Rising Sun

  • 1993


MOVIE IS entertaining artily intriguing japanese
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50 %
35 % Rotten
$ 107 Million
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Positive Reviews 11
Negative reviews 8
Average Rating 3.1/5
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2.5
Most of the Japanese in the film have motives that are easily understandable and often blameless, and they dont seem to have tactics so much as the ab .. Rogerebert
1.5
Kaufmans PC adaptation falls awkwardly between the conventions of the Hollywood conspiracy thriller and something intended as more artily significant. Time Out
5.0
A thoroughly gratifying prestige thriller, thanks to riveting suspense and two brilliant stars.
5.0
The answer is intentionally left unclear, as is Connors role in moving the investigation to its ultimate resolution.
3.5
Classic hard boiled fictions send a knight out in search of the truth in a cold and evil world where there may be no truth.
2.0
A wasted effort with a limp storyline that fails to do Michael Crichtons book justice.
4.0
Rising Sun is a three fold triumph its an engaging mystery thriller, an expose of corporate hardball, and a portrait of tense Japanese American relati .. Spirituality And Practice
2.0
It never rises past a second rate thriller or weakly structured political conspiracy flick, but its entertaining due to the talented cast keeping thin .. Sover
3.1
With much of the intended comedy failing in this instance, this is not one of the better alterations.Its far too silly. ReelViews
3.8
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 .. Tv Guide
5.0
It turns out a muddle: a buddy pic and a culture shocker as well as a thriller. Independent
2.5
Where the movie really stumbles is with co writer/director Philip Kaufmans attempts to make it a conventional mystery thriller. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
For all the gloss and high tech hardware, the mystery just fails to be intriguing. Internet Reviews
2.0
Kaufmans film is flawed. but not as bad as critics claim charges of racism made this adaptation controversial even before it was seen. Emanuellevy
2.0
TITLE: RISING SUN DIRECTOR: PHILIP KAUFMAN WRITERS: PHILIP KAUFMAN, MICHAEL CRICHTON, MICHAEL BACKES THE BOTTOM LINE: The best sellers passions were m .. Time
1.5
It changes the identity of the killer.One of its two principal American characters (both of whom are now morally flawed) has become a black man rather .. Ny Times
4.0
There is some elegant and clever filmmaking in Rising Sun..But ultimately Kaufman and Crichton are a bad fit: trying to transcend the material, the di .. News Week
4.5
I found it pretty entertaining, as well as provocative in some of its comments about contemporary life. Chicago Reader
0.5
aufmans heavy handedness and a half baked script with unfocused performances to match render this unentertaining, vacuous nonsense. Film4
1.5
There are moments when Rising Sun touches a raw nerve...Too often though, this film conveys what might be called the unbearable lightness of Crichton. Hartford Courant
4.5
This adaptation is a sleek, smartly plotted entertainment, thoroughly engrossing.



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