Rising Sun (1993)

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• Red L

  
  Entertaining. A whodunit that keeps you on your toes by sending the viewer down wrong paths as you try to determine who the killer is. Sean Connery usually does a great job acting, and this movie is no exception.

• Tim S

  
  A decent mystery film, but not perfect by any means.

• Anthony L

  
  A pretty good thriller that?s satisfyingly unpredictable. One of the better, East meets West dramas of the time.

• Film C

  
  i 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! its worth a watch but can get a little confusing!

• danny d

  
  its 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.

• Dean M

  
  Director Phil Kaufman delivers an excellent somewhat confusing thriller based on Michael Crichton's novel that attempting to tone down the alleged Japan-bashing. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes are terrific in what is best viewed as another in the long line of cop/buddy flicks.

• xGary X

  
  The usual mix of culture clash/buddy movie/cheesy cop thriller based around Japanese businessmen operating in america. Simplistic and casually racist.

• Jeffrey M

  
  A film that could have been so much more. Uneven pacing, and a plot that at first appears interesting and intelligent, yet eventually becomes asinine and ambiguous. Still, Snipes and Connery have surprisingly good chemistry, and it features one of the most underrated character actors… More
  A film that could have been so much more. Uneven pacing, and a plot that at first appears interesting and intelligent, yet eventually becomes asinine and ambiguous. Still, Snipes and Connery have surprisingly good chemistry, and it features one of the most underrated character actors of all time, Harvey Keitel. Overall the film is a bit of a mess, sometimes appearing worthwhile, and other times too confused and meandering.

• Jedd Y

  
  An awful, misguided mess of a movie. Every actor seems out of place, every line of dialogue contrived, every shlock moment of gratuitous sex or violence obviously engineered to evoke a reaction, which it does not. It has been said that this adaptation removes the anti-Japanese bias of… More
  An awful, misguided mess of a movie. Every actor seems out of place, every line of dialogue contrived, every shlock moment of gratuitous sex or violence obviously engineered to evoke a reaction, which it does not. It has been said that this adaptation removes the anti-Japanese bias of the book, but in trying to soften the blow the filmmakers have tripped themselves up and are left with something that is still wholly offensive and startlingly obtuse in its ignorance. It seems that director Philip Kaufman had a film camera in one hand and a checklist of stereotypes in the other. There are no genuine moments of action or thrills in this plodding, so-called "action-thriller", and the high-tech element of photography forensics now seems awfully dated. This was a time when Wesley Snipes was a viable action star, but he spends the whole movie in dazed disbelief. When even Sean Connery visibly gives up on the project, one knows he is in deep trouble.

• Joseph E

  
  A slow start, but it was definetly an above-average murder mystery, that was just as entertaining as the book. Not a great score, but excess nudity was kind of distracting, not unsettleling. The ending was not perfect, but it was succificent.

• Marcus W

  
  Blah blah dead woman blah blah mismatched cops blah blah corporate wars blah blah photoshop blah blah corrupt senator blah blah bloke not really dead.

• C.R. L

  
  The Japanese are a rich, well cultured that believe in respect for there culture and themselves, so picture it February 1993 a brash police detective named Webster Smith called in the middle of the night to Nakamoto Towers to investigate a homicide. but he is not alone, semi-retired… More
  The Japanese are a rich, well cultured that believe in respect for there culture and themselves, so picture it February 1993 a brash police detective named Webster Smith called in the middle of the night to Nakamoto Towers to investigate a homicide. but he is not alone, semi-retired police Captain John Connor(And no it's not the guy from the Terminator movies.) an expert in Japanese affairs tags along with Smith to investigate and what they find is wrapped up in corruption, murder, Japanese culture and a twisted game of cat and mouse , the answers could be explosive. Michael Crichton's "Rising Sun" while well crafted and has all its pieces in the right place but it lacks a labor of love, it feels almost rushed in some way that it does not want you to be interested in its story or characters so it almost puts the audience into a coma with its extraordinary slow pace. But what "Rising Sun? has going for it is that it's story and plot are interesting and enticing but lack a refined touch of a director who knows the genre and knows how to deliver a true, blue cultural punch to the face. The two lead characters Smith(Snipes) and Connor(Connery) are to very diverse but very equal characters which by thriller standards is very, very rare most of the time the partnered up characters have different personalities, different ways of doing things and only one of them usual has a higher IQ. However, here the characters are equals on every level and that itself is something amazing to see. Nevertheless, for a film with so much going on there is not much going on? Sean Connery is a legend in the film industry he was the first Bond that launched him into super stardom for his time, now in 1993 Connery still proves that he may be old but he is never out. Connery is playing a character that he so often plays now that he is much older the calm, cool and collected type that thinks it through here he plays it just like that in that order except he has serious kung-fu moves and insight into Japanese culture which makes his character different but not by allot. Wesley Snipes has never been a favorite of mine but here he doesn't play a tough as nails cop who shoots first and ask questions later instead he ask questions first and shoots later which is a good role reversal for Snipes. Snipes plays his part by thinking it through and using his brain than his brawn but still he is playing a stock character cop that is just slightly different from other film cop. The rest of the cast including Ray Wise, Steve Buscemi and Harvey Keitel are fantastic and help elevate this film from poor to average and display some serious talent. "Rising Sun" is not great or good for that matter but the story and plot, the characters involved and the serious star power that it has makes this a must see despite the slow pace and controversial topic. This film succeeds if only for a little while.

• Dimitris S

  
  Rising 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… More
  Rising 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 great performances) begrudges every scene and the night is sinister as the film progresses.Kaufman misses a lot of points yet it's a charming police story with the...appropriate Japanese tackiness,we're in Hollywood now.

• Christopher B

  
  Mediocre pairing of two big Hollywood stars in a blah film. Granted, I'd probably like it more now since I know more about Japanese culture.

• Sean S

  
  Dull. Plus pretty much misses Japaanese culture by about 2-miles. I think Crichton got closer to his understanding of genetic cloning in Jurassic Park. Watch Black Rain instead.

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