Rain Fall (2009)

Rain Fall: Directed by Max Mannix. With Kippei Shîna, Gary Oldman, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu. A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

“If youu0026#39;re a fan of the Barry Eisler Rain novels, do yourself a favor and donu0026#39;t watch this. This movie is everything the novels are not: boring, full of plot holes, seriously lame fight scenes and a story line that makes little or no sense.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie feels patched together, like the director filmed a bunch of scenes and then tried to make them fit. They donu0026#39;t. The acting is fine, all of the cast give their best, but there just isnu0026#39;t much to work with.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe fight scenes are all super-quick-cut editing stuff, so you canu0026#39;t see what is actually going on. That is probably because our martial artist protagonist isnu0026#39;t a martial artist. Iu0026#39;ve seen better fights on the elementary school playground.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is full of holes; not just little holes, but big, gaping holes that require you to do more than just suspend your disbelief. You would have to get a quick lobotomy before watching this if you donu0026#39;t want to be constantly aggravated by the plot holes. Characters will say something in one scene and then say the opposite in the next scene.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe editing seems to have been done by a spastic drug addict with ADHD: the cuts between scenes are missing any semblance of art or craft. There are a few times where the director blurs part of the picture or tries some other type of artistic effect that just doesnu0026#39;t work. In short, the direction and editing are just plain awful.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the time you get to the cliché ending you will be bored and thinking about maybe clipping your toenails or something equally exciting. They managed to take an exciting novel about a hit man with issues and turn it into a boring movie. Buy one of the books instead of watching this.”