It was a misjudged attempt to bring the series back to its roots that disappointed the thousands who went to theaters expecting another victory for the Italian Stallion.
Despite a nifty sequence involving a powerful hearing aid, Freddy’s Dead features some of the worst bits in the franchise, including a Nintendo-inspired nightmare and an already-dated cameo by Johnny Depp.
On paper, the idea of a political thriller based on a Michael Crichton book, directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes sounds fantastic. In practice, Rising Sun is a hateful piece of nastiness.