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Information
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 99 min.
- Director
- Francis Megahy
- Genre
- Action
- Rating *
- 5.7
- Votes *
- 275
- Checks
- 27
- Favs
- 1
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 3.7% (1:27)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
When it comes to martial arts movies, don't go American, and definitely don't go made-for-TV/Direct-to-video-market. Red Sun Rising is a yakuza flick with all the trimmings (I mean, clichés), in which Don Wilson does one move at a time before the camera cuts, fighting an assassin with all sorts of crazy ninja powers. And by fighting, I mean often stand there and take it without even a thought given to dodging (I shouted at the screen a lot). Terry Farrell plays the American cop who's case this crashes into and this being mid-DS9, plays it exactly like she plays Dax, except for the ugly racism, racism justified by just about the most stupidly melodramatic back story. And it's especially grating because it's not necessary. It's just a silly obstacle to their eventual and unsurprising movie romance, so it could have been anything. The presence of B-movie steadies Michael Ironside and Mako enliven things up, but this is strictly "failed TV pilot" in terms of quality. 3 years 5 months ago