Rising Sun (1993)
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Rising Sun
An average movie
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" First Viewing Viewing Date: July 16th Via: Blu-ray Plot: When an escort 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. Rating: 6.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes."

" At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate, but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up John Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there, Web thinks that everything is obvious, but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on. Based on a"
“I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, the damned thing definitely had some potential. Indeed, I really liked the concept of mixing a neo-noir detective tale with a culture clash between Japan and the USA and the addition of a corporate war was also really neat. So, they seemed to have some very interesting ingredients to deliver a really solid thriller but, unfortunately, it all fell apart fairly quickly, I'm afraid. First of all, while most of the cast was good enough, Sean Connery was rather miscast in my opinion. Indeed, even though I always had a weak spot for this actor, he was never convincing as a supposedly expert in Japanese culture. It was also a mistake to add the private lives of the two main characters in th” read more

"When: July 10th First-Time Viewing: Yes. How: DVD from my collection. What'd I Think?: Crichton adaptation is engaging and quasi-intelligent, lacks the novel's sharp bite and smooth pace. My Rating: 6/10 Other Notes: NA."

" TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Rising Sun PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel AUTHOR/CREATOR: Michael Crichton ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1992 HAVE I READ: Yes NOTES: N/A "