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...Crichton's Sun novel drew fire for alleged jingoistic Japan-bashing and sour blame-laying. Actually, the novel dealt with how those very actions have paralyzed effective American response to organized, and sometimes ruthless, competition. Crichton even added an afterword to erase any ambiguities in his "message"--that American business should not cry foul every time it loses in a trade war and must end expectations of being coddled after decades of dominance. But a long line of critics, including Labor Secretary Robert Reich, saw only paranoid vendettas and tinges of racism...
...novel--the real elements, not the perceived ones--and presents them with faithful exactitude. In fact, so close is the adaptation that readers of the novel may find the film boring and tensionless. Even the fresh elements which Kaufmann brings to the film seem a coherent fit with Crichton's vision...
...perfect example is the use of eerie, sweeping pans of sidewalks littered with homeless. In Crichton's novel the same picture of a country neglecting itself is emphasized by the constant mention of potholes in the roadways...
...basic plot remains, and it's an engagingly complex one as most of Crichton's scenarios are wont to be. A gorgeous party girl is found strangled on the boardroom table of a Japanese conglomerate one floor above a gala bash celebrating the opening of the new company headquarters...
Connery glides through his role as an icy wise man brilliantly attuned to Japanese customs. Crichton admits that he created Conner with namesake Connery in mind. Conner is really no more than a 90's version of the tutoring Chicago cop Connery played in Brian de Palma's "The Untouchables." Connery demonstrates his usual wit and sly self-confidence but never finds anything in the character that he hasn't played countless times before...