Word: raine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black Rain does reinforce some long-standing racial stereotypes. Though courageous, the Japanese police are portrayed as law enforcement robots who wouldn't know an original idea if it came up and introduced itself. Douglas, on the other hand, has trouble with both authority and morality, but is full of Rambo-like cunning and improvisation...
Race aside, Black Rain has its good points. For one thing, it's directed by Ridley Scott, who also directed the widely respected Blade Runner. Scott takes obvious pleasure in filming the steamy, neon sprawl of Tokyo at night. He punctuates several scenes with beautiful overhead shots of the entire city wreathed in fog and factory smoke...
...want to look at either Michael Douglas or Tokyo for two hours, go see Black Rain. On the other hand, if you're seeking the next chapter in the creative evolution of Ridley Scott, you may be disappointed...
...heat brought rain," he tells Douglas. "The rain was black. You made the rain black...
Though "black rain" actually fits nicely with Scott's dark vision of Tokyo, the exchange between Douglas and Wakayama comes out of nowhere. Perhaps we're supposed to sense the atom bomb beneath the frenetic violence of the rest of the movie. Perhaps Americans are to blame for the nasty pass things have come to in the Tokyo underworld. The point's not clear...