Black Rain (1989)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 10
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 1
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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
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Cast
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Michael Douglas
Nick Conklin -
Andy Garcia
Charlie Vincent -
Ken Takakura
Mashahiro Matsumoto -
Kate Capshaw
Joyce Kingsley -
Yusaku Matsuda
Sato -
Shigeru Koyama
Ohashi -
John Spencer
Oliver -
Guts Ishimatsu
Katayama -
Yuya Uchida
Nashida -
Tomisaburo Wakayama
Sugai -
Miyuki Ono
Miyuki -
Louis Cantarini
Detective -
Clem Caserta
Abolofia -
John Costelloe
The Kid -
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Detective -
Josip Elic
Bartender -
Tim Kelleher
Bobby -
Ken Kensei
Masahiro's Son -
George Kyle
Farentino -
Joe Perce
Detective -
Richard Riehle
Crown -
Stephen Root
Berg -
Toshio Sato
Japanese Embassy Offici... -
Shiro Oishi
Sato's Man -
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Sugai's Man -
Toshishiro Obata
Meditator -
Doug Yasuda
Japanese/American Trans... -
Rikiya Yasuoka
Sugai's Man -
Keone Young
Karaoke Singer -
Luis Guzman
Frankie -
Linda Gillen
Peggy -
Jim Ishida
Escort Officer
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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
...a relic of the 1980s.
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.
absurdly priceless
A big stupid pile of junk. Am I being too forward?
Beautiful but not memorable.
Should have been much better, given its credentials
Ridley Scott's been better, but Black Rain is rarely less than engaging.
Style wins out over substance again.
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- Nick Conklin: Ah, so! Me so solly!
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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.