Review of I Come with the Rain (2009) by Remi L — 12 May 2010
This movie will definitely fall under one of the weirder films I've seen. The premise of this film is the story of Kline, an ex-cop (Josh Hartnett) who is haunted by his memories of a serial killer he took down who liked to dissect his victims pre-mortem and using their body parts to create permanent "art" fixtures. Aftewards, Kline is hired by a billionaire to locate his missing son. First to the Philippines, and then to Hong Kong where his mind further deteriorates. There are themes of the Passion of the Christ, crime noir, a little action. It's just random and all over the place. Shitao, the billionaire's son ties in for the weird factor with Kline, except Kline has an excuse!
My biggest pet peeve about this film was the fact that Josh Hartnett and Simon Andreu (the serial killer) were the only English-speaking actors in the film, yet everyone is speaking English. And its obvious that its the second language of all the other actors. It was jarring because their English was strongly accented. I would've much preferred subtitles. And what's funny is that I think if this film were animated, I would've called it avante garde. But maybe because its live action, I just consider it strange.
The one upside though is the music. Radiohead really dishes out some great tunes. But other than that, just a weird flick.
This review of I Come with the Rain (2009) was written by Remi L on 12 May 2010.
I Come with the Rain has generally received mixed reviews.
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