I Come with the Rain (2009)

Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye travels to Hong Kong in search of the missing son of a billionaire.

Director:

Anh Hung Tran (as Tran Anh Hung)

Writer:

Anh Hung Tran (as Tran Anh Hung)

Stars:

Josh Hartnett, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Lee Byung-Hun

Cast

Credited cast:
Josh Hartnett	...	Kline
Nu Yên-Khê Tran	...	Lili (as Tran Nu Yên-Khê)
Lee Byung-Hun	...	Su Dongpo
Takuya Kimura	...	Shitao
Shawn Yue	...	Meng Zi
Elias Koteas	...	Hasford
Eusebio Poncela	...	Vargas
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simón Andreu
Thea Aquino	...	Dancer
Bo Yuen Chan	...	Dai Xi
Tse-ho Chow	...	Mifu
Russ Kingston	...	Felix Sportis
Jo Kuk	...	9mm Lover
Sam Lee	...	Monk Artist
Álvaro Longoria	...	Psychiatrist

Storyline

Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao, the missing son of a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss. Enlisting Meng Zi a friend and a former colleague now working for the Hong Kong Police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo and his beautiful, drug addicted girlfriend Lili. But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer Hasford whose 'body of work' was the reason Kline quit the police force. Will Kline once again need to lose his mind to find his latest quarry?

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Plot Keywords:

man carries a woman | hong kong | missing son | serial killer | gangster | 

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Taglines:

Passion. Violence. Physical pain. Nothing is as tough as the wounds of the soul.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kline: I'm not afraid of you. You don't know what I have done.

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Soundtracks

The Triumph of Our Tired Eyes
Written and Performed by Thee Silver Mt Zion (as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band)
Copyright 2001 Constellation/SOCAN

User Reviews

Apparently boredom also comes with the rain...

"I Come with the Rain" actually had potential to be something unique and memorable, but it failed to do so. And director Tran Anh Hung just didn't manage to create a movie that stood out.

Set in seedy and gritty Hong Kong, this movie had so much potential, but it just never took off. The pace of the movie was good, but it never really delved deep into the plot or storyline, and it seemed like a half-hearted attempt of making a film, to be bluntly honest.

Actually, the storyline was a confusing and scrambled mess of a storyline, and it seemed more like a series of randomly filmed sequences put together in the editing room to make a movie. I wonder if the script never had that crucial red thread throughout the plot, or it was the director who managed to lose the red thread along the way.

"I Come with the Rain" had some rather interesting and good names to the cast list, which include Byung-hun Lee, Shawn Yue, Elias Koteas and Josh Hartnett. However, they had so little to work with in terms of script and story that they were never really given a chance to shine on the screen.

I have watched "I Come with the Rain" twice now, with several years in between. But the movie has just failed to improve over the years. So I doubt that I will return to watch it a third time. "I Come with the Rain" suffered terribly under a confusing and scrambled mess of a storyline.

It was a shame, because "I Come with the Rain" really had potential to be so much more than just your less than average thriller. In fact, there was nothing thrilling about this movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Ascot Elite Home Entertainment [Germany] CatchPlay [Taiwan]

Country:

France Hong Kong Ireland Spain UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

I Come with the Rain

Filming Locations:

Compostela Valley, Mindanao, Philippines

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,748,432

Company Credits

Production Co:

Central Films, Lumière International, TF1 International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1