Loved the first quarter of the movie, in 'so cheesy it's great' way. After the lieutenants were introduced, it got boring. Some really weird plot twists. I still love the oriental stereotypes, films like this got me interested in Asian traditions.

Misses most of what was interesting in the book.

Certainly one of the better Michael Crichton adaptations and certainly Wesley Snipes' best film. Though the technical aspects of the film wouldn't make it any more than good Sean Connery does a superb job as John Connor. It's thrilling without being absurd any the twists are never ludicrous but in fact plausible. If you want a decent thriller this is one to pick up for sure.

The book was far better & Sean Connery is a bore.

I enjoyed Connery and Snipes in this film, and the plot twists keep the intrigue going, but at the end, it's not all that remarkable.

In Denmark i'm pretty sure it was translated to; black dude in Japan..

When I was 13 this was about as complex and compellingly multi-layered a thriller, as I'd ever seen. Revisiting it now some 17 years later, I must admit that it has fated significantly, being quite a bit less sophisticated, than I remember. Still, it has some undefinable appeal to it, stemming perhaps from the neo-noir pastiche feel or Sean Connery speaking Scottish, even when he speaks Japanese...

3-6-2010, I always enjoy seeing sean connery

Obvious film stoking the latent xenophobic Japanese takeover fears of the 80's up until the mid 90's. The Japanese characters are all caricatures but this is slightly amusing because of Connery and Wesley Snipe's interaction. Keitel and Tagawa are also joys to watch as always. Overall it's not horrendous but the plot is laughable. Some memorable lines here though.

Mediocre script is held together by the (shockingly enough) chemistry between Sniples and Connery. Still not a good film, but it's watchable.

#, hype, (casting)

I've seen this several times now, and I still have no idea what to make of it. Maybe it's that I don't buy Connery's performance here, or that a few things that happen feel too random, or that the themes presented felt very cliched and stereotypical. Or maybe it's just me. ;)