Thornton has been Presidentand Co-COOof Goldman Sachs for yearsbefore he joined Tsinghua in 2003, offering EMBA students the GlobalLeadershipcourse with asymbolicannual payof $1.
What saves the opening sequence is the inspired pairing of a black sociopath (Michael Beach) and a white psychopath (played by Billy Bob Thornton, who co-wrote the script with Tom Epperson).