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Black Rain is a 1989 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, and Yūsaku Matsuda in his final film role. The film focuses on two NYPD detectives who arrest a member of the yakuza and must escort him back to Japan. Once there, he escapes and the two officers are dragged into the Japanese underworld.
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The clear inspiration for the scenery of futuristic Los Angeles in Ridley Scott’s *Blade Runner* were nighttime images of neon-drenched streets and skyscrapers of contemporary Japan. In 1989 Ridley Scott actually visited those locations in order to use them as setting of his action thriller *Black Rain*. The plot actually begins in New York where the protagonist, NYPD detective Nick Concklin (played by Michael Dougl…More
Do you miss the 80's? Would like to watch a flick that really puts you back to that rad time? Not PC: This movie says some racist shit that you would never see in a flick today. It objectifies every woman while two American cops belittle every Japanese person they meet. If I had to torture some SJWs in a CIA black site, I would force them to watch this movie on repeat. Culture Clash: A lot of movies have tried to ca…More
