Review of Rising Sun (1993) by Daniel W — 06 Feb 2006

Have you ever heard anyone speak Japanese in a Scottish accent?! Watch it just for this!

This review of Rising Sun (1993) was written by Daniel W on 06 Feb 2006.

Rising Sun has generally received mixed reviews.

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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…

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An entertaining film due in large part to Sean Connery. Nothing new here but worth a watch for Connery fans…

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By Ola G (527) on 27 Sep 2016

I always liked this movie. Snipes and Connery make a good duo and it's based off of Michael Crichton novel. Thanks for the refresher NetFlix…

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This was a fantastic book, and an awful movie, connery was well cast, even snipes wasnt bad in it, but it lost too much in translation, some…

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