Black Rain (1989)

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Written By: Craig Bolotin, Warren Lewis
Starring: Richard Riehle, Luis Guzmán, Andy Garcia, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michael Douglas, Ken Takakura, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Kate Capshaw, John Spencer, Yuya Uchida, Professor Toru Tanaka, Guts Ishimatsu
Country: USA
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Black Rain belongs to 17 collections
1. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
2. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
3. 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? (collaborative: moderated by lisa- - 9 stars)
4. Yakuza (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 7 stars)
5. Gangster (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
6. Cross-cultural (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 3 stars)
7. Cop (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
8. Hans Zimmer (composer) (collaborative: moderated by nauru - 1 star)
9. British director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
10. Yakuza films (collaborative: moderated by PerryStroika)
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Paxton | 70 63rd |
A perfectly 80's dirty cop, fish out of water tale featuring antihero Douglas and his oh so American casual racism. He's more gruff than McGruff the Crime Dog but only half as house trained. The real fish out of water was Kate Capshaw surrounded by all these professional actors.
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LookJabba... | 8 76th |
Black Rain is possibly Ridley Scott's most underrated film. Michael Douglas gives a solid performance and I'd of loved to of seen him do more roles like this. Both Ken Takakura and Yusaku Matsuda are great also. But Andy Garcia is horribly annoying. Atmospherically Jan De Bont's gloomy cinematography is stunning and Hans Zimmer's brilliant score superbly captures Japan. It's regarded by many as just another 80's action/thriller, but I think Black Rain is definitely something of an unsung gem.
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Sheldrake | 40 23rd |
I think the movie wants me to think Douglas' cop character is 'a badass loner who doesn't play by the rules' rather than 'a petulant child who has absolutely no impulse control'. It doesn't do a very good job at that. Scott's Japan is stylish to a fault, and the xenophobic loathing is nearly palpable. Kind of a miserable experience.
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Moribunny | 68 70th |
Though there's quite a bit of enjoyable substance and detail to Black Rain, it drifts more and more toward its genre's stupid convention culminating in an embarrassingly cliched finale. I can't give it points for originality, but it stands head and shoulders above most 80s action fare in terms of performances (Garcia, Takakura and Douglas in his top form, as well as a good supporting cast), gorgeous sets and photography, nice tension and a perfect spot of humor. The synth music did not impress.
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irvinejump | 70 61st |
It's funny, but Tokyo in real life looks less realistic than the set of scott's earlier film Blade Runner
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BillyShears | 75 65th |
Guh go away Kate Capshaw . I thought you were only contained within Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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Fish out of water detective story, where the fish is kind of a moron who screws things up, with a bit of light criticism of the US. Ridley Scott directs with his usual polish, some twists scribble outside the expected genre lines to add a bit of depth and interest, and it has aged remarkably well apart from flagrantly 80s music. It's a thoroughly decent detective film that is easy to enjoy.
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closedmouth | 60 20th |
Looks great for the most part, but the script is so stupid, with Douglas's character such an absurd walking cliché of a renegade "badass" cop that the whole thing regularly resembles more of a parody than a straight thriller. My favourite part was probably Matsuda's deranged, bug-eyed performance, but even that was under-utilised.
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