September 28, 2009
A pretty good thriller that?s satisfyingly unpredictable. One of the better, East meets West dramas of the time.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Anderson
Author Michael Crichton and director Philip Kaufman had a falling-out over the script for this film, based on Crichton's best-selling novel (which was controversial for its take on the Japanese invasi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2000
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November 28, 2007its been some time since ive seen this film but i remember strangly liking the chemistry between snipes and connery. i wish snipes was still alive, he was good.
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January 7, 2007The usual mix of culture clash/buddy movie/cheesy cop thriller based around Japanese businessmen operating in america. Simplistic and casually racist.
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October 2, 2006A surprisingly good action movie. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes are mis-matched here but work oddly well. Connery again plays a fatherly/mentor style character which he is great at but it's getting a little old. Wesley Snipes shows in the one fight scene that he is in, the early...( read more)
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September 28, 2008Rising Sun is dominating if not excruciatingly annoying.How does mister Crichton manage to solve the whole diplomatic propaganda,is beyond my eyes and ears,detective mystery shrouding the profane racism in the thin air.Connery's character (Sean is brilliant in one of his last gre...( read more)
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September 2, 2009i love sean connery and thought this movie ws quite good to be honest!
Its a good action thriller with a few good twists and turns and its even funy as well in places!
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July 18, 2009I have never read the book but I found this to be a solid action murder mystery. Great performances from Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. The film is about a murder of a prostitute at a Japanese company in Los Angeles. It takes Sean and Wesley's characters to try and solve the mur...( read more)
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June 21, 2009I enjoyed this murder mystery. Connery did a solid job of being the detective.
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June 11, 2009From Crichton's sensational epic book, To a Connery and Snipes film Blast!.
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