An American Cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. His rules. My review.
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Note how many of the critics who trashed this film said it took place in "Tokyo" despite the film making it VERY clear many times that it take place in Osaka!!! More evidence that critics for national publications don't actually watch the movies they trash.
@titobrass38397 жыл бұрын
@Tito. This is very common. e.g. Roger Ebert often got major plot points wrong.
@michaelshaw11823 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that can be a major turn off for reviews to me, glad nowadays it can be somewhat curbed with the internet.
@jbktpl1245 Жыл бұрын
Douglas was so good in this movie and was in his prime. He should have done more violent action films like this.
@TheFly2129 жыл бұрын
Ehh it was lighting in a bottle I think just the right stuff all happening at the right time
@xaagripha73263 жыл бұрын
"You mustu habu patienceu!" "Fuck patience." _hard cut to sitting around waiting, smoldering with 80s anti hero intensity_
@andystegall7407 Жыл бұрын
The guy playing 'Crazy Eyes' was dying of stomach cancer and in constant pain while making this film.
@RainBird88x5 жыл бұрын
Yūsaku Matsuda aka "Crazy Eyes" also inspired Spike from Cowboy Bebop and Kenshiro from Fist in the North Star and Akoji from One Piece. He also made a TV appearance after this film for a series but because of the cancer being so advanced he couldn't do the scripted "run" with an actress because his body was in constant pain but, like all the stars in Black Rain said, Matsuda kept it professional throughout.
@rubix41952 жыл бұрын
So he’s like Bosman. I like him even more now.
@nathansteinfromarkham7109Ай бұрын
"I usually get kissed...before I get fucked." the best line the movie
@tenchikid806 жыл бұрын
An American Cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. His rules. My review. Epic description.
@elcosmo16236 жыл бұрын
The Japaense cop Matsumoto's actor Ken Takakura used to be nicknamed the Japanese Clint Eastwood and is possibly the main inspiration behind the character design of manly Anime assassin Golgo 13 (even played him in a live action version in the early 70's not to be confused with the later live action version starring Sonny Chiba of course) so yeah the man played badasses since the 60's.
@Elementa20067 жыл бұрын
Especially the badass manager of the Chunichi Dragons…
@thisfireburns94745 жыл бұрын
Love Golgo 13. Wish that character got more recognition in the US even though he did get two censored NES games back in the day.
@alucard6244 жыл бұрын
@@alucard624 it's just a pervy version of Western type characters.
@heroesytumbas Жыл бұрын
Wasn't he in the movie The Yakuza ?
@akfreed69499 ай бұрын
@@akfreed6949 yep
@Elementa20069 ай бұрын
I noticed something about Hans Zimmer, almost every time he works with Ridley Scott he's a genius. When he works for anyone else, he sucks.
@ricardocantoral76727 жыл бұрын
His work in BvS showed the guy completely lost it
@Jose-se9pu7 жыл бұрын
Jose Colella I hated his shit for The Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Stool.
@ricardocantoral76727 жыл бұрын
Or when he makes video game music. Crysis 2 and MW2
@derekmensch36014 жыл бұрын
This was a great film and terrific review, properly paying homage to its gritty glory. There's actually an interesting plot element regarding how the Yakuza chairman took up the counterfeit movement to destroy our currency as payback for Hiroshima. Hence the black rain. I was shocked though that there was no jab/hook at Kate Capshaw for miraculously being in a film not directed by hubby Spielberg. Again, great job Razor!
@SirJamesDTech10 жыл бұрын
One of the few times Capshaw almost didn't annoy me.
@alucard6244 жыл бұрын
- "I can take anything I want?" - "Anything.." Best scene in the movie. And the music is just icing on the cake.
@noless9 жыл бұрын
I'll take a Colt Python please.
@danielherrin4 жыл бұрын
RIP Ken Takakura.
@DrNo-wf8ws6 жыл бұрын
80's action movies, where filmmakers used REAL gunshot effects(as opposed to CGI ones that are used today)
@fwwaller10 жыл бұрын
True, but the gun sounds were exaggerated to hell and back. The sound of Harry Callahans .44 Magnum was used for countless revolvers like Dr. Loomis in the original Halloween.
@alucard6244 жыл бұрын
Tell that to the Lee family. I'm for practical whenever possible, but safety trumps everything else.
@Draliseth3 жыл бұрын
@@Draliseth thank you, many gloss over about the risks of practical effects, also another tragic example was the accident from The Twilight Zone movie.
@dix0n7783 жыл бұрын
I just watched this film and it is a super stylised 80s neon-noir classic. It's true that every frame drips with that smoky 80s style and I kinda wish Michael Douglass had done more stuff like this. I do wish those Blood Dragon stings were actually in the film though, that was hilarious.
@hyperdeath848 жыл бұрын
When I think of Japan. I imagine it the way it looked back in the 80's movies; The Karate Kid part II, Mr. Baseball, and Gung ho. I may have to add this movie to my delusions of Japan.
@AlphaProto10 жыл бұрын
Lava, sparks and murder. Three products which make an 80's action movie a real action movie
@bobleonheart96008 жыл бұрын
No movie did that better than Cobra.
@jimthar173 жыл бұрын
@@jimthar17 Yeah, I guess but I can never get it out of my head that Cobra was initially a rewrite of Beverly Hills Cop. I know it ended up very far from the original source but the thought is still in there.
@bobleonheart96003 жыл бұрын
"Hans Zimmer prior to forgetting soundtracks can have more than two notes." lol
@goreds5515 жыл бұрын
The thing i love about Ridley Scott's directing is that instead of going James Cameron and using the best technology available to create a movie that only looks impressive for a certain time period but the story is almost always forgettable; Ridley emulates Kubrick's style where he uses camera angles, sets, light, atmosphere, and unrivaled practical effects to create a living breathing world filled with beauty....say whatever you want about Black Rain, its effects hold up way better than terminator 2.
@maxassasin9119 жыл бұрын
Dingo D. Manhunter Don't you think it's a bit unfair to compare effects in movies, one being a cop action flick and one being a science fiction film about two robots time traveling? The CGI and Animatronics in Terminator work very vell and are carefully used but the only effects you can directly compare are the chase scenes and the 'splosions. In those regards Terminator 2 is vastly superior.
@Rubashow9 жыл бұрын
+Dingo D. Manhunter That's like saying effects in Die Hard hold up better than effects in Star Wars. It might be true, but they're on a completely different level of complexity and uniqueness. Also, Ridley Scott made Prometheus, a movie filled with CGI.
@matman0000008 жыл бұрын
+Dingo D. Manhunter I think both are great at what they do but T2s practical stunt work is still some of the best ever filmed. Are you telling me the storm drain chase with Arnie cocking that shotgun one handed or the huge truck chase in which he runs over the front of the truck, blasts a clip into the T1000 and then flips the truck over spilling liquid nitrogen all over the shop have aged as practical effects? Get real, man. That shit fucking ruled then and it rules now. Furthermore, Black Rain doesn't even attempt to show things on the scale of T2 so the comparison is unfair anyway. Maybe you can criticise the CGI T1000 effects but look at Gladiator's arena or Roman cityscapes and tell me they haven't aged too, not to mention how rubbery some of the effects were in Prometheus (which also had a shit story filled with idiotic characters). Both directors are great but both have had flawed work that can be criticised too. Also, the stories in T2 and Aliens are awesome and very memorable.
@hyperdeath848 жыл бұрын
I don't know where you are getting Kubrick from because I don't see anything Kubrickian in Scott's work. Ridley Scott is more akin to Steven Spielberg and David Lean.
@ricardocantoral76727 жыл бұрын
Your sign-off has me believing that you may have actually "spent a lot of time in Japan". That and our shared love of the keytar means we have much in common, Grasshopper.
@hiroshi1387 жыл бұрын
16:47
@UnCreativeDeconstructionism4 жыл бұрын
Watching this movie makes one marvel at the inadequacy of the 21st century.
@sharathkumar25710 жыл бұрын
Ehh theres a lot to be desired but this is our storie and I say theres lots of room for creative forces to work. If anything its the lame mentality of living in yesterday that hindering us as well as living for tomorrow. Not enough of just living for life.
@xaagripha73263 жыл бұрын
Oh man. The video froze on me when Douglas gave the thumbs up at the end but the music kept going. At first I thought you edited it that way lol. As an 80's action nut I must say THANK YOU for reviewing it. This is a CRIMINALLY under-rated action movie. Asides from all the 80's action tropes as you've pointed out, you've got Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, music by Hans Zimmer and directed by Ridley Fucking Scott. What more can you ask for? Oh and I can listen to that keytar all day.
@Vaporvice8410 жыл бұрын
when are you going to review "They Live?"
@andrewhowe79508 жыл бұрын
Agreed, Id shit my pants to see some SJW's aliens blown away
@Bosisto7 жыл бұрын
I need that keytar sting for my text message tone XD
@XanderLovecraft10 жыл бұрын
What in the actual fuck?! A 17 minute review?! Damn Razor, that editor of yours must have been doing overtime haha.
@trago133710 жыл бұрын
Those keytar riff always got me cracking up
@Sephy13468 жыл бұрын
One of Scotts hidden gems. Not quite on par with Blade Runner or Alien but could very well be number 3
@TheAnanaki9 жыл бұрын
Yusaki Matsudo the actor for Sato died around the release of Black Rain so I think they let his character live out of sensitivity and respect
@andymartin8135 жыл бұрын
Here's a movie team up, Sato and Hannibal Lecter...
@danielherrin4 жыл бұрын
Bro the keytar riffs you edited in made me smile ear to ear
@haroonabassi18213 жыл бұрын
Look up the soundtrack to the videogame "Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon". Thats where it's from.
@Vaporvice84 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if he's ever seen Falling Down...starring Michael Douglas.
@dicloniusgames7 жыл бұрын
DicloniusGames More than likely, I'd think.
@lizardqueen60417 жыл бұрын
Great movie.
@alucard6244 жыл бұрын
Having a character nicknamed "Crazy Eyes" with hands down the best Zandig promo dialogue of all time... Perfection.
@N8Dogg5k8 жыл бұрын
That moment you realize the actor who played Sato was doing so while suffering from bladder cancer which he refused to have treated fearing the chemo would affect his acting leading in it becoming terminal. He had apparently sacrificed hearing in one ear after ignoring an ear infection for the same reason. Now that's fucking dedication.
@quixebee86245 жыл бұрын
This is an old VHS fave. The fight sequence at the end is very cool. Douglas is perfect for the role.
@hudsonsirheshicks26536 жыл бұрын
Hey Razor Fist, if it's possible could you one day review the Dolph Lundgren's "The Punisher"?
@narutorasbat10 жыл бұрын
Ha! The only thing I remember from that movie was the ninjas on neon slides.
@TwoToedSnapper2 жыл бұрын
So Razorfist. Any chance of a review for any Kurt Russell movies? My suggestions would be The Thing, Escape from New York and Big Trouble in Little China
@Dwarfman0110 жыл бұрын
Tango and Cash
@DominikSobolewski6 жыл бұрын
Dwarfman01 Kurt Russell + John Carpenter = gold
@martijnstuart956 жыл бұрын
What about the seminal classic stargate
@brendanmccabe83736 жыл бұрын
If you do any Kurt Russell + John Carpenter movies. Make GODDAMN CERTAIN you give a shout out to the AMAZINGLY fun commentary track on Big Trouble and Little China. Where it's clear that they were slowly but surely getting their asses HAMMERED. Starts off on point talking about the movie. By the final third of the movie they are barely remembering that they ARE doing a commentary track and what you're listening to is just a couple of very good friends lubricated by booze and having too much goddamned fun shooting the shit with each other. ^_^
@logandarklighter5 жыл бұрын
"Escape From L.A." was pretty good too.
@bigsky19705 жыл бұрын
You gotta do Falling Down, Fist!
@BlackIce0716 жыл бұрын
THIS!
@StudioThirtyEight6 жыл бұрын
Please!
@TM-rc3ck5 жыл бұрын
The Critical Drinker did
@bodieofci54183 жыл бұрын
Have loved this movie since it first came out. Had the full sized poster of this movie hanging in my room forever. I have this gem on bluray.
@jimthar173 жыл бұрын
Since the start of this subseries of yours I've seen at least three movies I hadn't before. Because of that my balls have grown three sizes. This was the first.
@Ninjamohawk8 жыл бұрын
Not the last. Consider his Death Wish 2 review if you want your ball size to increase a fourth time.
@Stylishfever7 жыл бұрын
🎸🎶
@SAPProd6 жыл бұрын
I had seen a few of these before watching this sub series. I have seen a couple of them now, latest one was this particular one. It is on Hulu for the moment.
@Outlaw89085 жыл бұрын
From what I've read, Issei Sagawa was arrested and tried in France, because that's where he committed his murder/cannibalism while getting a phd at Sorbonne. He killed his classmate, and was arrested while disposing of the body. The French justice system released him after finding him insane and dropping the charges. They deported him to Japan, where the authorities attempted to have him imprisoned. But because France dropped the charges, they sealed ALL of the court documents and evidence, leaving the Japanese authorities with literally NOTHING to hold him on. France fucked over Japan here.
@Lieutenant_Dude4 жыл бұрын
Now the Japanese know what America and Britain have known for centuries now... FUCK THE FRENCH!
@pieceofschmidtgamer7 ай бұрын
well, this is the last video i needed to watch to completely see the razorfist anthology. God speed razorfist. Godspeed.
@kuykiekrisps-gaming11518 жыл бұрын
I probably never would have seen this movie if not for this review and, yes, it is fucking glorious. Thanks, man!
@Scallycowell8 жыл бұрын
I was living in Japan when this came out. Saw it with some Japanese friends. They were amused.
@HackerHaus4 жыл бұрын
This is a personal favorite of mine. Back in the late '90s I had this, Mr. Baseball and The Yakuza (both with Takakura Ken) on almost constant repeat.
@HorrorMood5 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy that Douglas' main weapon is a S&W model 19 snub.
@J.S.MacDirty5 жыл бұрын
I’m dyslexic and read this as SJW model....
@nhmooytis70583 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best movie review I've ever seen. THANK you
@johanvanhuyssteen921710 ай бұрын
Amazing! How am I just coming across this review?! Very underrated film and one of my all time favorites.
@thisfireburns94745 жыл бұрын
Love Black Rain, the style and Michael Douglas' performance make it. Only problem is that the only copy of the film I own is a shitty Pan and Scan transfer.
@sebastianfitzptraick73954 жыл бұрын
I was in high school and worked at a theater when this movie came out and watched it about a million times. I still love it.
@whatsthebigfndeal Жыл бұрын
just discovered rageaholic.u r awesome bro.glued to Ur reviews.most entertaining thing I ever came across.
@siddharthbrahma79817 жыл бұрын
This was great! You should totally do "Year Of The Dragon."
@tucoramirez25135 жыл бұрын
The keytar riff slayed me. (Slow dramatic clap) This completely makes up for the pro-wrestling interlude.
@ceounicom10 жыл бұрын
Dude, your commentaries are incredibly amusing, clever, and astute. I hope you get paid well. Keep going. Do you have a review of "The Evil That Men Do"? Or "The Mechanic"?
@cjomurph73804 жыл бұрын
Right as I finished watching the review, the movie started on TV, I guess it was fated that I should watch it.
@forklauncher10 жыл бұрын
The lighting and set design on this one is very reminiscent of Ridley's bro Tony.
@joint2joint2k4 жыл бұрын
I love how both the Internal Affairs detectives are in Office Space 😂
@TheWaynos73 Жыл бұрын
You need to start doing more movie reviews, brah, it's your specialty. So many classics you need to do - Rambo trilogy for a start,
@dougmasters45794 жыл бұрын
Great review RazorFist, can you do one on Hard Boiled, Escape from New York (Any Kurt Russell movie), Platoon or The Warriors ? Please :)
@SHOTRED55510 жыл бұрын
5:22 *_I WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT RIFF CAME FROM_*
@mylifeisacomplexpastiche79014 жыл бұрын
09:58 Wow...can't even watch Razorfist without having this woman show up in some type of way. I swear, she's a meme at this point.
@PadMasher10 жыл бұрын
No kidding. Still though, Razor is well-known for calling out con-artists, condecending boobs, and other folks alike, so she's more than fair game.
@Chibi198610 жыл бұрын
love your movie reviews. just subed looking forward to all the other reviews. thank you in advance.
@snoo3333 жыл бұрын
I think this is the best movie review I have ever seen! That was just pure awesome.
@ChePennyDK10 жыл бұрын
Agreed. If Fist did an hour long review I'd still want more.
@Souledge510 жыл бұрын
Got to agree. One of the best and most fun movie reviews I have seen... Ever.
@tonyboea10 жыл бұрын
Always enjoyed this movie. Still have some posters and promo stuff from it. Also like that Douglas' character is taking home a sack full of goodies for his son. Including some Yoroiden Samurai Troopers stuff.
@RobertCousland Жыл бұрын
Ok, now I really want your Michael Douglas is a badass music keytar tone as my official walk up music whenever I enter a building.
@jbellflower83 Жыл бұрын
Great review dude! One of my favourite films of all time and couldnt agree more with your conclusion. Might I suggest you do John Woo's The Killer for a future review? Interested to see how you would rate it.
@MasterTZA10 жыл бұрын
Brother. I was watching your Ramones video first , and I then found Black Rain. Keep it up. Fuckin brilliant. You gotta love a mix of vocabulary with "perfect pitch slang." Anyways, ... you rock.
@williamjohnson3594 жыл бұрын
The motorcycle race sets up the hero as a rebel archetype and the whole race itself was a Chekov's Gun, i.e. a setup for the payoff of Nick chasing down Sato in a dirt bike. It was apt and dare I say, not gratuitous.
@PrimoPete Жыл бұрын
Yup, and also motorcycles were kind of a theme throughout.
@CIintB3ASTW0oD Жыл бұрын
Best channel on KZhead. PLEASE make a Deadfall episode.
@mattbooth47609 жыл бұрын
Oh and that was the shogun assassin lone wolf playing the old boy gangster !
@wobblertv80834 жыл бұрын
DO "REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS"!
@UNTBC9 жыл бұрын
Woman should stay home and make-uh babies... preferably manchild...
@randoshus37624 жыл бұрын
"You move like a pregnant yak!"
@shawnderrick19523 жыл бұрын
I dunno dude, i think it needs more keytar... good the review man, my copy is now on its way thanks to you.
@sh4d0wleader10 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for this video of years Only thing that can make the film better
@s4mur41RPG4 жыл бұрын
That, was awesome. Cheers for a nostalgic, albeit badass, piece of my childhood.
@kri24910 жыл бұрын
The one thing I remember from this movie is the decapitation scene. What I never could understand is, why did he just stand there? It’s like that rolling spaceship in Prometheus. Just jump to the side. It’s almost as though it’s directed by the same… oh.
@christopherchadwick2659 Жыл бұрын
These reviews are better comedy than any movies or stand up I've seen. Rage on Rageaholic.
@bksherm5 жыл бұрын
Awesome review of one of my favorite late 80's movies.
@bigsky19705 жыл бұрын
One of these days, Razor, ya gotta do a video about your life!
@DanielDiCenso7 жыл бұрын
Oh God, the Mormon family joke, I died. I came back to life to finish watching the review, but I fucking died of laughter for a second there.
@spookyskelebloke53889 жыл бұрын
loving the movie reviews!
@zerocool65838 жыл бұрын
Awesome touch there at the end!! :D
@n1hondude10 жыл бұрын
Hell yes, I love these movie reviews.
@WestPictures10 жыл бұрын
I first saw this movie when I was in my 7th grade year of middle school. Great stuff--in my opinion, it is...
@tthomaselli26 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but i was constantly reminded of 1980's "heroic bloodshed" neo-noir movies from Hong Kong.
@LS-oq3qh Жыл бұрын
This has to be one the best "feel good" buddy cop films not just of the 80's but probably ever. By the films end I always have a big porceline white, toothy grin on my face!
@LordMalice6d95 жыл бұрын
This and “The Ghost and the Darkness” are the two best Michael Douglas movies.
@chrisbullard59012 жыл бұрын
Hey where did you get that 'keytar riff' from?
@NamelessFlux10 жыл бұрын
Holy shit... was that Endo who fell back into the car after being shot at 13:53?? As in Lethal Weapon "hit him again Endo"?
@ragingpapist1038 жыл бұрын
+RagingPapist That's stuntman Al Leong. If you watch enough 80s action flicks, you'll see him everywhere.
@LukeMM958 жыл бұрын
+RagingPapist Also that guy from Die Hard who sets up at the candy counter before the SWAT team rolls up and nicks a Crunchy bar.
@hyperdeath848 жыл бұрын
+LukeMM95 Yeah, it seems like if there's an American 80s or 90s action movie with a bunch of Asian bad guys, there's about 50/50 chance of him being included.
@Crowley98 жыл бұрын
~he had a good fight with brandon lee at the end of rapid fire aswell . . .
@TheTonybudd7 жыл бұрын
He had a bit part in They Live during the alleyway shootout with the Alien cops.
@alucard6244 жыл бұрын
One of my top 10 movies 👍♥️
@53NT1N3L__M3 жыл бұрын
razor fist you ever going to do double impact kickboxer or bloodsport?
@pinochetgeffrard10 жыл бұрын
Soo...when is there going to be a Charles Bronson review from you razorfist? Any movie staring Bronson is fine, but it must be done by you, because the sheer awesomeness if it will help save the world and save every human being ever in the process
@DwRockett10 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't use Soundgardens Black Rain for neither the in- or outroes.
@TheRadPlayer10 жыл бұрын
6:14 That looks so 80s if I didn't know any better I would of guessed it had been filmed back then.
@CornishCreamtea0710 жыл бұрын
I forgot all about this flick. One of Scott's oddest offerings. Great stuff. 80's apotheosis. EDIT: It's worth it for nothing more than Kate Capshaw in her prime. What a dish. She remains my favorite Indiana Jones-girl.
@cruddddddddddddddd4 жыл бұрын
This and SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME are the two 'forgotten' Ridley Scott movies from the 80s.
@RolandDeschain1 Жыл бұрын
Now I have to buy this dvd.
@sirg-had88212 жыл бұрын
Another awesome cinema choice! No need for me to go out and “find” this flick, I owned it before the fire-and I promptly re-purchased it after the ashes...
@veraciouspatriot42974 жыл бұрын
That wrap up was awesome.
@TrueEmergence10 жыл бұрын
Man i loved this movie when I saw it on cable! I loved the late 80's feel and the slick style of Master Director, Ridley Scott! Too bad this film was released came out a bad time. Douglas at his best! The movie carries so much style and action!
@asantos54 жыл бұрын
This was the only movie I ever saw at a theater by myself. Great movie!
@joeb63 Жыл бұрын
Best movie ever!!! I saw this in the theater and own a digital copy. Badass cast and flawless action. Viva 80s!!
@studio5002 жыл бұрын
This is probably the only Michael Douglas films ive seen aside from lime traffic. It freaked me out a bit especially living in a majority Asian neighborhood that did not like me where I was. But like black rain I found my way and place in it and over came the adversity I faced since I was a minority. Hell I found alot of things I loved becuase thouse days to. Maybe not as awesome as some stories or as hardcore but its funny how this reminds me of quaint times.
Note how many of the critics who trashed this film said it took place in "Tokyo" despite the film making it VERY clear many times that it take place in Osaka!!! More evidence that critics for national publications don't actually watch the movies they trash.
@Tito. This is very common. e.g. Roger Ebert often got major plot points wrong.
Yeah, that can be a major turn off for reviews to me, glad nowadays it can be somewhat curbed with the internet.
Douglas was so good in this movie and was in his prime. He should have done more violent action films like this.
Ehh it was lighting in a bottle I think just the right stuff all happening at the right time
"You mustu habu patienceu!" "Fuck patience." _hard cut to sitting around waiting, smoldering with 80s anti hero intensity_
The guy playing 'Crazy Eyes' was dying of stomach cancer and in constant pain while making this film.
Yūsaku Matsuda aka "Crazy Eyes" also inspired Spike from Cowboy Bebop and Kenshiro from Fist in the North Star and Akoji from One Piece. He also made a TV appearance after this film for a series but because of the cancer being so advanced he couldn't do the scripted "run" with an actress because his body was in constant pain but, like all the stars in Black Rain said, Matsuda kept it professional throughout.
So he’s like Bosman. I like him even more now.
"I usually get kissed...before I get fucked." the best line the movie
An American Cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. His rules. My review. Epic description.
The Japaense cop Matsumoto's actor Ken Takakura used to be nicknamed the Japanese Clint Eastwood and is possibly the main inspiration behind the character design of manly Anime assassin Golgo 13 (even played him in a live action version in the early 70's not to be confused with the later live action version starring Sonny Chiba of course) so yeah the man played badasses since the 60's.
Especially the badass manager of the Chunichi Dragons…
Love Golgo 13. Wish that character got more recognition in the US even though he did get two censored NES games back in the day.
@@alucard624 it's just a pervy version of Western type characters.
Wasn't he in the movie The Yakuza ?
@@akfreed6949 yep
I noticed something about Hans Zimmer, almost every time he works with Ridley Scott he's a genius. When he works for anyone else, he sucks.
His work in BvS showed the guy completely lost it
Jose Colella I hated his shit for The Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Stool.
Or when he makes video game music. Crysis 2 and MW2
This was a great film and terrific review, properly paying homage to its gritty glory. There's actually an interesting plot element regarding how the Yakuza chairman took up the counterfeit movement to destroy our currency as payback for Hiroshima. Hence the black rain. I was shocked though that there was no jab/hook at Kate Capshaw for miraculously being in a film not directed by hubby Spielberg. Again, great job Razor!
One of the few times Capshaw almost didn't annoy me.
- "I can take anything I want?" - "Anything.." Best scene in the movie. And the music is just icing on the cake.
I'll take a Colt Python please.
RIP Ken Takakura.
80's action movies, where filmmakers used REAL gunshot effects(as opposed to CGI ones that are used today)
True, but the gun sounds were exaggerated to hell and back. The sound of Harry Callahans .44 Magnum was used for countless revolvers like Dr. Loomis in the original Halloween.
Tell that to the Lee family. I'm for practical whenever possible, but safety trumps everything else.
@@Draliseth thank you, many gloss over about the risks of practical effects, also another tragic example was the accident from The Twilight Zone movie.
I just watched this film and it is a super stylised 80s neon-noir classic. It's true that every frame drips with that smoky 80s style and I kinda wish Michael Douglass had done more stuff like this. I do wish those Blood Dragon stings were actually in the film though, that was hilarious.
When I think of Japan. I imagine it the way it looked back in the 80's movies; The Karate Kid part II, Mr. Baseball, and Gung ho. I may have to add this movie to my delusions of Japan.
Lava, sparks and murder. Three products which make an 80's action movie a real action movie
No movie did that better than Cobra.
@@jimthar17 Yeah, I guess but I can never get it out of my head that Cobra was initially a rewrite of Beverly Hills Cop. I know it ended up very far from the original source but the thought is still in there.
"Hans Zimmer prior to forgetting soundtracks can have more than two notes." lol
The thing i love about Ridley Scott's directing is that instead of going James Cameron and using the best technology available to create a movie that only looks impressive for a certain time period but the story is almost always forgettable; Ridley emulates Kubrick's style where he uses camera angles, sets, light, atmosphere, and unrivaled practical effects to create a living breathing world filled with beauty....say whatever you want about Black Rain, its effects hold up way better than terminator 2.
Dingo D. Manhunter Don't you think it's a bit unfair to compare effects in movies, one being a cop action flick and one being a science fiction film about two robots time traveling? The CGI and Animatronics in Terminator work very vell and are carefully used but the only effects you can directly compare are the chase scenes and the 'splosions. In those regards Terminator 2 is vastly superior.
+Dingo D. Manhunter That's like saying effects in Die Hard hold up better than effects in Star Wars. It might be true, but they're on a completely different level of complexity and uniqueness. Also, Ridley Scott made Prometheus, a movie filled with CGI.
+Dingo D. Manhunter I think both are great at what they do but T2s practical stunt work is still some of the best ever filmed. Are you telling me the storm drain chase with Arnie cocking that shotgun one handed or the huge truck chase in which he runs over the front of the truck, blasts a clip into the T1000 and then flips the truck over spilling liquid nitrogen all over the shop have aged as practical effects? Get real, man. That shit fucking ruled then and it rules now. Furthermore, Black Rain doesn't even attempt to show things on the scale of T2 so the comparison is unfair anyway. Maybe you can criticise the CGI T1000 effects but look at Gladiator's arena or Roman cityscapes and tell me they haven't aged too, not to mention how rubbery some of the effects were in Prometheus (which also had a shit story filled with idiotic characters). Both directors are great but both have had flawed work that can be criticised too. Also, the stories in T2 and Aliens are awesome and very memorable.
I don't know where you are getting Kubrick from because I don't see anything Kubrickian in Scott's work. Ridley Scott is more akin to Steven Spielberg and David Lean.
Your sign-off has me believing that you may have actually "spent a lot of time in Japan". That and our shared love of the keytar means we have much in common, Grasshopper.
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Watching this movie makes one marvel at the inadequacy of the 21st century.
Ehh theres a lot to be desired but this is our storie and I say theres lots of room for creative forces to work. If anything its the lame mentality of living in yesterday that hindering us as well as living for tomorrow. Not enough of just living for life.
Oh man. The video froze on me when Douglas gave the thumbs up at the end but the music kept going. At first I thought you edited it that way lol. As an 80's action nut I must say THANK YOU for reviewing it. This is a CRIMINALLY under-rated action movie. Asides from all the 80's action tropes as you've pointed out, you've got Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, music by Hans Zimmer and directed by Ridley Fucking Scott. What more can you ask for? Oh and I can listen to that keytar all day.
when are you going to review "They Live?"
Agreed, Id shit my pants to see some SJW's aliens blown away
I need that keytar sting for my text message tone XD
What in the actual fuck?! A 17 minute review?! Damn Razor, that editor of yours must have been doing overtime haha.
Those keytar riff always got me cracking up
One of Scotts hidden gems. Not quite on par with Blade Runner or Alien but could very well be number 3
Yusaki Matsudo the actor for Sato died around the release of Black Rain so I think they let his character live out of sensitivity and respect
Here's a movie team up, Sato and Hannibal Lecter...
Bro the keytar riffs you edited in made me smile ear to ear
Look up the soundtrack to the videogame "Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon". Thats where it's from.
I wonder if he's ever seen Falling Down...starring Michael Douglas.
DicloniusGames More than likely, I'd think.
Great movie.
Having a character nicknamed "Crazy Eyes" with hands down the best Zandig promo dialogue of all time... Perfection.
That moment you realize the actor who played Sato was doing so while suffering from bladder cancer which he refused to have treated fearing the chemo would affect his acting leading in it becoming terminal. He had apparently sacrificed hearing in one ear after ignoring an ear infection for the same reason. Now that's fucking dedication.
This is an old VHS fave. The fight sequence at the end is very cool. Douglas is perfect for the role.
Hey Razor Fist, if it's possible could you one day review the Dolph Lundgren's "The Punisher"?
Ha! The only thing I remember from that movie was the ninjas on neon slides.
So Razorfist. Any chance of a review for any Kurt Russell movies? My suggestions would be The Thing, Escape from New York and Big Trouble in Little China
Tango and Cash
Dwarfman01 Kurt Russell + John Carpenter = gold
What about the seminal classic stargate
If you do any Kurt Russell + John Carpenter movies. Make GODDAMN CERTAIN you give a shout out to the AMAZINGLY fun commentary track on Big Trouble and Little China. Where it's clear that they were slowly but surely getting their asses HAMMERED. Starts off on point talking about the movie. By the final third of the movie they are barely remembering that they ARE doing a commentary track and what you're listening to is just a couple of very good friends lubricated by booze and having too much goddamned fun shooting the shit with each other. ^_^
"Escape From L.A." was pretty good too.
You gotta do Falling Down, Fist!
THIS!
Please!
The Critical Drinker did
Have loved this movie since it first came out. Had the full sized poster of this movie hanging in my room forever. I have this gem on bluray.
Since the start of this subseries of yours I've seen at least three movies I hadn't before. Because of that my balls have grown three sizes. This was the first.
Not the last. Consider his Death Wish 2 review if you want your ball size to increase a fourth time.
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I had seen a few of these before watching this sub series. I have seen a couple of them now, latest one was this particular one. It is on Hulu for the moment.
From what I've read, Issei Sagawa was arrested and tried in France, because that's where he committed his murder/cannibalism while getting a phd at Sorbonne. He killed his classmate, and was arrested while disposing of the body. The French justice system released him after finding him insane and dropping the charges. They deported him to Japan, where the authorities attempted to have him imprisoned. But because France dropped the charges, they sealed ALL of the court documents and evidence, leaving the Japanese authorities with literally NOTHING to hold him on. France fucked over Japan here.
Now the Japanese know what America and Britain have known for centuries now... FUCK THE FRENCH!
well, this is the last video i needed to watch to completely see the razorfist anthology. God speed razorfist. Godspeed.
I probably never would have seen this movie if not for this review and, yes, it is fucking glorious. Thanks, man!
I was living in Japan when this came out. Saw it with some Japanese friends. They were amused.
This is a personal favorite of mine. Back in the late '90s I had this, Mr. Baseball and The Yakuza (both with Takakura Ken) on almost constant repeat.
Really enjoy that Douglas' main weapon is a S&W model 19 snub.
I’m dyslexic and read this as SJW model....
This is probably the best movie review I've ever seen. THANK you
Amazing! How am I just coming across this review?! Very underrated film and one of my all time favorites.
Love Black Rain, the style and Michael Douglas' performance make it. Only problem is that the only copy of the film I own is a shitty Pan and Scan transfer.
I was in high school and worked at a theater when this movie came out and watched it about a million times. I still love it.
just discovered rageaholic.u r awesome bro.glued to Ur reviews.most entertaining thing I ever came across.
This was great! You should totally do "Year Of The Dragon."
The keytar riff slayed me. (Slow dramatic clap) This completely makes up for the pro-wrestling interlude.
Dude, your commentaries are incredibly amusing, clever, and astute. I hope you get paid well. Keep going. Do you have a review of "The Evil That Men Do"? Or "The Mechanic"?
Right as I finished watching the review, the movie started on TV, I guess it was fated that I should watch it.
The lighting and set design on this one is very reminiscent of Ridley's bro Tony.
I love how both the Internal Affairs detectives are in Office Space 😂
You need to start doing more movie reviews, brah, it's your specialty. So many classics you need to do - Rambo trilogy for a start,
Great review RazorFist, can you do one on Hard Boiled, Escape from New York (Any Kurt Russell movie), Platoon or The Warriors ? Please :)
5:22 *_I WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT RIFF CAME FROM_*
09:58 Wow...can't even watch Razorfist without having this woman show up in some type of way. I swear, she's a meme at this point.
No kidding. Still though, Razor is well-known for calling out con-artists, condecending boobs, and other folks alike, so she's more than fair game.
love your movie reviews. just subed looking forward to all the other reviews. thank you in advance.
I think this is the best movie review I have ever seen! That was just pure awesome.
Agreed. If Fist did an hour long review I'd still want more.
Got to agree. One of the best and most fun movie reviews I have seen... Ever.
Always enjoyed this movie. Still have some posters and promo stuff from it. Also like that Douglas' character is taking home a sack full of goodies for his son. Including some Yoroiden Samurai Troopers stuff.
Ok, now I really want your Michael Douglas is a badass music keytar tone as my official walk up music whenever I enter a building.
Great review dude! One of my favourite films of all time and couldnt agree more with your conclusion. Might I suggest you do John Woo's The Killer for a future review? Interested to see how you would rate it.
Brother. I was watching your Ramones video first , and I then found Black Rain. Keep it up. Fuckin brilliant. You gotta love a mix of vocabulary with "perfect pitch slang." Anyways, ... you rock.
The motorcycle race sets up the hero as a rebel archetype and the whole race itself was a Chekov's Gun, i.e. a setup for the payoff of Nick chasing down Sato in a dirt bike. It was apt and dare I say, not gratuitous.
Yup, and also motorcycles were kind of a theme throughout.
Best channel on KZhead. PLEASE make a Deadfall episode.
Oh and that was the shogun assassin lone wolf playing the old boy gangster !
DO "REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS"!
Woman should stay home and make-uh babies... preferably manchild...
"You move like a pregnant yak!"
I dunno dude, i think it needs more keytar... good the review man, my copy is now on its way thanks to you.
I've been looking for this video of years Only thing that can make the film better
That, was awesome. Cheers for a nostalgic, albeit badass, piece of my childhood.
The one thing I remember from this movie is the decapitation scene. What I never could understand is, why did he just stand there? It’s like that rolling spaceship in Prometheus. Just jump to the side. It’s almost as though it’s directed by the same… oh.
These reviews are better comedy than any movies or stand up I've seen. Rage on Rageaholic.
Awesome review of one of my favorite late 80's movies.
One of these days, Razor, ya gotta do a video about your life!
Oh God, the Mormon family joke, I died. I came back to life to finish watching the review, but I fucking died of laughter for a second there.
loving the movie reviews!
Awesome touch there at the end!! :D
Hell yes, I love these movie reviews.
I first saw this movie when I was in my 7th grade year of middle school. Great stuff--in my opinion, it is...
I don't know why but i was constantly reminded of 1980's "heroic bloodshed" neo-noir movies from Hong Kong.
This has to be one the best "feel good" buddy cop films not just of the 80's but probably ever. By the films end I always have a big porceline white, toothy grin on my face!
This and “The Ghost and the Darkness” are the two best Michael Douglas movies.
Hey where did you get that 'keytar riff' from?
Holy shit... was that Endo who fell back into the car after being shot at 13:53?? As in Lethal Weapon "hit him again Endo"?
+RagingPapist That's stuntman Al Leong. If you watch enough 80s action flicks, you'll see him everywhere.
+RagingPapist Also that guy from Die Hard who sets up at the candy counter before the SWAT team rolls up and nicks a Crunchy bar.
+LukeMM95 Yeah, it seems like if there's an American 80s or 90s action movie with a bunch of Asian bad guys, there's about 50/50 chance of him being included.
~he had a good fight with brandon lee at the end of rapid fire aswell . . .
He had a bit part in They Live during the alleyway shootout with the Alien cops.
One of my top 10 movies 👍♥️
razor fist you ever going to do double impact kickboxer or bloodsport?
Soo...when is there going to be a Charles Bronson review from you razorfist? Any movie staring Bronson is fine, but it must be done by you, because the sheer awesomeness if it will help save the world and save every human being ever in the process
I'm surprised you didn't use Soundgardens Black Rain for neither the in- or outroes.
6:14 That looks so 80s if I didn't know any better I would of guessed it had been filmed back then.
I forgot all about this flick. One of Scott's oddest offerings. Great stuff. 80's apotheosis. EDIT: It's worth it for nothing more than Kate Capshaw in her prime. What a dish. She remains my favorite Indiana Jones-girl.
This and SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME are the two 'forgotten' Ridley Scott movies from the 80s.
Now I have to buy this dvd.
Another awesome cinema choice! No need for me to go out and “find” this flick, I owned it before the fire-and I promptly re-purchased it after the ashes...
That wrap up was awesome.
Man i loved this movie when I saw it on cable! I loved the late 80's feel and the slick style of Master Director, Ridley Scott! Too bad this film was released came out a bad time. Douglas at his best! The movie carries so much style and action!
This was the only movie I ever saw at a theater by myself. Great movie!
Best movie ever!!! I saw this in the theater and own a digital copy. Badass cast and flawless action. Viva 80s!!
This is probably the only Michael Douglas films ive seen aside from lime traffic. It freaked me out a bit especially living in a majority Asian neighborhood that did not like me where I was. But like black rain I found my way and place in it and over came the adversity I faced since I was a minority. Hell I found alot of things I loved becuase thouse days to. Maybe not as awesome as some stories or as hardcore but its funny how this reminds me of quaint times.
dude, this review, too epic