Rising Sun (1993)
Directed by Philip Kaufman
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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What critics compared Rising Sun to
A film about the potential dangers of our plugged-in, hooked-up culture, it would have stood up beautifully against computer-based thrillers of that time like The Net or Hackers, not to mention the spate of technophobic Michael Crichton adaptations (Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure) that excited and terrified audiences during the dawn of the Internet era.
And Liman hasn't figured out how to transcend the limitations of genre in the way that, say, Brian De Palma has or that Philip Kaufman did in "Rising Sun."
Between this, the racially insensitive thriller "Rising Sun" and his ponderous, NC-17 period piece "Henry and June," Kaufman seems to be regressing rather than progressing, talentwise.
, his first film since the 1993 flop Rising Sun, is an appropriate return to the screen.
The results have varied from solid genre fare (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and American epic portraiture (The Right Stuff) to uncomfortable thriller (Rising Sun) and sprawling Kundera adaptation (The Unbearable Lightness of Being).