Review – Black Rain

Combine crime drama, Ridley Scott, the 80s and Japan, and you get pretty much exactly what you’d expect. The visuals are slickly-produced, but the plot and characters fall a little short (particularly the lead role played by the perpetually-hammy Michael Douglas). The exception here is the villain, who is interesting in a manic sort of way. Also, some of the violence is well choreographed. I particularly liked the motorcycle/sword combo (about which I can say no more without ruining part of the story) and the finger-chopping scene. Otherwise this is a pretty picture but not much else. Mildly amusing