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Rising Sun (1993)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:12

Rotten:22

Average Rating:5.1/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A Los Angeles special agent (Snipes) must team up with an expert on Japanese culture (Connery) to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. The case turns... A Los Angeles special agent (Snipes) must team up with an expert on Japanese culture (Connery) to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. The case turns out to be bigger than either of them had thought. Rather loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Mako

Starring: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Mako, Kevin Anderson, Ray Wise, Tia Carrere, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Steve Buscemi, Daniel Von Bargen, Alexandra Powers

Director: Philip Kaufman

Director: Philip Kaufman
Composer: Toru Takemitsu

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Nov 23, 1999

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Kaufman's film is flawd but not as bad as some critics claim, though charges of racism made this adaptation controversial even before it was actually seen.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
01/02/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

It would be nice to see Connery doing something intrinsically interesting instead of trying to make something inherently dull entertaining. And it would be good to see Snipes cut loose more than he is able to here.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
11/05/08
Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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As the plot grows more intricate, strangely the tension dissipates, until finally the movie just seems to run out of breath.

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10/18/08
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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What should have been a tense political thrilling blockbuster, ends up a wasted effort with a limp storyline that once again fails to give the book justice.

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04/09/08
Angie Errigo
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine

aufman's heavy-handedness and a half-baked script with unfocused performances to match render this unentertaining, vacuous nonsense.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
04/09/08
Film4

The film grafts a fiercely modernist feel onto characters and themes right out of a 1940s film noir--an impressive achievement that more than makes up for a ponderous storyline.

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04/09/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

When working in genre territory before, the idiosyncratic Kaufman has shown a marked tendency to debunk or subvert conventions. Playing it straight here, he brings little to the table.

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04/09/08
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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I found it pretty entertaining, as well as provocative in some of its comments about contemporary life.

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04/09/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Snipes at his coolest still can't save this xenophobic piece of studio flotsam.

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05/13/07
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Kaufman's PC adaptation falls awkwardly between the conventions of the Hollywood conspiracy thriller and something intended as more artily significant.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

An intriguing, sensual whodunit that would have been even better had it not succumb to political correctness and changed the identity of the killer from Crichton's novel.

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03/03/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

The film disappoints, but Snipes and Connery don't.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
12/28/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

A 1980s style film adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel.

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12/23/04
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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01/23/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

An intelligent and sophisticated screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's bestselling novel

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07/12/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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06/11/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

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06/04/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

It directs attention not to the internal reasons for America's economic problems, but to inscrutable, generalized, unknown others from abroad, whose yellow skins and strange manners announce their evil purposes as much as their unfair trade practices.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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