Opening

87% Star Trek Into Darkness May 16
24% Erased May 17
91% Frances Ha May 17
44% The English Teacher May 17
42% Black Rock May 17
77% Pieta May 17
—— Populaire May 17
21% 33 Postcards May 17

Top Box Office

78% Iron Man 3 $72.5M
49% The Great Gatsby $50.1M
47% Pain & Gain $5.0M
37% Peeples $4.6M
77% 42 $4.6M
56% Oblivion $4.1M
69% The Croods $3.6M
98% Mud $2.5M
8% The Big Wedding $2.5M
60% Oz the Great and Powerful $1.1M

Coming Soon

—— The Hangover Part III May 23
78% Fast & Furious 6 May 24
—— Epic May 24
94% Before Midnight May 24

Black Rain (1989)

tomatometer

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 1

audience

53

liked it
Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 27,093

My Rating

Movie Info

Under scrutiny by his superiors for allegedly dipping into confiscated drug money, New York vice cop Michael Douglas can expect no sympathy from his ex-wife, who is gouging him for alimony. Douglas gets a chance to redeem himself when he is assigned to escort Japanese mob boss Yusaku Matsuda back to his own country to stand trial. Upon arriving in Osaka, Douglas and his partner Andy Garcia are tricked into releasing their prisoner. Now on the outs with both the American and Japanese police

Feb 16, 1999

Paramount Home Video

Watch It Now

Cast

ADVERTISEMENT

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (11) | DVD (16)

Considering the caliber of talent, in front and behind the camera, Ridley Scott's violent cop thriller should have been more engaging and compelling

April 7, 2012 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

...a relic of the 1980s.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

Still plays like a more commerical variation of the superior Year of the Dragon, but Black Rain has aged nicely, and is a strong film in its own right.

November 7, 2006 Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com
FulvueDrive-in.com

absurdly priceless

October 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Filmcritic.com

A big stupid pile of junk. Am I being too forward?

May 30, 2003 | Comments (4)
Juicy Cerebellum

Beautiful but not memorable.

January 17, 2003
San Francisco Examiner

Should have been much better, given its credentials

January 12, 2003 | Comment (1)
Kalamazoo Gazette

Ridley Scott's been better, but Black Rain is rarely less than engaging.

December 30, 2002
Flipside Movie Emporium

Style wins out over substance again.

September 25, 2002
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Audience Reviews for Black Rain

A film like Black Rain is just too hard to digest for me. It tells us a story about corrupt New York cop who is also quite honestly an asshole and asks us to care his destiny. For me that feels completely absurd.
The whole screenplay by Craig Bolotin and Warren Lewis is one of the weakest that director Ridley Scott has worked with. This film has interesting bits here and there but overall it is just another vigilante film without depth or decent characters.
It is such a shame to see Scott's visuals gone to waste in a film like this. He has ability to capture Japan beautifully with his gifted photographer Jan De Bont and some scenes, like the shoot-out in a industrial landscape towards the end of this film, is very well handled. Scott has clearly aimed to make pure good looking entertainment with Black Rain, but he should have chosen a better script definetly.
There are moments that are unbelievable rude towards the Japanese culture. Nearly all the Japanese characters here are made into worst possible caricatures with clear prejudices towards them. That is a element which is not easy to swallow. And as i said before, main character Nick Conklin, Michael Douglas in a routine mode, is very unlikeable character with his racist attitude. Scott and his writers give viewer no reason of anykind to like him.
Black Rain is definetly a huge disappointment in Scott's filmography.
February 18, 2012
emilkakko

Super Reviewer

One of the most underrated films ever made, and one of my personal favorites.
April 13, 2007
YLOWBSTARDreturns

Super Reviewer

    1. Nick Conklin: Ah, so! Me so solly!
    – Submitted by Jesse K (5 months ago)

Discussion Forum

There are no discussion threads for Black Rain yet.

Foreign Titles

  • Black Rain (1989) (UK)
  • Black Rain (1989) (CA)
Help | About | Jobs | Critics Submission | API | Licensing | Mobile