SummaryWhen a party girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.
Directed By:Philip Kaufman
Written By:Michael Crichton, Philip Kaufman, Michael Backes
Rising Sun
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56
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Generally Favorable
6.8
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A thoroughly gratifying prestige thriller, thanks to riveting suspense and two brilliant stars.
75
Kaufman can't raise the script far above the pulp material on which it's based, but it's a more intelligent adaptation than this summer's blockbuster movie of Crichton's "Jurassic Park." It's also a more interesting consideration of racial-cultural conflicts than such major-studio gaffes as "Mr. Baseball" and "Falling Down." [30 July 1993, p.D3]
63
It's a pretty good movie. Ironically, the more even-handed treatment of the Japanese, although probably fairer, may have robbed the tale of some of the single-minded xenophobic nastiness that probably gave the book its trashy energy. [30 July 1993, p.3F]
60
A triumph of style over content. Like BLADE RUNNER, 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.
50
The sad thing about Rising Sun is that for all the controversy surrounding the book, it plays as just another cop drama set against an alien landscape. As so often happens in Hollywood these days, the alien locale is Los Angeles, an L.A. under assault from within and without. Rising Sun the movie doesn't have all that much to say about that condition. It sticks to the safe stuff. [30 July 1993, p.G4]
40
Connery lectures at length on his favourite subject, which wouldn't be so dull if the suspense was more adroitly handled, but Kaufman, regrettably, gets the pacing all wrong. Blowup-style video detection scenes provide a modicum of interest.
30
Rising Sun boasts shiny, shiny production values befitting a big-budgeted Sean Connery vehicle adapted from a bestselling novel, but scratch the glossy surface and Rising Sun reveals itself to be a Cinemax-ready B-movie, complete with a rogue’s gallery of villains, each tackier and more ridiculous than the last.
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May 27, 2023
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La routine des poncifs habituels sur le choc des cultures sur fond de guerre économique américano-japonaise… Sean Connery le sempaï, féru de des us et coutumes de nos amis du Soleil levant… (mais qui nous sort des proverbes chinois !), autant dire le vieux singe à qui on apprend pas à faire la grimace… et en contrepoint l’inspecteur Wesley Snipes, le ravi de la crêche ici ! On mélange tout ça dans une enquête pas désagréable à suivre mais tarabiscotée, biscornue, sinueuse et bien trop longue. Je me demandais d’aileurs quand ce putain de film allait se terminer… Cela étant dit, il s’est terminé avant que je **** la télécommande, aussi lui attribuerai-je la moyenne de la médiocrité standardisée, malgré ses nombreux tics d’autant que la mise en scène reste fort appliquée (même s’il s’agit d’un film calme, bien évidemment).
Production Company:
- 20th Century Fox
- Walrus & Associates
Release Date:Jul 30, 1993
Duration:2 h 9 m
Rating:R
Tagline:A coalition of East and West. A conspiracy of seduction and murder. A battle between tradition and power. Business is war.
Awards
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Political Film Society, USA
• 1 Nomination
