Review of Black Rain (1989) by Rita Kempley for Washington Post — 14 Sep 2003
Black Rain is chock-full of moments, jazzy scenery and snazzy bits of dialogue, and stuffed with steroids. It's big, maybe too big for its shallow notions and commonplace structure. But it is also beautiful and terrible in the same ways that other Scott movies have been eye-filling.
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.
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This review of Black Rain (1989) was written by Rita Kempley and published by Washington Post on 14 Sep 2003.
Black Rain has generally received positive reviews.
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