben. Sein neues Ziel: Der Pharmakologe Hiroshi, der einer Firma in Osaka 100 Millionen Dollar wert ist. Doch alle Abwerbeversuche schlagen fehl. Gemeinsam mit seinem Partner X heckt Fox deshalb einen besonderen Plan aus: Ein Callgirl soll Hiroshis Herz brechen...

"Abel Ferrara's slick, sexy adaptation of a story by cyberpunk godfather William Gibson journeys deep into the world of corporate espionage, as shady businessmen Fox (Christopher Walken) and X (Willem Dafoe) attempt to lure a Japanese geneticist (“Final Fantasy” artist Yoshitaka Amano) to a rival company with the help of a kinky-feral call girl (Asia Argento). Look out for a cameo from legendary Japanese electronic music pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto." Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"Everyone reviewing this talking about capitalism or postmodernism or technology – YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT. It's about Willem Defoe being sexy." Tori, Letterboxd (2020)

"The movie is imperfect in its strangeness; its vague, indirect minimalism can be hypnotic or off-putting. But these are the kind of imperfections that make a point. The metaphor of art and sex work always seems less tired in Ferrara's hands, in part because his films tend to portray art as something that is both intimate and exploitative and because he never seems to begrudge his characters for either paying or being paid for sex and skin." Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club (2017)