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Black Rain

6.2

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Original title

Black Rain

Year

1989

Running time

125 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ridley Scott

Screenwriter

Craig Bolotin, Warren Lewis

Cast

Music

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Jan de Bont

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Action. Mystery. Thriller | Crime. Yakuza & Triad. Buddy Film

Synopsis

Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) and Charlie Vincent (Andy García) are two New York cops whose job to escort a vicious assassin back to his native Japan leads the two Americans into Osaka's exotic underworld and straight into the center of a raging, brutal "Yakuza" gangland battle.

Awards: 1989: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Sound, Sound Effects

1990: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Foreign Language Film.

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Critics' reviews

"Originality is not this thriller’s strong suit. Style is. 'Black Rain' is exotic, energized entertainment with director Ridley Scott nosing his camera into Osaka’s dark, unfamiliar corners."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"The story of 'Black Rain' is thin and prefabricated and doesn't stand up to much scrutiny, so Scott distracts us with overwrought visuals. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"This gripping crime thriller about hardboiled NY cop Michael Douglas tracking a yakuza hood in Osaka, Japan, boasts magnificent lensing and powerfully baroque production design."

Variety Staff: Variety
"The movie becomes a triumph of matter over mind. It's a blast of pure sensation, shallow but scintillating, like a great rock melody,"

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"With its teeming Asian landscape, its dark kaleidoscopic palette and its heavily layered composition, it's reminiscent of Blade Runner. But this is an atmosphere that needs Sam Spade, not Dirty Harry."

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post
"Scott's work is always fascinating to watch, (...) And Douglas now has something heroic about him that enhances, if it doesn't quite transcend, the plot-by- numbers"

Bill Cosford: Miami Herald
"At its best, Black Rain has the glitzy quality of an extremely long and clever television commercial. One can't be sure what is being sold, but the eye isn't bored"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
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User history

Black Rain

1989

Ridley Scott

6.2

(12,301)