Review of Rising Sun (1993) by Xmodem R — 15 Feb 2008

Really Good Mystery movie. Sean Connery is the man.

This review of Rising Sun (1993) was written by Xmodem R on 15 Feb 2008.

Rising Sun has generally received mixed reviews.

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In the final analysis, Rising Sun is yet another book-to-movie conversion that loses something in the translation…

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