Underplayed Gems

Red Sun Rising (1994)

Red Sun Rising poster
Directed by
Francis Megahy
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
18
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Japanese cop travels to Los Angeles to find the killer of his partner. He teams up with a local detective to stop a martial arts expert who uses a lethal striking technique.

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What happens

Red Sun Rising is a 1994 American martial arts action film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, James Lew, Terry Farrell, Mako, Michael Ironside and Edward Albert. Wilson plays a Japanese cop who travels to Los Angeles and teams up with a reluctant American counterpart (Farrell) to track down the gang responsible for the murder of his partner, whose hitman (Lew) is an expert in the ancient art of the death touch. The full title, as it appears on the title card, is Red Sun Rising: Based on the Legend of the Death Touch. Widely regarded as a step up in class compared to Wilson's bread-and-butter work for producers such as Roger Corman, it is held as his best film by many reviewers and by the actor himself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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