Classic Connery
Added 3/8/2010
I wanted this classic in Blu-ray. I wasn't disappointed - it was the same as other formats but with more definition.
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Sean Connery Rules
Added 11/25/2009
It is hard for a movie not to be good when it has Sean Connery in it.
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High-Tech Whodunnit
Added 4/21/2009
This movie is not always easy to understand but if you give it a couple of looks - and the DVD is worth it -all the pieces finally fit and it's a good two hours of entertainment.
This modern-day crime movie may have a lack of action compared to others of its genre but it never loses your attention. Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes and Harvey Keitel star, along with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Mako and Tia Carrere. This is a high-tech story (at least for 1993) as two cops try to figure out who murdered a woman.
It's Japanese-big business-politics intrigue with surveillance cameras being the key to figuring out a murder. Connery and Snipes complement each other as a "buddy" cop duo with Connery being mostly responsible for making this story interesting. The suave ex-James Bond plays the cool veteran and it's fun to watch him operate.
The only complaint I might have is the ending, a stupid romance-type story with Snipes and Carrere that was very post-climactic and not needed.
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Much Better Audio
Added 5/3/2008
This "Blu-ray" version is excellent. The video portion is much smoother and the audio is "far superior" to the regular DVD. One has to appreciate that this movie was initially released on VHS and the regular DVD of it was not much of an improvement. This blu-ray takes care of all the VHS flaws of the origional DVD release.
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The Blackmail of a Senator
Added 3/3/2008
Rising Sun concerns the struggle to win and at what expense. It's story begins with the news that Senator Morton will vote against the sale of Micro-Con to Nakamoto which effectively ends their negotiations with the company, Micro-Con, and allows them to look into another offer. Somebody is determined to change the Senator's mind by way of a blackmail scheme. Who was involved? Tanaka, the head of Security was running the office at the time of the party. Cheryl Austin, the murdered woman, was undoubtedly involved. She choose a place for sex with the Morton under a camera. Richmond was informed by Mr. N's aide at the party and killed her after she had finished. Who could have informed the aide but Tanaka. Wasn't somebody using the gizmo for close-ups? When Eddie left the party he went upstairs to check on the Senator and Cheryl. When he spotted them on the board room table under the camera did he conclude that Cheryl and Tanaka were double-crossing him? Eddie thought that he had the Senator in his pocket but the disc would surely change his vote the other way. Was it Tanaka's bad luck that Eddie appeared? Did he leave the party or go downstairs to the Security office to recover the tape? Was N's aide or Richmond aware of these developments? Was Cheryl's murder planned by them? Who was holding the original disc? And who really made the copy? And why was Connor given the Golf Club membership? Was he on the take? Webb Smith believed so. Or was it gratitude for his discretion on something that had gotten out of control? Connor could have done things and asked questions to the embarassment of many people and firms. Didn't Eddie plead with Connor not to arrest him and promise him the disc at the other party? There's far more to Rising Sun than a murder. I never cared for Wesley Snipes but I do in this film. He really did a fine job but was overshadowed by Sean Connery and a really fine cast. Both characters develop through the film. Phillip Kaufmann is a fine director. Too many people are looking for action adventure and fail to appreciate one of the better whodunits that I've seen in years.
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Classic Connery
Added 3/8/2010
I wanted this classic in Blu-ray. I wasn't disappointed - it was the same as other formats but with more definition.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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Sean Connery Rules
Added 11/25/2009
It is hard for a movie not to be good when it has Sean Connery in it.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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High-Tech Whodunnit
Added 4/21/2009
This movie is not always easy to understand but if you give it a couple of looks - and the DVD is worth it -all the pieces finally fit and it's a good two hours of entertainment.
This modern-day crime movie may have a lack of action compared to others of its genre but it never loses your attention. Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes and Harvey Keitel star, along with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Mako and Tia Carrere. This is a high-tech story (at least for 1993) as two cops try to figure out who murdered a woman.
It's Japanese-big business-politics intrigue with surveillance cameras being the key to figuring out a murder. Connery and Snipes complement each other as a "buddy" cop duo with Connery being mostly responsible for making this story interesting. The suave ex-James Bond plays the cool veteran and it's fun to watch him operate.
The only complaint I might have is the ending, a stupid romance-type story with Snipes and Carrere that was very post-climactic and not needed.
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