Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes headline Philip Kaufman’s Rising Sun, an adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel, which was adapted to the big screen by Crichton, Kaufman, and Michael Backes. The technology, which seemed a little whiz-bang at the time is common place now, but, it still highlights its danger. When an escort is murdered…
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The Challenge (1982) – John Frankenheimer
Scott Glenn sports a truly horrific bowl cut in his first leading role, starring alongside Toshiro Mifune in the Frankenheimer-helmed The Challenge. Featuring a score by Jerry Goldsmith and a supporting cast that includes Sab Shimono and Clyde Kusatsu, the film is a pretty solid action entry though it wasn’t the film Glenn and Mifune…
The Mind Reels 