Philip Kaufman has a knack of making huge productions out of the simplest stories or projects. And RISING SUN is not exception. There's nothing memorable about this, except for the shot of a beautiful woman sprawled on a conference table. Kaufman seems to confuse over-direction with greatness. This story is just a pulpy-kind of story and yet Kaufman directs it as if it was Shakespeare. Wesley Snipes is good even if his role is thankless. And Sean Connery plays, well, Sean Connery. Or James Bond as played by Sean Connery. I don't get his appeal one bit. Anyway, RISING SUN is VERY dated these days and what flashy quality it used to have in 1993 is almost all gone today, which makes the movie look even more shallow and pointless.
Review of Rising Sun
