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Black Rain Remuxed (1989) (1080p)

Verenigde Staten
Actie / Misdaad
125 minuten

geregisseerd door Ridley Scott
met Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia en Ken Takakura

Twee agenten uit New York raken betrokken in een gangsteroorlog tussen de leden van the Yakuza, de Japanse maffia. Ze arresteren een van hun moordenaars en hebben orders om hem te escorteren terug naar Japan. Maar in Japan weet de moordenaar te ontsnappen. Wanneer zij proberen om hem te vinden, raken ze dieper en dieper in de japanse maffia scene en moeten ze leren dat ze alleen kunnen winnen, door het spel te spelen op de Japanse manier.

Ultra-moody cop fiction., 24 February 2007
Author: Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) from The Underverse
I saw this film on crappy pan and scan VHS when I was about 12 and I didn't really understand it and I wasn't really up on Ridley Scott's work. As a result, the impact of the film was somewhat lost on me. I was expecting an action film instead of a character drama with lots of police procedure. But now, older and wiser and with a brand new Blu Ray of the movie, I am finally able to appreciate how clever the film is.The story unfortunately IS riddled with 80s Cop Movie clichés and goes through quite a lot of familiar motions. But if you see past that you'll appreciate the immense atmosphere and mood that Ridley Scott piles on. Simply put, Michael Douglas is Nick Conklin, a bad cop (pretty much the exact same character in Basic Instinct) who drag races on his superbike to pay alimony and pinches drug money instead of turning it in for evidence. Enjoying lunch with partner Charlie (Andy Garcia) in a steakhouse in New York's meat-packing district, they just happen to witness a Yakuza execution by wanted Japanese criminal Sato (Yusaku Matsuda, who was dying of cancer during filming and didn't tell anyone). After a quick punch-up and shoot-out they find themselves chaperoning Sato back to Osaka. But when they arrive there he manages to escape, leaving them embarrassed with lots of questions to answer. Nick and Charlie find themselves in a very foreign and intolerant world and recapturing Sato proves to be difficult in many ways. Not the least of which is Japan's alienating culture (from an NYPD point of view) and rigid rules. Nonetheless, Nick is determined to catch Sato and restore his honor. Like I said, the atmosphere of the film is overwhelming, which is really all the film needs. The clichés and stereotypes don't matter so much when you are involved this much. Hans Zimmer (his first film with Ridley Scott) provides a deeply emotional and very melodic score that'll be rattling around in your head for days. It's a shame it's never had a comprehensive CD release, as it's one of Zimmer's most impressive efforts. You could call it a pretty 80s movies, but I still do feel that it holds up pretty well today. As one of Ridley Scott's more forgotten works, it's well worth checking out. 

Michael Douglas ...  Nick Conklin 
Andy Garcia ...  Charlie Vincent 
Ken Takakura ...  Masahiro Kate Capshaw ...  Joyce 
Yûsaku Matsuda ...  Sato 



Disc Title: Black Rain Remuxed (1989) (1080p)
Disc Size: 29,149,869,796 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00000.MPLS
Size: 29,149,728,768 bytes
Length: 2:05:18
Total Bitrate: 31.02 Mbps
Video: MPEG-2 Video / 27225 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English / DTS-ES Audio / 6.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit / DN -4dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital EX Audio / 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Subtitle: English / 25.107 kbps
Subtitle: Dutch / 24.347 kbps
Subtitle: French / 22.185 kbps
Subtitle: German / 25.466 kbps

Op de door mij gebruikte bron stond helaas geen HD-Audio Track!!